Cross-Layer Design in Optical Networks

Suresh Subramaniam is at the George Washington University, USA. Maïté Brandt-Pearce is at the University of Virginia, USA.Piet Demeester is at the Ghent University, Belgium.Chava Vijaya Saradhi is at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Maïté Brandt-Pearce is at the University of Virginia, USA.Piet Demeester is at the Ghent University, Belgium.Chava Vijaya Saradhi is at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Optical networks have become an integral part of the communications infrastructure needed to support society s demand for high-speed connectivity. Cross-Layer Design in Optical Networks addresses topics in optical network design and analysis with a focus on physical-layer impairment awareness and network layer service requirements, essential for the implementation and management of robust scalable networks. The cross-layer treatment includes bottom-up impacts of the physical and lambda layers, such as dispersion, noise, nonlinearity, crosstalk, dense wavelength packing, and wavelength line rates, as well as top-down approaches to handle physical-layer impairments and service requirements.

Reviewing both physical-layer-aware network design and advances in service-layer-aware network design, this book covers optical transmissions which are prone to signal impairments, dense packing of wavelengths, crosstalk and design tips to mitigate impairment.

Description of various network areas of research by leading researchers active in those areas

Introduction.- A tutorial of physical layer impairments in optical networks.- Dynamic Impairment-Aware Routing and Wavelength Assignment.- Routing andWavelength Assignment in WDM Networks with Mixed Line Rates.- Considering Linear and Non-Linear Impairments in Planning WDM Networks.- Cross-Layer Control of Semi-Transparent Optical Networks under Physical-Parameter Uncertainty.- Analytical models for QoT-aware RWA performance.- Impairment-Aware Control Plane Architectures to Handle Optical Networks of the Future.- QoT-Aware Survivable Network Design.- Energy-efficient traffic engineering.- Multi-layer Protection with Integrated Routing in MPLS-over-WDM Optical Networks.- Cross-Layer Survivability.- Photonics Grids and Clouds.- Bringing Optical Network Control to the User Facilities: Evolution of the User Controlled Light Path Provisioning Paradigm.-Cross-Layer Network Design and Control Testbeds.- Free Space Optical Wireless Network.