| Introduction | p. 1 |
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| Introduction (Part I) | p. 5 |
| Novel Transponder Interfaces: Novel Modulation Formats | p. 7 |
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| Transmission of 8-Level 240 Gb/s RZ-DQPSK-ASK | p. 9 |
| Four Bits per Symbol 16-ary Transmission Experiments | p. 11 |
| Optical Rate Conversion Units | p. 13 |
| Optical Packet Compression and Expansion | p. 13 |
| Optical Compression/Expansion Loop | p. 14 |
| Optical Delay Line Structure | p. 15 |
| Scalable Packet Compression/Expansion Units | p. 17 |
| Transmission Efficiency | p. 20 |
| References | p. 21 |
| Electronic Channel Equalization Techniques | p. 23 |
| Introduction | p. 23 |
| Electronic Equalizers | p. 24 |
| Fundamental Limits of MLSE Performance with Large Number of States | p. 27 |
| No PD-Filter, 8 Samples/Bit | p. 28 |
| With PD-Filter, 2 Samples/Bit | p. 29 |
| Large Optical Filter, 2 Samples/Bit | p. 30 |
| Large Optical Filter, 1 Sample/Bit | p. 30 |
| Compensation of SPM Using MLSE | p. 31 |
| Nonlinear Electrical Equalization for Different Modulation Formats | p. 33 |
| Introduction of NL-FFE-DFE | p. 34 |
| System Setups and Parameters | p. 35 |
| EDC Performance for Different Modulation Formats | p. 37 |
| Optical Single Sideband Modulation | p. 41 |
| Compensation of Optical Dispersion | p. 41 |
| Reduction of Nonlinear Transmission Effects | p. 42 |
| Enhancing the Performance DML Transmitters | p. 43 |
| Conclusions | p. 45 |
| References | p. 45 |
| Optical Signal Processing Techniques for Signal Regeneration and Digital Logic | p. 49 |
| Optical Regeneration and Wavelength Conversion | p. 49 |
| 640 Gbit/s Wavelength Conversion Based on XPM in HNLF | p. 49 |
| Wavelength Conversion and Regeneration Based on Supercontinuum Generation | p. 53 |
| Multi-Wavelength Conversion at 10 Gb/s and 40 GHz Using a Hybrid Integrated SOA Mach-Zehnder Interferometer | p. 58 |
| All-Optical Multi-Wavelength Regeneration Based on Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for High Bit Rates | p. 63 |
| Optoelectronic Clock Recovery, Retiming and OTDM Demultiplexing | p. 66 |
| 320 Gbit/s Clock Transmission and Channel Identification | p. 66 |
| Filtering-Assisted Cross-Phase Modulation in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Enabling 320 Gb/s Clock Recovery | p. 70 |
| 640 Gbit/s Data Transmission and Clock Recovery Using an Ultra-Fast Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Device | p. 74 |
| All-Optical Clock Extraction Circuit Based on a Mode-Locked Ring Laser Comprising SOA and FP Filter | p. 77 |
| OTDM Demux Based on Induced Modulation on an Auxiliary Carrier by Means of Super-Continuum Generation | p. 80 |
| 160 Gb/s Retiming Using Rectangular Pulses Generated Using a Superstructured Fibre Bragg Grating | p. 86 |
| Timing Jitter Tolerant 640 Gb/s Demultiplexing Using a Long-Period Fibre Grating-Based Flat-Top Pulse Shaper | p. 90 |
| References | p. 94 |
| Evolution of Optical Access Networks | p. 97 |
| Introduction: FTTX Developments | p. 97 |
| FTTX Architectures | p. 99 |
| Current Standard PON Deployment Worldwide | p. 101 |
| Emerging Standards for 100 Gbit Ethernet Access and Beyond | p. 101 |
| Introduction - Why Higher Speed Ethernet? | p. 101 |
| 100 Gbit Ethernet Challenges | p. 102 |
| Transparent Optical Transmission For 100 Gbit Ethernet | p. 103 |
| Future Directions | p. 104 |
| Interoperability of TDM and WDM PONs | p. 104 |
| Introduction | p. 104 |
| Network Architecture | p. 104 |
| Network Routing Performance | p. 105 |
| Conclusions | p. 107 |
| 3G Radio Distribution over Fibre | p. 107 |
| Introduction | p. 107 |
| Optical Wireless for Last Mile Access | p. 110 |
| Introduction | p. 110 |
| FSO Networks | p. 111 |
| Propagation Results | p. 112 |
| Conclusions | p. 114 |
| Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Protocols over GPONs | p. 114 |
| Introduction | p. 114 |
| Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Protocols | p. 115 |
| Conclusions | p. 117 |
| Innovative Architecture and Control Plane for Metro-Access Convergence | p. 117 |
| Motivation for Metro-Access Convergence | p. 117 |
| Unified Metro-Access Networks Criteria | p. 117 |
| A Few Examples of Unified Metro-Access Networks (UMAN) | p. 118 |
| The Success + Network | p. 119 |
| The Success + Network Topology | p. 120 |
| The Success + UMAN Control Plane | p. 120 |
| Conclusion | p. 121 |
| Protection Schemes for PONs | p. 121 |
| Evolution of PON Protection Schemes | p. 121 |
| Recent PON Protection Architectures | p. 122 |
| Hybrid WDM/TDM PON | p. 123 |
| Reliability Performance Evaluation | p. 124 |
| References | p. 126 |
| Novel Switch Architectures | p. 133 |
| Introduction | p. 133 |
| Application of Quantum-Dot SOAs for the Realization of All-Optical Buffer Architectures up to 160 Gb/s | p. 136 |
| Multiwavelength Optical Buffers | p. 142 |
| New Buffer Architectures | p. 142 |
| Scheduling Algorithms | p. 143 |
| Performance Evaluation | p. 145 |
| Multi-Stage Optical Switches with Optical Recirculation Buffers | p. 146 |
| The Switching Fabric Architecture | p. 146 |
| Scheduling Algorithms for the Single-Stage Shared FDL Switch | p. 148 |
| Scheduling Algorithms for the Three-Stage Shared FDL Optical Clos-Network Switch | p. 149 |
| Simulation Experiments | p. 150 |
| Optical Asynchronous Packet Switch Architectures | p. 152 |
| All-Optical Buffer Technologies | p. 152 |
| Node Architectures | p. 154 |
| Performance Evaluation | p. 156 |
| Conclusions | p. 157 |
| References | p. 158 |
| Future Outlook (Part I) | p. 161 |
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| Introduction (Part II) | p. 165 |
| Cross-Layer Optimization Issues for Realizing Transparent Mesh Optical Networks | p. 167 |
| An Impairment Aware Networking Approach for Transparent Mesh Optical Networks | p. 167 |
| Introduction | p. 167 |
| Transparent Optical Network Challenges | p. 168 |
| Proposed Approach | p. 169 |
| Mutual Impact of Physical Impairments and Traffic Grooming Capable Nodes with Limited Number of O/E/O | p. 176 |
| Motivation | p. 176 |
| Modelling the Physical Layer Impairments | p. 177 |
| The Routing Model | p. 179 |
| Simulation Results | p. 181 |
| Conclusion | p. 187 |
| References | p. 187 |
| Performance Issues in Optical Burst/Packet Switching | p. 189 |
| Introduction | p. 189 |
| OBS/OPS Performance | p. 192 |
| Introduction and State-of-the-Art | p. 192 |
| On the Use of Balking for Estimation of the Blocking Probability for OBS Routers with FDL Lines | p. 193 |
| A Performance Comparison of Synchronous Slotted OPS Switches | p. 196 |
| A Performance Comparison of OBS and OpMiGua Paradigms | p. 197 |
| Burstification Mechanisms | p. 201<$$$& |
| Delay-Throughput Curves for Timer-Based OBS Burstifiers with Light Load | p. 203 |
| Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Burst Assembly Algorithms in OBS Networks with Self-Similar Traffic Sources | p. 206 |
| QoS Provisioning | p. 209 |
| Introduction and State-of-the-Art | p. 209 |
| Performance Overview of QoS Mechanisms in OBS Networks | p. 211 |
| Evaluation of Preemption Probabilities in OBS Networks with Burst Segmentation | p. 214 |
| Routing Algorithms | p. 216 |
| Introduction and State-of-the-Art | p. 216 |
| Optimization of Multi-Path Routing in Optical Burst Switching Networks | p. 218 |
| TCP over OBS Networks | p. 220 |
| Introduction and State-of-the-Art | p. 220 |
| Burst Reordering Impact on TCP over OBS Networks | p. 221 |
| Conclusions | p. 227 |
| References | p. 228 |
| Multi-layer Traffic Engineering (MTE) in Grooming Enabled ASON/GMPLS Networks | p. 237 |
| Introduction | p. 237 |
| Routing and Grooming in Multi-layer Networks | p. 238 |
| Basic Schemes | p. 239 |
| Adaptive Integrated Multi-layer Routing | p. 239 |
| Simulation Study | p. 242 |
| Improvements for Multi-layer Routing and Grooming Schemes | p. 246 |
| Online Optimization at Connection Teardown | p. 247 |
| Admission Control for Improving Fairness | p. 248 |
| Evaluation of Traffic and Network Patterns | p. 249 |
| References | p. 251 |
| Network Resilience in Future Optical Networks | p. 253 |
| Introduction | p. 253 |
| Terminology | p. 254 |
| Basic Resilience Techniques and Failure Management | p. 256 |
| Resilient Network Performance Improvement, Evaluation Methods and Parameters | p. 257 |
| Availability Calculation in Optical Network | p. 257 |
| Recovery Time | p. 262 |
| Network Performance Improvement through Differentiated Survivability | p. 264 |
| Security Issues in Transparent Optical Networks | p. 270 |
| Multilayer Resilience | p. 272 |
| Single Layer Recovery in Multilayer Networks | p. 273 |
| Interworking between Layers | p. 275 |
| Multilayer Survivability Strategies | p. 278 |
| Logical Topology Design | p. 281 |
| Conclusions | p. 282 |
| References | p. 283 |
| Optical Storage Area Networks | p. 285 |
| Introduction | p. 285 |
| Storage Area Networks (SANS) | p. 286 |
| Data Mirroring Techniques | p. 287 |
| Network Architectures | p. 287 |
| Proposed Mirroring Technique | p. 290 |
| Performance Evaluation | p. 291 |
| Single Section Ring Architecture | p. 291 |
| Two Sections Ring Architecture | p. 299 |
| Conclusions | p. 301 |
| References | p. 302 |
| Future Outlook (Part II) | p. 303 |
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| Introduction (Part III) | p. 307 |
| Software Tools and Methods for Modelling Physical Layer Issues | p. 309 |
| Modelling of Optoelectronic Components (Lasers and Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers) | p. 309 |
| Introduction | p. 309 |
| Frequency-Domain Approaches | p. 309 |
| Time-Domain Models | p. 310 |
| Lumped-Element Models | p. 311 |
| Distributed Time-Domain Models | p. 312 |
| Modeling of Hybrid Mode-Locked Lasers | p. 313 |
| Modelling of Travelling-Wave Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers | p. 314 |
| Simulation Tool MOVE-IT | p. 317 |
| Numerical Models for Simulation of Transient Effect in Raman Fibre Amplifiers | p. 320 |
| Split-Step-Fourier-Method in Modeling of WDM Links | p. 325 |
| Pre-simulated Local Errors S-SSMF | p. 326 |
| Results | p. 327 |
| Conclusions | p. 328 |
| References | p. 329 |
| Software Tools and Methods for Research and Education in Optical Networks | p. 331 |
| Models and Simulations | p. 331 |
| Modelling | p. 332 |
| Simulation Techniques | p. 333 |
| Simulation and Model Verification | p. 334 |
| Summary on Modelling | p. 334 |
| Tool Integration Perspectives | p. 335 |
| Integration: Definitions | p. 336 |
| Obstacles to Integration and Possible Diversions | p. 337 |
| Conclusions and Future Outlook | p. 338 |
| Modelling with OPNET: A Practical Example | p. 339 |
| OPNET Domains | p. 339 |
| The OPNET Project Editor | p. 340 |
| Developing Models with OPNET: Conclusion | p. 343 |
| Simulation of ASON/GMPLS Using OMNET++ Simulator | p. 344 |
| The OMNET Simulator and the INET Framework | p. 345 |
| IP/MPLS over ASON/GMPLS Simulator | p. 347 |
| Conclusions | p. 349 |
| WDM Network Planning: The MatPlanWDM Tool | p. 350 |
| Distinctions Between Planning Problems | p. 350 |
| Integrated Tool | p. 352 |
| Extension of the Tool | p. 352 |
| The Javanco Environment | p. 354 |
| History and Predecessors | p. 354 |
| General Architecture | p. 355 |
| Utilisations | p. 359 |
| Future Developments and Conclusion | p. 359 |
| IKR Simulation Library | p. 359 |
| Conceptual Structure | p. 360 |
| Libraries | p. 361 |
| Application of the Simulation Library | p. 361 |
| Summary | p. 362 |
| References | p. 362 |
| Future Outlook (Part III) | p. 365 |
| Future Outlook | p. 367 |
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