Title :
WDM optical communication networks: progress and challenges
Author :
Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
While optical-transmission techniques have been researched for quite some time, optical "networking" studies have been conducted only over the past dozen years or so. The field has matured enormously over this time: many papers and Ph.D. dissertations have been produced, a number of prototypes and testbeds have been built, several books have been written, a large number of startups have been formed, and optical WDM technology is being deployed in the marketplace at a very rapid rate. The objective of this paper is to summarize the basic optical networking approaches, report on the WDM deployment strategies of two major US carriers, and outline the current research and development trends on WDM optical networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; wavelength division multiplexing; US carriers; WDM deployment; WDM optical communication networks; network control; network management; optical WDM technology; optical networking; optical transmission techniques; prototypes; research and development; startups; testbeds; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
