Transport network paths are typically bidirectional and symmetrical. In multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) and genera......

A contention resolution scheme, P-cycle auto-switching (PCAS), is proposed in wavelength-switched optical networks (WSON......

The rapid growth of the Internet raises the importance of resource planning of Internet protocol (IP) over elastic optic......

The average bit error rate (BER) performance of a free-space optical (FOS) system based on the multi-hop parallel decode......

A domain-level gradient-based routing (DLR) algorithm for heterogeneous optical networks with synchronous digital hierar......

A quality-of-service (QoS) aware scheme, called precautionary performance monitoring, is proposed to solve the optical i......

In this Letter, we propose two crosstalk-aware routing, core, and spectrum assignment (CA-RCSA) algorithms for spatial d......

Signal degradation due to physical impairments may result in unacceptable bit-error rates of received signals at the des......