optical network
RSS optical networkAdaptive Control in Optical Burst-Switching Networks With QoS Support
White Paper An adaptive control scheme is proposed for the transmission of packets burst in an all-optical Burst Switching network. It is believed that the proposed scheme improves both the provided QoS and the class separation in the wavelength-routed optical... [18 Jul 2008]
Utilizing Path Diversity in Optical Packet Switched Interconnection Networks
White Paper SPINet (Scalable Photonic Integrated Network) was recently introduced as an optical packet switched interconnection architecture for local area applications such as high-performance computing systems and storage-area networks. [18 Jul 2008]
Latency in Grid Over Optical Burst Switching With Heterogeneous Traffic
White Paper Optical Burst Switching (OBS) has been proposed as the next generation optical network for grid computing. This paper envisions a heterogeneous Grid served by an Optical Burst Switching framework, where grid traffic co-exists with IP and/or a 10 GE... [18 Jul 2008]
Light Trails: A Sub-Wavelength Solution for Optical Networking
White Paper MPLS, OBS and OPS have been proposed as solutions to realizing an all-optical network. All-optical networks are able to transport data from source to destination entirely in the optical domain. This is a departure from current optical networks that... [18 Jul 2008]
On Multicasting in Wavelength-Routing Mesh Networks
White Paper This paper considers multicasting on wavelength-routing mesh optical networks. The paper discusses the challenges of multicast support in optical wavelength routing networks, and reports on the advances made so far in this venue. [18 Jul 2008]
Threshold-Based Burst Assembly Policies for QoS Support in Optical Burst-Switched Networks
White Paper This paper proposes a threshold-based burst assembly scheme in conjunction with a burst segmentation policy to provide QoS in Optical Burst Switched (OBS) networks. Bursts are assembled at the network edge by collecting packets that have the same... [18 Jul 2008]
Light-Trail Testbed for Metro Optical Networks
White Paper As an initial step towards solving this problem, the paper demonstrates a streaming media application implemented utilizing Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) on a 3 Gbps optical fiber network employing light-trail technology. [18 Jul 2008]
Preconfiguring IP-Over-Optical Networks to Handle Router Failures and Unpredictable Traffic
White Paper This paper considers the realization of traffic-oblivious routing in IP-over-Optical networks where routers are interconnected over a switched optical backbone. In implementing this scheme, the first and second phase paths are realized at the... [18 Jul 2008]
Non-Adaptive Fault Diagnosis for All-Optical Networks Via Combinatorial Group Testing on Graphs
White Paper This paper considers the fault diagnosis problem in all-optical networks, focusing on probing schemes to detect faults. Using this framework, several new probing schemes are developed to detect network faults. [18 Jul 2008]
Multimedia Polska SA (Poland) Choose Allied Telesis for Triple Play
White Paper After evaluating a number of vendors, Multimedia selected two products from Allied Telesis - the AT-9924T, a 24 copper port Gigabit Layer 3 switch, and the AT-9924SP switch, an SFP port version that is compatible with a wide range of optical modules. [18 Jul 2008]
A Novel Method for QoS Provisioning With Protection in GMPLS Networks
White Paper The Integrated Traffic Engineering (ITE) paradigm provides mechanisms for dynamic addition of physical capacity to optical networks. The objective of the proposed policy is to use ITE to set up virtual tunnels at the MPLS and optical level and... [18 Jul 2008]
Joint Source-Channel Multistream Coding and Optical Network Adapter Design for Video Over IP
White Paper The paper consists of three equally weighted subtopics which cover some novel thoughts in designing and implementing the video over IP system in the different areas, namely, a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) network adapter for backbone... [18 Jul 2008]
Optical Network Evolution - What Will the Future Bring, and Is This Step Profitable
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to provide current and potential investors in the Optical Internet an accurate estimation of what the next upgrade in the Optical Internet will be, and when it would be wise to invest in the necessary capital equipment. [18 Jul 2008]
A Review of Traffic Grooming in WDM Optical Networks: Architectures and Challenges
White Paper By efficiently grooming low-speed traffic streams onto high-capacity optical channels, it is possible to minimize this electronic processing and eventually increase the network performance. The transmission capacity of a link in today's optical... [18 Jul 2008]
Using Dynamic Optical Networking for High-Speed Access
White Paper Through the use of switched optical circuits the number of hosts that can be supported on a metropolitan area core ring network can be increased significantly at an acceptable grade of service. This proposal enables the use of hybrid Ethernet... [18 Jul 2008]
