Architectures and protocols that enable new applications on optical networks

Malathi Veeraraghavan, Ramesh Karri, Tim Moors, Mark Karol, Reinette Grobler

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Abstract

This article first discusses how advances in networking architectures and protocols can complement advances in optical communications research to increase the overall value of optical networks by enabling more applications. A review of existing optical networking solutions is then provided along with a classification of different types of optical networks. Finally, we show how single-hop and multihop wavelength-routed networks can be used efficiently for fast end-to-end file transfers when these networks are equipped with a hardware-implementable signaling protocol, a routing protocol, and a simple transport protocol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)118-127
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Communications Magazine
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2001

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