OPTICAL WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM) MESH NETWORKING PAPERS

Note: The majority of these papers are based on the authors' work while at Tellium Inc. (Keywords: mesh networking, optical networks, optical networking, optical mesh networks, WDM networks)

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Upcoming Books

E. Bouillet, G. Ellinas, J. Labourdette, R. Ramamurthy Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks (Wiley)

Note: The majority of the work presented in this book is based on the authors' work while at Tellium Inc., together with related work by other researchers/engineers.

Journal Papers

• J. Labourdette, E. Bouillet, R. Ramamurthy, G. Ellinas, S. Chaudhuri, K. Bala, Routing Strategies for Capacity-Efficient and Fast-Restorable Mesh Optical Networks (Photonic Network Communications, 4:3/4, 219-235, 2002)
• G. Ellinas, J. Labourdette, J. Walker, S. Chaudhuri, L. Lin, E. Goldstein, K. Bala, Restoration in Layered Architectures with a WDM Mesh Optical Layer (IEC Annual Communications Review, 2002)
• G. Ellinas, E. Bouillet, R. Ramamurthy, J. Labourdette, S. Chaudhuri, K. Bala, Routing and Restoration Architectures in Mesh Optical Networks (Optical Networks Magazine, January/February, 2003)
• G. Ellinas, J. Labourdette, J. A. Walker, S. Chaudhuri, L. Lin, E. Goldstein, K. Bala, Transparent Optical Switches: Technology Issues and Challenges (IEC Annual Communications Review, 2003)
• G. Ellinas, J. Labourdette, J. A. Walker, S. Chaudhuri, L. Lin, E. Goldstein, K. Bala, Network Control and Management Challenges  in Opaque Networks Utilizing Transparent Optical Switches (IEEE Communications Magazine, February 2004)
• Eric Bouillet, J. Labourdette, Distributed Computation of Shared Backup Path in Mesh Optical Networks Using Probabilistic Methods ( Transactions on Networking, October 2004)
• Hang Liu, Eric Bouillet, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Nooshin Komaee, J. Labourdette, Sid Chaudhuri, Distributed Route Computation Algorithms and Dynamic Provisioning in Intelligent Optical Mesh Networks (IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, November 2004)
• Eric Bouillet, J. Labourdette, Ramu Ramamurthy, Sid Chaudhuri, Lightpath Re-optimization in Mesh Optical Networks (Transactions on Networking, April 2005)
• J. Labourdette, Eric Bouillet, and Chris Olszewski, "Emerging Optical Network Technologies: architectures, Protocols and Performance" (Book Chapter in Book titled "Operational Aspects of Mesh Networking in WDM Optical Networks", Kluwer Academic Publishers, September 2004)
• J. Labourdette, Eric Bouillet, Ramu Ramamurthy, Ahmet Akyamac, Fast Approximate Dimensioning and performance Analysis of Mesh Optical Networks (IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, July/August 2005).

� Z. R. Bogdanowicz, Analysis of Optimal Sets of Survivable Paths in Undirected Simple Graph Applicable for Optical Networks, (Electronic Notes on Discrete Mathematics (ENDM), 2005).

� Z. Bogdanowicz, S. Datta, Analysis of Backup Route Reoptimization Algorithms for Optical Shared Mesh Networks (Mathematical and Computer Modelling,  2004)

� Z. Bogdanowicz, On Properties of Working Paths in Optimal Set of Survivable Paths (accepted to Ars Combinatoria)

Tutorial Corner

• The Interconnect Penalty of Small Size Switches (Optical Networks Magazine, Tutorial Corner, September/October 2002)
• Layered Architecture for Scalability in Core Mesh Optical Networks (Optical Networks Magazine, Tutorial Corner January/February 2003)
• Opaque and Transparent Networking (Optical Networks Magazine, Tutorial Corner, May/June 2003)
• Role of Optical Network in Resilient IP Backbone Architecture (Optical Networks Magazine, Tutorial Corner, September/October 2003)
• Editorial on oVPN (Photonic Network Communications, 7:3, 2004)

Conference Papers

• Analysis and Design of Fully Shared Networks (ITC 1994)

2001

� Addressing Transparency in DWDM mesh survivable networks (OFC 2001)

2002

• Stochastic Approaches to Compute Shared Mesh Restored Lightpaths in Optical Network Architectures (Infocom 2002)
• Lightpath Re-optimization in Mesh Optical Networks (Proc. 7th European Conference on Networks & Optical Communications (NOC),
  Darmstadt, Germany, June 2002)
• Ring Speed Restoration and Optical Core Mesh Networks (Proc. 7th European Conference on Networks & Optical Communications (NOC),
  Darmstadt, Germany, June 2002)
• Optical Mesh Network Modeling: Simulation and Analysis of Restoration Performance (NFOEC 2002)
• Two-Tier Network Economics (NFOEC 2002)
• Efficient Network switching Hierarchy (NFOEC 2002)
• Reliability in Single Domain Vs Multi-domain Optical Mesh Networks (NFOEC 2002)
• Routing Lightpaths in Optical Mesh Networks with Express Links (OFC 2002)
• Enhanced Algorithm Cost Model to Control tradeoffs in Provisioning Shared Mesh Restored Lightpaths (OFC 2002)
• Dynegy�s National Long-Haul Optical Mesh Network Utilizing Intelligent Optical Switches (LEOS 2002 Annual Meeting)
• GMPLS-Based Control Plane for Optical Networks: Early Implementation Experience (SPIE ITCom 2002)

2003

• Role of Optical Network and Spare Router Strategy in Resilient IP Backbone Architecture (Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) 2003, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 19-22, 2003)
• Fast Approximate Dimensioning and Performance Analysis of Mesh Optical Networks (Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) 2003, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 19-22, 2003)
• Limiting Sharing on Protection Channels in Mesh Optical Networks (OFC 2003)
• Pre-Emptive Reprovisioning in Mesh Optical Networks (OFC 2003)
• Local Optimization of Shared Backup Channels in Optical Mesh Networks (OFC 2003)
• A National Mesh Network Using Optical Cross-Connect Switches (OFC 2003)
• Layered Architecture for Scalability in Core Mesh Optical Networks (NFOEC 2003)
• Network Migration: Evolution from Ring to Mesh (NFOEC 2003)

2004

• On the Tradeoffs between Path Computation Efficiency and Information Abstraction in Optical Mesh Networks (ICC 2004)
• Extending OSPF Routing Protocol for Shared Mesh Restoration (LANMAN 2004)
• Shared Mesh Restoration In Optical Networks (Invited Talk Presentation OFC 2004)

2006

• Impact of multi-port card diversity constraints in mesh optical networks (NFOEC 2006).
• Limitations of scaling switching capacity by interconnecting multiple switches (NFOEC 2006)

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