This book takes a pragmatic approach to deploying state-of-the-art optical networking equipment in metro-core and backbone networks.The book is oriented towards practical implementation of optical network design. Algorithms and methodologies related to routing, regeneration, wavelength assignment, sub rate-traffic grooming and protection are presented, with an emphasis on optical-bypass-enabled (or all-optical) networks. The author has emphasized the economics of optical networking, with a full chapter of economic studies that offer guidelines as to when and how optical-bypass technology...

This book takes a pragmatic approach to designing state-of-the-art optical networks for backbone, regional and metro-core networks. It provides readily implementable methodologies for designing cost-effective and capacity-efficient optical networks.