Optical Packet Access Protocols for WDM Networks (Broadband Networks and Services)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781402070426
Subjects: Computer Communications & Networking; Telecommunications; Packet switching (Data transmi; Wavelength division multiplexing; Data Transmission Standards And Protocols; Packet Switched Data Network (Psdn); Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Packet switching (Data transmission); General; Networking - General; Computers / Networking / General; Computers : Networking - General; Medical : General; Technology / Telecommunications; Wavelength division multiplexi; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Networking - Network Protocols
First sentence: In principle, the rapid growth in bandwidth demand due to the Internet explosion may only be satisfied by optical networks and particularly by employing the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology [Brackett90, Mukherjee97, Ramaswami98, Sivalingam00].