Bandwidth Management in Community Networks
IWDC '02 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Distributed Computing, Mobile and Wireless Computing
Dwdm network designs and engineering solutions
Dwdm network designs and engineering solutions
Optical burst switching for service differentiation in the next-generation optical Internet
IEEE Communications Magazine
Virtual Fully Connected WDM Network: Architecture, Scheduling and Performance Evaluation
BROADNETS '04 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Broadband Networks
On service provisioning using light-trails in WDM optical networks with waveband switching
Photonic Network Communications
Optical Switching and Networking
Scheduling light-trails on WDM rings
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
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We propose a solution for implementing a conceptual framework for IP centric communication in the optical domain. The solution, termed Lighttrails, is a combination of node architecture and protocol for realizing efficient optical communications from IP bursts to dynamic lightpaths. It is a paradigm shift from conventional optical communication modes, in supporting amongst others, very fast optical connection set up and tear down for burst of lightpaths communication, dynamic and highly bandwidth efficient sub-lambda provisioning. Light-trails also provide a first solution to optical multicasting, a key element for many of the emerging services that motivate the need for optical capacity. Contrary to existing proposals for IP type communication in the optical domain light-trail node architecture also presents the first practically implementable solution to enable optical transport with mature technology, non stringent optical switching requirements, and presenting a much more cost effective alternative to electronics.