Core and Metro Networks

1 The Emerging Core and Metropolitan Networks

Andrea Di Giglio, Angel Ferreiro and Marco Schiano

1.1 Introduction

1.2 General Characteristics of Transport Network

1.3 Future Networks Challenges

1.4 New Transport Networks Architectures

1.5 Transport Networks Economics

Acronyms

References

2 The Advances in Control and Management for Transport Networks

Dominique Verchere and Bela Berde

2.1 Drivers Towards More Uniform Management and Control Networks

2.2 Control Plane as Main Enabler to Autonomic Network Integration

2.3 Multilayer Interactions and Network Models

2.4 Evolution of Connection Services and Special Cases of Optical Networks

2.5 Conclusion

References

3 Elements from Telecommunications Engineering

Chris Matrakidis, John Mitchell and Benn Thomsen

3.1 Digital Optical Communication Systems

3.2 Performance Estimation

References

4 Enabling Technologies

Stefano Santoni, Roberto Cigliutti, Massimo Giltrelli, Pasquale Donadio,

Chris Matrakidis, Andrea Paparella, Tanya Politi, Marcello Potenza,

Erwan Pincemin and Alexandros Stavdas

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Transmitters

4.3 Receiver

4.4 The Optical Fiber

4.5 Optical Amplifiers

4.6 Optical Filters and Multiplexers

References

5 Assessing Physical Layer Degradations

Andrew Lord, Marcello Potenza, Marco Forzati and Erwan Pincemin

5.1 Introduction and Scope

5.2 Optical Power Budgets, Part I

5.3 System Bandwidth

5.4 Comments on Budgets for Nonlinear Effects and Optical Transients

5.5 Semianalytical Models for Penalties

5.6 Translucent or Hybrid Networks

5.7 Appendix

References

6 Combating Physical Layer Degradations

Herbert Haunstein, Harald Rohde, Marco Forzati, Erwan Pincemin,

Jonas Martensson, Anders Djupsj€obacka and Tanya Politi

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Dispersion-Compensating Components and Methods for CD and PMD

6.3 Modulation Formats

6.4 Electronic Equalization of Optical Transmission Impairments

6.5 FEC in Lightwave Systems

6.6 Appendix: Experimental Configuration and Measurement Procedure for Evaluation and Comparison for Different Modulation Formats for 40 Gbit/s Transmission

Acknowledgments

References

Dictionary of Optical Networking

Didier Colle, Chris Matrakidis and Josep Sol_e-Pareta

Acronyms

Index