This book is a reprint of the Special Issue New Trends in Optical Networks that was published in Applied Sciences.
This reprint covers recent advances and new trends in the research and standardization of optical networks. It covers all network layers from new optical components to smart network operations.
Topics include
- new materials, technologies, and production processes for optical communications devices
- high-speed optical transport networks, beyond terabit/s
- optical wireless communications
- new switching paradigms for flexible capacity scaling, low latency, and time-deterministic networking
- virtualized highly flexible network control
- integrated fixed-mobile architectures; and convergence of mobile, optical, and cloud computing
Editors
Fabio Cavaliere, Expert in photonic systems, Ericsson Research
Luca Potì, Research area manager, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni - CNIT
Authors also include, from Ericsson Research
Paola Iovanna, Alessandra Bigongiari, Alberto Bianchi, Luca Giorgi.
pdf ISBN: 978-3-0365-8687-8
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-0365-8686-1
Available from MDPI books