Reading material

“Beyond Moore's law: Internet growth trends”, Roberts, L.G.; Computer, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Jan. 2000, Pages:117 - 119
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Roberts_Beyond Moore_s law_Internet growth trends.pdf

“The future development of optical communication systems”, Midwinter, J.E.; All-Optical Networking: Existing and Emerging Architecture and Applications/Dynamic Enablers of Next-Generation Optical Communications Systems/Fast Optical Processing in Optical Transmission/VCSEL and Microcavity Lasers. 2002 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topic , 15-17 July 2002, Pages: (MB1) 3 - 4
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Midwinter_The future development of optical communication systems.pdf

Informational - IN NORWEGIAN - not part of the curriculum:
“Terabit kapasitets nettverk ved bruk av optikk” (in norwegian), Bjørnstad, Steinar; Pages: All
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Optical_Overview.doc

“Fundamental limits and possibilities for future telecommunications”, Nilsson, O.; Communications Magazine, IEEE, Volume: 39 , Issue: 5 , May 2001, Pages:164 – 167
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Nilsson_Fundamental limits and possibilities for future telecommunications.pdf

“Optical components for WDM lightwave networks”, Borella, M.S.; Jue, J.P.; Banerjee, D.; Ramamurthy, B.; Mukherjee, B.; Proceedings of the IEEE , Volume: 85 , Issue: 8 , Aug. 1997 Pages:1274 – 1307
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Borella_Optical components for WDM lightwave networks.pdf

“Optical networks: From point-to-point transmission to full networking capabilities”, Zouganeli, Evi; Telektronikk 2.05 2005, Pages: 3 - 19
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Zouganeli-Optical networks-From point-to-point transmission to full networking capabilities.pdf

“Ethernet as a carrier grade technology: developments and innovations” Sanchez, R.; Raptis, L.; Vaxevanakis, K.; Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Communications Magazine, IEEE, Issue Date: September 2008, Volume: 46 Issue:9, On page(s): 88 - 94 sanchez_ethernet_carrier_grade_technology.pdf

“Transparent Optical switches: Technology issues and challenges”, Ellinas, G. et al.; Tellium Inc., Pages: 1 – 19
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Elinas_transparent.pdf

“Generalized MPLS - an overview”, Cunha, D.V.; Bressan, G.; Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Telecommunications (ConTEL 2003), Volume: 2 , 11-13 June 2003, Pages:435 - 442
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Cunha_Generalized MPLS - an overview.pdf

“Generalized multiprotocol label switching: an overview of signalling enhancements and recovery techniques”, Banerjee, A.; Drake, L.; Lang, L.; Turner, B.; Awduche, D.; Berger, L.; Kompella, K.; Rekhter, Y.; Communications Magazine, IEEE , Volume: 39 , Issue: 7 , July 2001, Pages:144 – 151
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Banerjee_Generalized multiprotocol label switching_an overview of signaling enhancements and recovery techniques.pdf

“Lightpath routing for intelligent optical networks”, Zhensheng Zhang; James Fu; Dan Guo; Leah Zhang; Network, IEEE, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, July-Aug. 2001, Pages:28 – 35
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Zhang_Lightpath routing for intelligent optical networks.pdf

“Data-centric optical networks and their survivability”, Colle, D.; De Maesschalck, S.; Develder, C.; Van Heuven, P.; Groebbens, A.; Cheyns, J.; Lievens, I.; Pickavet, M.; Lagasse, P.; Demeester, P.; IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Volume 20, Issue 1, Jan. 2002, Pages: 6 – 20
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Colle_Data-centric optical networks and their survivability.pdf

“IP restoration vs. WDM protection: is there an optimal choice?”, Fumagalli, A.; Valcarenghi, L.; Network, IEEE, Volume 14, Issue 6, Nov.-Dec. 2000, Pages: 34 - 41
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Fumagalli_IP restoration vs_ WDM protection_ is there an optimal choice.pdf

“G.709 - The Optical Transport network (OTN)”, Schubert, Andreas; JDSU, Pages: 1-14
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/g709otn_wp_opt_tm_ae.pdf

“Proposal of networking by PON technologies for full and ethernet services in FTTx”, Nakamura, M.; Ueda, H.; Makino, S.; Yokotani, T.; Oshima, K.; Lightwave Technology, Journal of, Volume: 22, Issue: 11, Nov. 2004, Pages:2631 – 2640
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Nakamura_Proposal of Networking by PON Technologies for Full and Ethernet Services in FTTx.pdf

“Fiber-optic techniques for broadband access networks”, Koonen, Tom; Telektronikk 2.05, 2005, Pages: 49-65
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Koonen-PON-Telektronikk-Page_049-065.pdf

“PON in Adolescence: From TDMA to WDM-PON”, Grobe, Klaus et al.; IEEE Applications & Practice: Topics in optical communications, January 2008, Pages: 26-34
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Grobe et al-PON in Adolescence.pdf

Informational - not part of the curriculum:
(Section 4 - pages 748-753 - is recommended to ease the understanding of the “PON in Adolescence” paper)
“Wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) technologies for broadband access: a review”, Banerjee, Amitabha et al.; Journal of optical networking, Vol. 4, No. 11, November 2005, Pages: 737 - 758
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Banerjee et al - Wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical.pdf

“Approaches to optical Internet packet switching”, Hunter, D.K.; Andronovic, I.; Communications Magazine, IEEE, Volume: 38, Issue: 9, Sept. 2000, Pages: 116 – 122
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Hunter-Approaches to optical internet.pdf

“The application of optical packet switching in future communication networks”, O'Mahony, M.J.; Simeonidou, D.; Hunter, D.K.; Tzanakaki, A.; Communications Magazine, IEEE, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, March 2001, Pages:128 – 135
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Mike-O-Mahoney-application_of_optical_packet_switching.pdf

“Burst, packet and hybrid switching in the optical core network”, Bjørnstad, Steinar, et al.; Telektronikk 2.05, 2005, Pages: 148 - 161
http://www.item.ntnu.no/fag/ttm1/misc/Bjørnstad-Burst, packet and hybrid switching in the optical core network.pdf