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Increasingly bandwidth-hungry applications and services justify the need for ultra high-speed all-optical (photonic) local and metropolitan area networks. In particular, the WDM technology is commonly viewed as the leading choice in building such photonic LANs/MANs. In WDM networks, multiple wavelength channels typically operating at electronic transmission rates are supported in parallel to fully exploit the enormous potential bandwidth of a single optical fiber. Furthermore, optical packet switching appears to be the preferred technique for the development of highly bandwidth-efficient future telecommunication networks.
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Bengi, K. (2002). Conclusions. In: Optical Packet Access Protocols for WDM Networks. Broadband Networks and Services, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0961-5_6
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