A tunable-channel multi-access wavelength division multiplexed network and surveillance schemes for optical cross-connects.

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by Eddie Ting Pong Kong.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-68).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Optical Network Architecture --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- High-Speed All-Optical Tunable-Channel Multi-Access Networks --- p.3Chapter 1.3 --- Fault Surveillance of Optical Cross-Connects in Wavelength Routing Network --- p.3Chapter 1.4 --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.5Chapter 2 --- Optical Multi-Access Networks --- p.6Chapter 2.1 --- All-Optical Networks --- p.6Chapter 2.2 --- Optical Multi-Access Schemes --- p.8Chapter 2.2.1 --- Wavelength-Division Multi-Access (WDMA) --- p.9Chapter 2.2.2 --- Time-Division Multi-Access (TDMA) --- p.12Chapter 2.2.3 --- Subcarrier Multi-Access (SCMA) --- p.14Chapter 2.3 --- Design Considerations --- p.14Chapter 3 --- All-Optical Tunable-Channel Multi-Access Networks --- p.18Chapter 3.1 --- Tunable-Channel Multi-Access Networks --- p.19Chapter 3.2 --- Protocols for TCMA Networks --- p.20Chapter 3.3 --- Photonic Implementation of a Wavelength Division TCMA Network with Time- Slot Access --- p.23Chapter 3.3.1 --- Proposed Network Architecture --- p.25Chapter 3.3.2 --- Experimental Results --- p.30Chapter 3.3.3 --- Discussion --- p.34Chapter 3.3.4 --- Summary --- p.35Chapter 4 --- Fault Surveillance for Optical Cross-Connects in Wavelength Routing Networks --- p.36Chapter 4.1 --- Wavelength Routing Networks --- p.37Chapter 4.2 --- Options in Fault Surveillance --- p.39Chapter 4.3 --- Optical Path Surveillance of Optical Cross-Connects in Wavelength Routing Networks --- p.41Chapter 4.3.1 --- Scanning Amplified Spontaneous Emission Identification Surveillance Scheme --- p.43Chapter 4.3.2 --- Pilot-Tone Based Surveillance and Removal Scheme --- p.49Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.55Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.57Chapter 5.1 --- Summary of the Thesis --- p.57Chapter 5.2 --- Future Work --- p.60Bibliography --- p.61Publication List --- p.5