Impairment aware networking and relevant resiliency issues in all-optical networks

The issues and challenges associated with network planning and engineering of a dynamically reconfigurable all-optical network will be discussed. Possible solutions will be outlined and the effectiveness of some proposed solutions will be demonstrated.

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