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2008

[DCNL-ON-2008-701]
S. Ramasubramanian and A. K. Somani, "MICRON: A framework for connection establishment in optical networks," in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, April 2008.

2007

[DCNL-ON-2007-403]
S. Balasubramanian, A. K Somani, "Dynamic Survivable Network Design for Path Level Traffic Grooming in WDM Optical Networks", IEEE Globecom 2007, November 2007.

[DCNL-ON-2007-402]
W.  He and A. K. Somani, "Comparison of Protection Mechanisms: Capacity Efficiency and Recovery Time," in Proc. of IEEE ICC 2007, June 2007.

2006

[DCNL-ON-2006-410]
M. Sivakumar, K. M. Sivalingam, and A. K. Somani, "Partial Protection in Optical WDM Networks: Enhanced Support for Dynamic Traffic," in Proc. of Broadnets, San Jose, CA, Oct. 1-5, 2006.

[DCNL-ON-2006-705]
Tao Wu and Arun K. Somani, "Attack monitoring and localization in All-Optical Networks," Cluster Computing, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 465-473, October 2006.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Attack Monitoring and Localization in All-Optical Networks,'' in Proceedings of OptiComm 2002, July 2002, pages: 235-248. (Won the Best Paper AWARD.)

[DCNL-ON-2006-403]
Srivatsan Balasubramanian and Arun K. Somani, "On Traffic Grooming Choices for IP overWDM networks," Invited Paper, in Proc. of Broadnets, San Jose, CA, Oct. 1-5, 2006.

[DCNL-ON-2006-401]
N. VanderHorn, S. Balasubramanian, M. Mina, Robert J. Weber, A. K. Somani, "Light-Trail Testbed for Metro Optical Networks," in Proc. of the 2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities, TRIDENTCOM , Mar. 2006, pp. 6-12..

[DCNL-ON-2006-701]
A. K. Somani, "Survivability and Traffic Grooming in Optical Networks,'' Cambridge Press, Jan.  2006, 436 pages.

2005

[DCNL-ON-2005-707]
Tao Wu and A. K. Somani, "Cross-Talk Attack Monitoring and Localization in All-Optical Networks,'' in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, December 2005.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Crosstalk Attack Localization in All-Optical Networks,'' in Proceedings of APOC002, October 2002; and "Necessary and Sufficient condition for k crosstalk attacks localization in all-Optical Networks,'' Proceeding of IEEE Globecom 2003, Dec. 1-5, 2003, paper OP02-5.  

 [DCNL-ON-2005-410]
Srivatsan Balasubramanian, Wensheng He, Arun K. Somani, "Light-Trail Networks: Design and Survivability ," complete version of the paper accepted at  IEEE LCN2005.

[DCNL-ON-2005-409]
W. He, J. Fang and A. K. Somani, "A new p-cycle based Survivable Design for Dynamic Traffic in WDM Networks" in Proc. of IEEE Globecom 2005, November 2005 (5 pages).

[DCNL-ON-2005-405]
J. Fang, M. Sivakumar, A. K. Somani and K. M. Sivalingam, "On Partial Protection in Groomed Optical WDM Mesh Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) - Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS), (Yokohama, Japan), June 2005, pp. 228-237 .   

[DCNL-ON-2005-706]
Nathan VanderHorn, Srivatsan Balasubramanian, Mani Mina, Arun Somani, "Light-Trail Test Bed for IP-Centric Applications," IEEE Communications Magazine-Special issue on Optical Networking Testbeds: Experiences, Challenges and Future Directions, August 2005, pp. 11-16.

[DCNL-ON-2005-404]
S. Balasubramanian, A.E. Kamal, A.K.Somani, "Network Design for IP-Centric light-trail networks," IEEE Broadnets 2005.

[DCNL-ON-2005-403]
J. Fang and A.K. Somani. "IP Traffic Grooming over WDM Optical Networks," in Proc. of 9th IFIP/IEEE conference on Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), Milan, Italy, February 2005, pp. 393-402.

[DCNL-ON-2005-402]
S. Balasubramanian, A.K.Somani, A.E. Kamal, "Sparsely hubbed light-trail grooming networks," IEEE ICCCN 2005.

[DCNL-ON-2005-703]
W. He, M. Sridharan and A. K. Somani, "Capacity optimization for tolerating double link failures in WDM mesh optical networks," Journal of Photonic Network Communication, Vol. 9:1, January 2005, pp. 99-111.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Capacity Optimization for Surviving Double-Link Failures in Mesh-Restorable Optical Networks,'' in Proc. of OptiComm 2002, July 2002, pp. 13-24.

[DCNL-ON-2005-702]
M. T. Frederick, P. Datta and A. K. Somani, "Sub-Graph Routing: A generalized fault-tolerant strategy for link failures in WDM Optical Networks,'' in Computer Networks 50(2): 181-199, 2006.  
This paper is based on earlier work presented as P. Datta, M. T. Frederick and A. K. Somani, "Sub-Graph Routing: A Novel Fault-Tolerant Architecture for Shared-Risk Link Group failures in WDM Optical Networks," in 4th International Workshop on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN 2003), Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 2003, pp. 296-303.

[DCNL-ON-2005-701]
A. K. Somani, "Tradeoffs and comparison of restoration strategies in WDM networks," a book chapter in Emerging Optical Network Technologies, by Krishna Sivalingam and Suresh Subramaniam, 2005, pp. 333-355.

2004

[DCNL-ON-2004-414]
N. VanderHorn, M. Mina, A. K. Somani, "Light Trails: A Passive Optical Networking Solution for Wavelength Sharing in the Metro," U.S. Pakistan International Conference on High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies, HONET 2004, December 2004.

[ DCNL-ON-2004-411]
M. T. Frederick, P. Datta and A. K. Somani, "Evaluating Dual-Failure Restorability in Mesh-Restorable WDM Optical Networks," in ICCCN, Chicago, IL, October 2004, pp.309-314.

[DCNL-ON-2004-409]
P. Datta and A. K. Somani, "Diverse Routing for Shared Risk Resource Groups (SRRG's) in WDM optical networks," in Proc. of First International Conference on Broadband Networks, October 2004, pp. 120-129.

[DCNL-ON-2004-703]
A. K. Somani, M. Mina, and L. Li, "On Trading Wavelengths with Fibers: A Cost Performance Based Study," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 12, Issue. 5, Oct. 2004, pp.944 - 951.
 This paper is based on earlier work presented as A. K. Somani and M. Mina,"On trading wavelengths with Fibers: A cost-performance based study,'' in 38th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, October 2000, pp.1274-1283.

[DCNL-ON-2004-702]
R. Srinivasan and A. K. Somani, "Analysis of optical networks with heterogeneous grooming architectures," in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 12, no. 5, October 2004, pp. 931-943.

[DCNL-ON-2004-405]
J. Fang, W. He and Arun K. Somani, "Optimal Light Trail Design in WDM Optical Networks,'' in proceedings of ICC 2004, Vol. 3, June 2004, pp. 1699-1703.

[DCNL-ON-2004-404]
M. T. Fredericks, Pallab Datta and A. K. Somani, "Evaluating Dual-failure restorability in mesh-restorable WDM optical networks" in ICCCN 2004.

[DCNL-ON-2004-403]
M. T. Frederick, N. VanderHorn, and A. K. Somani, "Light trails: a sub-wavelength solution for optical networking," High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR) Workshop, May 2004 pp. 175-179.

[DCNL-ON-2004-402]
W. He, J. Fang, A. K. Somani, "On Survivable Design in Light Trail Optical Networks,'' in Proceeding of 8th IFIP Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, February 2004, pp. 155-172.

[DCNL-ON-2004-401]
S. Balasubramanian, A. Kamal, A. K. Somani, "Medium Access Control Protocols For Light Trail and Light Bus Networks,'' in Proceeding of 8th IFIP Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, February 2004, pp. 225-244.

2003

[DCNL-ON-2003-414]
Jing Fang and Arun K. Somani, "Enabling sub-wavelength level traffic grooming in survivable WDM optical network design," Proceeding of IEEE Globecom 2003, Dec. 1-5, 2003.

[DCNL-ON-2003-413]
Wensheng He, A. K. Somani, "Path-based Protection for Surviving Double-Link Failures in Mesh-Restorable Optical Networks," Proceeding of IEEE Globecom 2003, Dec. 1-5, 2003.

[DCNL-ON-2003-706]
S. Thiagarajan and A. K. Somani, "Optimal Wavelength Converter Placement in Arbitrary Topology Wavelength-Routed Networks," in Computer Communications, published by Elsevier, pp. 975-985, Vol. 26, Issue 9, June 2003.

This paper is based on earlier work presented as "An Efficient Algorithm for Optimal Wavelength Converter Placement on Wavelength-Routed Networks with Arbitrary Topologies,''
in the Proc. of INFOCOM 1999, May 1999, pp. 916-923.

[DCNL-ON-2003-704]
J. Fang, R. Srinivasan, and A. K. Somani, "Performance analysis of WDM optical networks with wavelength usage constraint," in Photonic Network Communications, Volume 5,Issue 2, March 2003, pp. 137-146.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as, "Performance analysis of WDM optical networks with wavelength usage constraint," in Proceedings of the Sixth Working Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modelling, February, 2002.

[DCNL-ON-2003-703]
R. Srinivasan and A. K. Somani, "Dynamic routing in WDM grooming networks," in Photonic Network Communications, Volume 5, Issue 2, March 2003, pp. 123-135.
This paper is based on earlier work presented by Arun K. Somani, "Dynamic Routing in Survivable WDM Grooming Networks," in Proceedings of 40th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, October 2002.

[DCNL-ON-2003-702]
R. Srinivasan and A. K. Somani, "On achieving fairness and efficiency in high-speed shared medium networks," in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Volume 11,Issue 1, February 2003, pp. 111-124.

[DCNL-ON-2003-701]
Tao Wu and Arun K. Somani, "Attack Monitoring and Localization in All-Optical Networks," in Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, 2003, pp.235-248.

This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Attack Monitoring and Localization in All-Optical Networks,'' in Proceedings of OptiComm 2002, July 2002, pages: 235-248. (Won the Best Paper AWARD.)


[DCNL-ON-2003-404]
R. Srinivasan and A. K. Somani, "Analysis of optical networks with heterogeneous grooming architectures" in Proceedings of Seventh Working Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modelling (ONDM), Budapest, Hungary, February 2003.

[DCNL-ON-2003-403]
Michael T. Frederick and Arun K. Somani, "A Single-Fault Recovery Strategy for Optical Networks Using Subgraph Routing," in Proceedings of the 7th IFIP Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM-2003, February 2003.

[DCNL-ON-2003-402]
Nathan Vanderhorn and Arun K. Somani, "Robust, Dynamic and Fair Network A High-Speed Option for Metropolitan Area Networks," in Proceedings of the 7th IFIP Working Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM-2003, February 2003.

[DCNL-ON-2003-401]
Pallab Datta, Murari Sridharan and Arun K. Somani, "A Simulated Annealing Approach for Topology Planning and Evolution of Mesh-Restorable Optical Networks," in Proceedings of the 7th IFIP Working Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modelling, February, 2003.

2002

[DCNL-ON-2002-409]
R. Srnivasan and A.K. Somani, "Analysis of multi-rate traffic in WDM grooming networks," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, Miami, October, 2002, pp. 296-301.

[DCNL-ON-2002-408]
Mani Mina and Arun K. Somani, "On Physical Considerations in Design of Wavelength Grooming Optical Networks," in Proceedings of 40th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, October 2002.

[DCNL-ON-2002-405]
M. Sridharan, R. Srinivasan, and A. K. Somani, "On Improving Partial Information Routing with Segmented Path Protection,'' in the sixth Workshop Proc. on Optical Networks, Vancouver, August 2002.

[DCNL-ON-2002-404]
A. K. Somani, and M. Mina, "Challenges and Issues in Design of 2nd Generation Optical Networks,'' Invited talk at the 6th World Multi Conference on Systemic and Cybernetics and Information, Orlando, Florida, July 14–18, 2002.
 

[DCNL-ON-2002-705]
M. Sridharan and A.K. Somani, "Design for Upgradability in Mesh-Restorable Optical Networks,'' in Special Issue on Protection/Restoration Meets the Reliability Challenge for the Optical Internet, Optical Networks Magazine, May/June 2002, pp.77-87.

 

[DCNL-ON-2002-704]
S. Thiagarajan and A.K. Somani, "Traffic Grooming for Survivable WDM Mesh Networks,'' in Special Issue on Protection/Restoration Meets the Reliability Challenge for the Optical Internet, Optical Networks Magazine,pp.88-98 May/June 2002.

This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Traffic grooming for survivable WDM mesh networks,'' in Proceedings of OPTICOMM 2001, August 2001.

 

[DCNL-ON-2002-403]
R. Srinivasan and A. K. Somani, "Request-specific routing in WDM grooming networks," in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, April, 2002, Volume: 5, Pages: 2876-2880.
 

[DCNL-ON-2002-703]
L. Li and A. K. Somani, "Efficient Algorithms for Wavelength Converter Placement in All-Optical Networks,'' Volume 3, Issue 2, (March/April 2002) Optical Networking Magazine.

This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Efficient Algorithms for the Wavelength Converter Placement on All-Optical Networks,'' in Proc. Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Maryland, March 1999.

 

[DCNL-ON-2002-402]
M. Sridharan, R. Srinivasan, and A. K. Somani, "Dynamic routing with partial information in mesh-restorable optical networks," in Proceedings of the the Sixth Working Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modelling, February, 2002.

[DCNL-ON-2002-702]
M. Sridharan, M. V. Salapaka, A. K. Somani, "A Practical Approach to Operating Survivable WDM Networks,'' in the Journal of Selected Areas in Communications: Special Issue on WDM-based Network Architecutures, January 2002, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 34-46.

[DCNL-ON-2002-701]
R. Srinivasan and A. K. Somani, "A generalized framework for analyzing time-space switched optical networks," in IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications -- Special issue on WDM-based network architectures, January 2002, pp. 202-215.

This paper is based on earlier work to be presented as "A Generalized Framework for Analyzing Time-Space Switched Optical Networks,'' in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2001, pp. 179-188, April 2001.

2001

[DCNL-ON--2001-708]
L. Li and A. K. Somani, "Blocking Performance Analysis of Fixed-Paths Least-Congestion Routing in Multifiber WDM Networks,'' in International Journal of Communication Systems, 2001.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Blocking Performance Analysis of Fixed-Paths Least-Congestion Routing in Multifiber WDM Networks,'' in Proc. SPIE Photonics East'99, Boston, MA, September 1999, pp.56-67.

[DCNL-ON-2001-707]
G. Mohan, A. K. Somani, and Sivaram Murthi "Efficient Algorithms For Routing Dependable Connections in WDM Optical Networks,'' in IEEE/ACM Transactions On Networking, Vol. 9, Issue 5, October 2001, pp.553 -566.

This paper is based on earlier work presented as G. Mohan and A. K. Somani, "Routing Dependable Connection with Specified Failure Restoration Guarantees in WDM Networks,'' in the Proceedings of INFOCOM 2000, April 2000, pp. 1761-1770.

[DCNL-ON-2001-408]
M. Mina and A. K. Somani, "Wavelength Conversion Technology and the impact on future optical networks,'' 39th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, October 2001.

[DCNL-ON-2001-407]
R. Srinivasan and A. K. Somani, "On the blocking performance of tree establishment in time-space switched optical networks,'' in Proceedings of OPTICOMM 2001, August, 2001.
 

[DCNL-ON-2001-704]
S. Thiagarajan and A. K. Somani, "Capacity Fairness of WDM Networks with Grooming Capabilities," in the Optical Network Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 3, May/June 2001, pp. 24-31.

This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Capacity Fairness of WDM Networks with Grooming Capabilities," OPTICOMM 2000, Dallas, SPIE Proc. Vol. 4233, October 2000, pp. 191-201.


[DCNL-ON-2001-703]
M. Sridharan, A. K. Somani, and M. Salapaka, "Approaches for Capacity And Revenue Optimization in Survivable WDM Network,'' in Special issue on Survival Network, Journal of High Speed Network, vol. 10, no. 2, August 2001, pp. 109-125.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as M. Sridharan, M. V. Salapaka, and A. K. Somani, "Operating mesh-survivable WDM transport networks," SPIE Technical Conference on Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues, Boston, November 2000, pp. 113-123. and M. Sridharan and A. K. Somani, "Revenue Maximization in Survivable WDM Networks,'' in Proc. of OPTICOMM 2000, October 2000, pp. 291-302.

[DCNL-ON-2001-404]
S. Thiagarajan and A. K. Somani, "Blocking Performance of WDM Networks with Sparse Grooming Capabilities,'' in Proc. of IEEE ICC 2001, June 2001, pp. 1592 -1596.

[DCNL-ON-2001-403]
S. Thiagarajan and A. K. Somani, "A Capacity Correlation Model for WDM Networks with Grooming Capabilities," in Proc. IEEE  Intl. Conf. Comm. 2001, June 2001, Helsinki, Finland.
 

2000

 

[DCNL-ON-2000-705]
A. K. Somani and M. Azizoglu, "Wavelength Assignment Issues in Wavelength-Routed Networks," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technologies 2001, Vol. 18, No. 12, December 2000, pp. 1807-1817.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "All Optical LAN Interconnection with a Wavelength Selective Router," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'97, pp. 1278-1285, April 1997.

[DCNL-ON-2000-704]
A. K. Somani and B. Ramamurthy, "Optical Communication Networks for the Next-Generation Internet," Guest Editorial, IEEE Network Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2000, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 6-7.

[DCNL-ON-2000-703]
L. Li and Arun K. Somani, "Dynamic Wavelength Routing Techniques And Their Performance Analysis,'' book chapter in book edited by K. M. Sivalingam and S. Subramaniam, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, pp. 247-272.

[DCNL-ON-2000-702]
L. Li and Arun Somani, "A New Analytical Model for Multifiber WDM Networks,'' in IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 18, Issue 10, Oct. 2000, pp. 2138-2145.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "A New Analytical Model for Multifiber WDM Networks," in Proc. Globecom'99, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 1999, pp. 1007-1011.

[DCNL-ON-2000-408]
S. Thiagarajan and A. K. Somani, "Performance Analysis of WDM Optical Networks with Grooming Capabilities,'' in Proc. SPIE Intl. Symp. on Voice, Video, and Data Comm.-Terabit Optical Networking: Arch., Control, and Management, Boston, MA, USA, November 2000, pp. 253-262.

 [DCNL-ON-2000-407]
M. Sridharan, M. V. Salapaka, and A. K. Somani, "Operating Mesh-Survivable WDM Transport Networks,'' in Proceedings of SPIE Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues, Boston, November 2000, pp. 113-123.

1999

[DCNL-ON-1999-707]
A. K. Somani and M. Azizoglu, "Wavelength Assignment Issues in Wavelength-Routed," submitted to IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technologies 1998.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "All Optical LAN Interconnection with a Wavelength Selective Router," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'97, pp. 1278-1285, April 1997.

[DCNL-ON-1999-706]
S. Subramaniam, M. Azizoglu, and A. K. Somani, "On Optimal Converter Placement in Wavelength-Routed Networks," IEEE/ACM Journal of Networking, Volume 7, No. 5, October 1999, pp. 754-766.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Converter placement on wavelength-routed network paths," in All-Optical Communication Systems: Architecture, Control, and Network Issues III, John M. Senior, Robert A. Cryan, Chunming Qiao, Editors, in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3230, pages 265--276, Nov. 1997. Won the best paper award.

[DCNL-ON-1999-705]
Ling Li and Arun K. Somani, "Dynamic Wavelength Routing Using Congestion and Neighborhood Information," IEEE/ACM Trans. On Networking, Volume 7, No. 5, October 1999, pp. 779-786.

[DCNL-ON-1999-701]
S. Subramaniam, A. K. Somani, M. Azizoglu, and R. A. Barry, "The Benefits of Wavelength Conversion in WDM Networks with Non-Poisson Traffic," in IEEE Communications Letters, 1998, Vol. 3, No. 3, March 1999, pp. 81-83.

This paper is based on earlier work presented as S. Subramaniam, A. K. Somani, M. Azizoglu, and R. A. Barry, "A performance model for wavelength conversion with non-Poisson traffic," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'97, pp. 499-506, April 1997.


[DCNL-ON-1999-414]
Ling Li and Arun Somani, "Fiber Requirement in Multifiber WDM Networks with Alternate-Path Routing," in Proc. ICCCN'99, Boston, MA, October 1999.

1998

 

[DCNL-ON-1998-402]
S. Subramaniam, M. Azizoglu, and A. K. Somani, "On the optimal placement of wavelength converters in wavelength-routed networks," in the Proc. of INFOCOM '98, March 1998, pp. 837-844.


1997

 

[DCNL-ON-1997-703]
S. Subramaniam, M. Azizoglu, and A. K. Somani, "Connectivity and sparse wavelength conversion in wavelength-routing networks," in IEEE/ACM Journal of Networking, Vol. 4, No. 4, August 1997, pp. 544-557.
This paper is based on earlier work presented as "Connectivity and sparse wavelength conversion in wavelength-routing networks," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM'96, San Francisco, 1996, pp. 148-155.


1996

 

[DCNL-ON-1996-705]
S. Subramaniam, M. Azizoglu, and A. K. Somani, "All-optical networks with sparse-wavelength conversion," in IEEE Transactions on Networking, vol. 4, no. 4, August 1996, pp. 544-557.


1995

 

[DCNL-ON-1995-403]
S. Subramaniam, M. Azizoglu, and A. K. Somani, "Effect of Wavelength Converter Density on the Blocking Performance of All-Optical Networks," LEOS workshop, San Francisco, CA, Oct 1995, pp. 210-211, October 1995.


1994

[DCNL-ON-1994-403]
S. Tridandapani, J. S. Meditch, and A. K. Somani, "The MaTPi protocol: Masking Tuning Times Through Pipelining in WDM Optical Networks," in the Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 1994, pp. 1528-1535.

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