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Optical Layer Protection and Restoration

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This paper provides a brief overview of the network survivability options presented by the advent of Optical Networking. Included is an overview of survivability options for optical network architectures along with an analysis of critical challenges that lie in the path of widespread deployment of optical protection and restoration schemes.

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Bonenfant, P. (1999). Optical Layer Protection and Restoration. In: Bononi, A. (eds) Optical Networking. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0525-1_9

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