Recent Publications (from around 2000)

in the area of Optical Networks

A proof of wavelength conversion not improving Lagrangian bounds of the sliding scheduled RWA problem ( J.Y.Zhang, J. Wu and G. v. Bochmann ), Computer Communications, Vol. 36 (2013), pp. 600-606. -- copy

Forward-looking WDM network reconfiguration with per-link congestion control ( J. H. Wu, J. Y. Zhang, G. v. Bochmann and M. Savoie ), Journal of Network and Systems Management, Special Issue on "Advances in Optical Networks Control and Management" (21 Oct. 2011). -- copy

Corrections to "Lightpath (Wavelength) Routing in Large WDM Networks" and "Dynamic Routing and Assignment of Wavelength Algorithms in Multifiber Wavelength Division Multiplexing Networks" ( S. Yu, J. Wu, J. Y. Zhang and G. v. Bochmann ), IEEE Tr. on Communications, Vol. 28 (9), pp. 1502-1503, 2010. -- copy

Resource criticality analysis of static resource allocations in WDM networks ( J. Y. Zhang, J. Wu, G. v. Bochmann and M. Savoie )  Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009 -  PDF  

Differentiated static resource allocation in WDM networks ( J. Y. Zhang, J. Wu, G. v. Bochmann and M. Savoie )  Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009 -  PDF  

A proof of wavelength conversion not improving the Lagrangian bound of the static RWA problem ( Y. Zhang, J. Wu, G. v. Bochmann and M. Savoie )  IEEE Communications Letters, Vol 6, No. 5 (May 2009), pp. 1-3. -  PDF

A computation method for scenario studies in WDM network planning ( J. Y. Zhang, J. Wu, G. v. Bochmann and M. Savoie )  Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2009, pp. 1632-1646. -  PDF

Resource criticality analysis of static resource allocations and its applications in WDM network planning ( J. Y. Zhang, J. Wu, G. v. Bochmann and M. Savoie )  Journal of Optical Communication and Networking, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 294-306, Sept. 2009. -  PDF

Deploying agile photonic networks over reconfigurable optical networks ( S. A. Paredes, G. v. Bochmann and T. J. Hall )  Proc. 14th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, July 5 - 8, 2009, Sousse, Tunisia. -  PDF

A distributed algorithm for least constraining slot allocation in MPLS optical TDM networks ( H. Zeineddine and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, 2009 -  PDF  

OSN-IX: A Novel Internet eXchange (IX) architecture based on overlaid-star networks ( P. He and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. 4th Euro-NGI Conf. on Next Generation Networks, Krakow, April 2008. -  PDF

Grade-of-service differentiated static resource allocation schemes in WDM networks ( J. M. Zhang, J. Wu, G. v. Bochmann and M. Savoie )  Journal of Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), Vol. 5 (2008), pp. 107–122. -  PDF

Design of an agile all-photonic network ( G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. Int. Conf. on Network Architectures, Management, and Applications (SPIE), Wuhan, Nov. 2007. -  PDF  

Inter-area shared segment protection of MPLS flows over agile all-photonic star networks ( P. He and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. IEEE Globecom 2007. -  PDF  

Least constrained slot allocation in optical TDM networks ( H. Zeineddine and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (IFIP), WOCN '07, Sinagpore, July 2007, pp. 1-5. -  PDF  

A Novel Framework for Inter-area MPLS Optimal Routing ( P. He and G. v. Bochmann )  IETF, Internet Draft -  text   ietf

Constructing service matrices for agile all-optical cores ( C. Peng, S. A. Paredes, T. J. Hall and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2006), IEEE, (Best Student Paper Award). -  PDF  

Blocking model for all-optical overlaid-star TDM networks ( J. Zheng, C. Peng and G. v. Bochmann )  IEEE Globecom’06, San Francisco, USA, Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2006. -  PDF

Delay performance analysis for an agile all-photonic star network with PONs ( C. Peng, P. He, G. v. Bochmann and T. J. Hall )  Proc. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2006. -  PDF  

Routing of MPLS flows over an agile all-photonic star network ( P. He and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of IASTED Intern. Conf. on Communication Systems and Applications (CSA 2006), July, 2006, to be published. -  PDF  

Delay performance analysis for an agile all-photonic star network ( C. Peng, P. He, G. v. Bochmann and T. J. Hall )  2006 IFIP International Conference on Networking (IFIP Networking 2006), to be published. -  PDF  

Fault detection and localization in all-optical overlaid-star TDM networks ( J. Zheng, C. Peng and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of 2006 Intern. Conf. on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM’06), Beijing, China, Oct. 25-27, 2006. (invited) -  PDF  

Quick Birkhoff-von-Neumann decomposition algorithm for agile all-photonic network cores ( C. Peng, G. v. Bochmann and T. J. Hall )  accepted by 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006). -  PDF

Load balancing in all-optical overlaid-star TDM networks ( J. Zheng, C. Peng, G. v. Bochmann and T. J. Hall )  Proc. of IEEE SARNOFF’06 conference, Princeton, NJ, Mar. 27-28, 2006. (Page numbers unavailable) -  PDF

Optimization analysis of optical time slot interchangers in all-optical networks ( H. Zeineddine, P. He and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. Intern. Conf. on Optical Communication Systems and Networks (IASTED ), Banff, Canada, 2006. -  PDF  

Retransmission schemes for optical burst switching over star networks ( A. Agusti-Torra, G. v. Bochmann and C. Cervello-Pastor )  Proc. 2nd IFIP Intern. Conf. on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN), March 2005, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -  PDF  

An Agile All-Photonic Network ( T. Hall, A. Paredes and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. Fourth Intern. Conf. on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2005, Bangkok, Thailand; 14-16 Dec. 2005, pp. 365-368. -  PDF  

Congestion control and contention elimination in optical burst switching ( A. Maach, G. v. Bochmann and H. Mouftah )  Telecommunication Systems Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2 (October, 2004), pp 115-131 -  PDF  

Shared protection for time-slotted optical networks ( A. Maach, G. v. Bochmann and H. Mouftah )  Proc. of IEEE NCA Symposium, 2004 (4 pages). -  PDF  

Robust optical burst switching ( A. Maach, G. v. Bochmann and H. Mouftah )  in Proc. of 11th IEEE Inter. Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium, June 2004, pp. 447-452. -  PDF

A bandwidth allocation scheme in optical TDM networks ( A. Maach, H. Zeineddine and G. v. Bochmann )  in Proc. of IEEE/IEE Intern. Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC), Toulouse, July 2004, Springer LNCS, pp. 801-812. -  PDF

The Agile All-Photonic Network: An architectural outline ( G. v. Bochmann, M. J. Coates, T. Hall, L. Mason, R. Vickers and O. Yang )  Proc. of 22nd Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, May 2004, pp. 217-218. -  PDF

Contention avoidance in optical burst switching ( A. Maach, G. v. Bochmann and H. Mouftah )  Proc. 3rd IEEE Intern. Conf. on Networking (ICN'04 ), February 29 - March 4, 2004 (7 pages). -  PDF  

Blocking analysis for time-space switched all-optical networks ( B. Zhou, P. He and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of 4th IASTED Intern. Multi-Conference on Wireless and Optical Communication (WOC 2004), July 8-10, 2004, Banff, Canada, pp. 756-761. -  PDF  

Performance Evaluation of the Preemptive Bandwidth Allocation Protocol ( N. Chefai, G. v. Bochmann and N. D. Georganas )  Proc. MIPS, Nov. 2003, pp. -  PDF  

A hybrid architecture using both optical burst switching and routed wavelength ( A. Maach and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of IASTED Conf. on Communications and Computer Networks, Cambridge, USA, Nov. 2002, pp. 263-268. -  PDF  

Segmented burst switching: Enhancement of optical burst switching to decrease loss rate and support quality of service ( A. Maach and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of IFIP/IEEE Workshop on Next Generation Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2002), Torino, Feb. 2002, pp. 69-84. -  PDF  

Optimal wavelength allocation and flow assignment for optical networks for profit maximization ( O. Kabranov, D. Makrakis, C. Charalambous, D. Ionescu and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. Intern. Conf. on Info-tech and Info-net, ICII'2001, Oct. 2001, Beijing, China -  PDF

Preemptive bandwidth allocation protocol for multicast, multi-streams environments ( N. Chefai, N. Georganas and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of the ninth ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Ottawa, pp. 528-530, 2001 -  PDF  

Optimal wavelength allocation and flow assignment for optical networks for profit maximization ( O. Kabranov, D. Makrakis, C. Charalambous, D. Ionescu and G. v. Bochmann )  Proc. of Intern. Conf. on Info-tech and Info-net (ICII), October 29 -November 1, 2001, Beijing, China -  PDF