This book presents the practical motivation, theoretical description, and extant techniques for traffic grooming in optical networks. The description of the various topics of research will be authored by leading researchers in this area, and will contain comprehensive description of related literature for each area. This book is intended to be a definitive reference and text for traffic grooming both for the practitioner in industry and the student in academia.

"Designing for Network and Service Continuity in Wireless Mesh Networks" describes performance predictability of the new wireless mesh network paradigm, and describes considerations in designing networks from the perspective of survivability and service continuity metrics. The work provides design insights for network design researchers and industry professionals. It includes designs for new mesh networks and extensions of existing networks with predictable performance.

"Designing for Network and Service Continuity in Wireless Mesh Networks" describes performance predictability of the new wireless mesh network paradigm, and describes considerations in designing networks from the perspective of survivability and service continuity metrics. The work provides design insights for network design researchers and industry professionals. It includes designs for new mesh networks and extensions of existing networks with predictable performance.

This book presents the practical motivation, theoretical description, and extant techniques for traffic grooming in optical networks. The description of the various topics of research will be authored by leading researchers in this area, and will contain comprehensive description of related literature for each area. This book is intended to be a definitive reference and text for traffic grooming both for the practitioner in industry and the student in academia.