chapter 1 Overview of Optical Communication Networks: Current and Future Trends -- chapter 2 Evolution of Optical Networks Architecture -- chapter 3 Design Aspects of Optical Communication Networks -- chapter 4 Evolution to an Optical Broadband Services Network -- chapter 5 Multiprotocol Label Switching -- chapter 6 Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode -- chapter 7 A Survey on Fair Bandwidth Allocation for Multicast Over the Internet -- chapter 8 Emerging Optical Network Management -- chapter 9 Optical Network Mangement and Allocation -- chapter 10 Real-Time Provisioning of Optical Communication Networks -- chapter 11 Routing and Wavelength Assignment with Mult-Granularity Traffic in Optical Networks -- chapter 12 Adaptive Routing and Wavelength Assignment in all-optical Networks: The Role of Wavelength Conversion and Virtual Circuit Deflection -- chapter Chapter Thriteen Connection Management in Wavelength Routed all-optical Networks -- chapter 4 teen A Novel Distributed Protocol for Path Selection in Dynamic Wavelength-Routed WDM Networks -- chapter 15 Distributed Lightpath Control for Wavelength-Routed WDM Networks -- chapter 6 teen Recent Advances in Dynamic Lightpath Restoration in WDM Mesh Networks -- chapter 17 Restoration in Optical WDM Mesh Networks -- chapter 18 Shared Alternate-path Protection with Multiple Criteria in all-optical Wavelength-routed WDM Networks -- chapter Chapter Ninteen Optical Transport Networks: A Physical Layer Perspective -- chapter 20 Fiber Optic Sensors -- chapter 21 Wavelength Converters.