Publications

• Simmons, J.M., Optical Network Design and Planning, Springer, 2008. (Book Info)
• Berthold, J., Saleh, A.A.M., Blair, L., and Simmons, J.M., "Optical Networking: Past, Present, and Future," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 26, No. 9, May 1, 2008, pp. 1104 - 1118. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "Survivable Passive Optical Networks Based on Arrayed Waveguide Grating Architectures," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 25, No. 12, Dec. 2007, pp. 3658 - 3668. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "Cost vs. Capacity Tradeoff with Shared Mesh Protection in Optical-Bypass-Enabled Backbone Networks," OFC/NFOEC'2007, Anaheim, CA, March 25-29, 2007, Paper NThC2. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M. and Saleh, A.A.M., "Network Agility Through Flexible Transponders," Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 19, No. 5, March 1, 2007, pp. 309 - 311. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "Network Design in Realistic All-Optical Backbone Networks," Communications Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 11, Nov. 2006, pp. 88 - 94. (PDF)
• Saleh, A.A.M. and Simmons, J.M., "Evolution Toward the Next-Generation Core Optical Network," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 24, No. 9, Sept. 2006, pp. 3303 - 3321. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "On Determining the Optimal Optical Reach for a Long-Haul Network," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 23, No. 3, March 2005, pp. 1039 - 1048. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "Analysis of Wavelength Conversion in All-Optical Express Backbone Networks," OFC'02, Anaheim, CA, March 17-22, 2002, Paper TuG2. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., Saleh, A.A.M., and Benmohamed, L., "Extending Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching to Configurable All-Optical Networks," NFOEC'01, Baltimore, MD, July 8-12, 2001. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "Economic and Architectural Benefits of Hierarchical Backbone Networks," Invited Paper, LEOS Summer Topicals, Turnberry Isle Resort, Florida, July 24-28, 2000. (PDF)
• Saleh, A.A.M. and Simmons, J.M., "Architectural Principles of Optical Regional and Metropolitan Access Networks," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Invited Paper, Vol. 17, No. 12, Dec. 1999, pp. 2431 - 2448. (PDF)
• Froberg, N., et al., "The NGI ONRAMP test bed: Regional Access WDM technology for the Next Generation Internet," LEOS'99 12th Annual Meeting, Invited Paper, November 1999. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M. and Saleh, A.A.M, "The Value of Optical Bypass in Reducing Router Size in Gigabit Networks," ICC'99, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 6-10, 1999, Vol. 1, pp. 591 - 596. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., et al., "Optical Regional Access Network (ORAN) Project," Invited Paper, OFC'99, San Diego, CA, Feb. 21-26, 1999, Paper WK1. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "Hierarchical Restoration in a Backbone Network," OFC'99, San Diego, CA, Feb. 21-26, 1999, Paper TuL2. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., Goldstein, E.L., Saleh, A.A.M., "Quantifying the Benefit of Wavelength-Add/Drop in WDM Rings with Distance-Independent and Dependent Traffic," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 17, No. 1, Jan. 1999, pp. 48 - 57. (PDF)
• Simmons, J.M., "Architectural Advantages of WDM Technology in Access Networks," LEOS'98, 11th Annual Meeting, Invited Paper, Orlando, FL, Dec. 1-4, 1998, Vol. 2, pp. 232 - 233. (PDF)
• Lin, L., Goldstein, E., Simmons, J.M., Tkach, R., "High-Density Micromachined Polygon Optical Crossconnects Exploiting Network Connection Symmetry", Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 10, No. 10, Oct. 1998, pp. 1425 - 1427. (PDF)
• Simmons, J. M., Saleh, A.A.M., Goldstein, E., Lin, L., "Optical Crossconnects of Reduced Complexity for WDM Networks with Bidirectional Symmetry," Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 10, No. 6, June 1998, pp. 819 - 821. (PDF)
• Goldstein, E., Lin, L., Simmons, J.M., Tkach, R., "Connection-Symmetric Micromachined Polygon Optical Crossconnects for WDM Lightwave Networks", Trends in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 20, 1998. (PDF)
• Simmons, J. M. and Saleh, A.A.M., "On the Value of Wavelength-Add/Drop in WDM Rings," Trends in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 20, 1998. (PDF)
• Lin, L., Goldstein, E., Simmons, J.M., Tkach, R., "High-Density Connection-Symmetric Free-Space Micromachined Polygon Optical Crossconnects with Low Loss for WDM Networks", OFC'98, San Jose, CA, Feb. 22-27, 1998, Paper PD-24. (PDF)
• Simmons, J. M., Goldstein, E.L., Saleh, A.A.M., "On The Value of Wavelength-Add/Drop in WDM Rings With Uniform Traffic," Invited Paper, OFC'98, San Jose, CA, Feb. 22-27, 1998, Paper ThU3. (PDF)
• Simmons, J. M., "Proof of Correctness of ATM Retransmission Scheme," Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, Vol. 29, Jan. 1997, pp. 181-194.
• Simmons, J. M., "A Strategy for Designing Error Detection Schemes for General Data Networks," IEEE Network, Vol. 8, No. 4, July-Aug. 1994, pp. 41 - 48.
• Simmons, J. M. and Gallager, R. G., "Design of Error Detection Scheme for Class C Service in ATM," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 2, No. 1, Feb. 1994, pp. 80 - 88.
• Simmons, J. M., "Analysis of Rate Assignments in a Rate-Based Flow Control Scheme," MS Thesis, MIT, Feb. 1990. This is some of the earliest work performed on the theory of effective bandwidth. (PDF)