This work addresses the topic of optical networks cross-layer design with a focus on physical-layer-impairment-aware design. Contributors captures both the physical-layer-aware network design as well as the latest advances in service-layer-aware network design. Treatment of topics such as, optical transmissions which are prone to signal impairments, dense packing of wavelengths, dispersion, crosstalk, etc., as well as how to design the network to mitigate such impairments, are all covered.Reviewing both physical-layer-aware network design and advances in service-layer-aware network design, this book covers optical transmissions which are prone to signal impairments, dense packing of wavelengths, crosstalk and design tips to mitigate impairment.ContentsChapter 1 IntroductionSuresh Subramaniam, Ma?t? Brandt-Pearce, Piet Demeester, and Chava Vijaya SaradhiChapter 2 A tutorial of physical layer impairments in optical networksC.T. Politi, C. Matrakidis, A. StavdasChapter 3 Dynamic Impairment-Aware Routing and Wavelength AssignmentMarianna Angelou, Siamak Azodolmolky, Ioannis TomkosChapter 4 Routing andWavelength Assignment in WDM Networks with Mixed Line RatesAvishek Nag, Massimo Tornatore, Menglin Liu and Biswanath MukherjeeChapter 5 Considering Linear and Non-Linear Impairments in Planning WDM NetworksKonstantinos Christodoulopoulos, Emmanouel VarvarigosChapter 6 Cross-Layer Control of Semi-Transparent Optical Networks under Physical-ParameterUncertaintyGuido Maier, Eva Mar?n, Marco Quagliotti, Walter Erangoli, Giovanni Tamiri, Marcelo Yannuzzi, Xavier Masip, Ren? Serral-Graci?Chapter 7 Analytical models for QoT-aware RWA performanceYvan Pointurier and Jun HeChapter 8 Impairment-Aware Control Plane Architectures to Handle Optical Networks of the FutureE. Salvadori, A. Zanardi, Chava. V. Saradhi Chapter 9 QoT-Aware Survivable Network DesignSuresh Subramaniam and Maite Brandt-PearceChapter 10 Energy-efficient traffic engineeringBart Puype, Ward Van Heddeghem, Dilă)