Cerutti, Isabella, 1973-Fumagalli, AndreaPotasek, Mary J.2013-06-182013-06-182001-062013-06-18http://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/2694"The work was partially supported by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under contract # 009741-0139-1999, TxTEC, and NSF under contract # ANI-0082085."When compared to first generation and single-hop optical networks, multi-hop and multi­rate (M & M) network architectures have the advantage of significantly reducing network design cost under a variety of wavelength-to-terminal cost ratios. This report investigates how fiber chromatic dispersion and self-phase modulation may affect such cost reduction in M & M WDM rings.CC BY 3.0 (Attribution)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Chromatic dispersionSelf-phase modulationComputer networks--Design and constructionMulti-hop, multi-rate networkWavelength division multiplexingTextCerutti, I., A. Fumagalli and M. J. Potasek. 2001. "Chromatic Dispersion and Self-Phase Modulation in Multi-Hop Multi-Rate WDM Rings." The University of Texas at Dallas.EE01-2001