Lee Chun Ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leave 45). / List of Figures --- p.iii / List of Tables --- p.iv / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Abstract --- p.vi / Chapter I --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter II --- Architecture of The Proposed Lightwave Backbone Network --- p.4 / Chapter III --- Wavelength Conflicts Problem --- p.8 / Chapter IV --- Network Dimensioning Problem --- p.10 / Chapter A. --- Integer Programming Formulation --- p.10 / Chapter V --- Capacity Apportionment (CA) Problem --- p.17 / Chapter A. --- Integer Programming Formulation --- p.17 / Chapter B. --- Heuristic Algorithm --- p.19 / Chapter C. --- An Illustrative Example For The Hueristic Algorithm --- p.21 / Chapter VI --- Wavelength Channel Assignment Problem --- p.24 / Chapter A. --- Wavelength Channel Assignment Strategies --- p.24 / Chapter B. --- Dynamic Wavelength Channel Assignment Algorithms --- p.25 / Chapter C. --- Performance Results By simulation --- p.33 / Chapter D. --- Comparison Of Blocking Performance Between Static And Dynamic Wavelength Channel Assignment Scheme --- p.40 / Chapter VII --- Conclusion --- p.42 / References --- p.45 / Appendix A Wavelength channel assignment plan generated by the heuristic algorithm for the illustrative example in section V --- p.46