PUBLICATIONS by Alan Hill

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Optical Packet Networks   

Cell/Packet Scheduling Algorithms   

WDMA/TDMA Optical Networks   

WDM Networks                 

WDM PONs                                   

Optical Switching Networks   

Optical Systems               

Optical Components                        

Optical Signal Processing

Optical Packet Networks

• "New network infrastructures for the 21st century. Part 2 - Ultra-fast self-routing networks"

          David Cotter, Ian Hawker, Alan Hill and Vivek Tandon

          British Telecomms. Engineering, vol.13, part 3, 206-212 (1994)

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Cell/Packet Scheduling Algorithms                                                                             

• “Frame-based matching algorithms for input-queued switches” 

          A Bianco, M Franceschinis, S Ghisolfi, E Leonardi, F Neri, A M Hill and R Webb

          2002 Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR 2002), Kobe, Japan, May 26-29 2002

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WDMA/TDMA Optical Networks

• “Unconstrained signalling in the “switchless” WDMA/TDMA optical transport network”

          Alan M. Hill 

          Proc. SPIE Conf. on Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control and Management Issues, 5-8 November 2000, 

          Boston, MA, paper 4213-23

• “Single layer optical platform based on WDM/TDM multiple access for large scale “switchless” networks” 

          N P Caponio, A M Hill, F Neri and R Sabella

          European Transactions on Telecommunications, vol.11, no.1, 73-82 (2000)

• “Switchless optical network for advanced transport architecture” 

          N P Caponio, A M Hill and R Sabella

          Proc. IEEE/LEOS'98, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1998, Paper WZ4, pp.358-359

• “Transmission limitation of all optical network based on NxN multi/demultiplexer”

          A Yu, M J O’Mahoney and A M Hill

          Electronics Letters vol.33, no.12, 1068-1069 (1997)

• "A Scalable and Switchless Optical Network Structure, Employing a Single 32x32 Free-Space Grating Multiplexer" 

          A M Hill, S Carter, J Armitage, M Shabeer, R A Harmon and P Rose

          IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol.8, No.4, 569-571 (1996)

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WDM Networks                                                                                                     

• “Multiple-star wavelength-router network and its protection strategy”

          A M Hill, M Brierley, M Percival, R Wyatt, D Pitcher, K Ibrahim Pati, I Hall and J P Laude

          IEEE JSAC Special Issue on High Capacity Optical Transport Networks, vol.16, no.7, 1134-1145 (1998)

• "Interworking and Optical Networking in the European ACTS WOTAN Project"

          P J Chidgey and A Hill

          3rd Int. Symp. on Interworking (Interworking '96), Nara, Japan, 1st-3rd October 1996

• "Optical networking in the European ACTS programme"

          A M Hill and A J N Houghton

          OFC '96 Symposium on Optical Networks, San Jose, 25 February - 1st March 1996

• "New network infrastructures for the 21st century. Part 1: Ultra-high-capacity wavelength-routed networks"

          Ian Hawker, Vivek Tandon, David Cotter and Alan Hill

          British Telecomms. Engineering, vol.13, part 2, 103-111 (1994)

• "Multiwavelength operation for low bit-rate and wideband optical fibre systems"

          D.J.Brace and A.M.Hill

          IEE Colloquium  on  Optical  Fibre  Systems-  Present  and Future, London, May 1981

• "Practical   constraints   on   wavelength multiplexing  of multimode, digital systems in the 850 nm. region"

          A.M.Hill

          Proc. 5th. ECOC, Amsterdam,  1979,  paper 21.6

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WDM PONs                                                                                                             

• "Wavelength division multiplexing for optical access networks. Experiences from RACE project R2070 MUNDI"

          R Herber, H Richter, A Hill and J Pietzsch

          Proc. VII International Workshop on Optical Access Networks, Nuremberg, 24-27 Sept. 1995, Paper 3.3

• "WDM Networking in the access network and beyond"

          A M Hill

          ECOC'95 Optical Networking Forum Workshop, Brussels, 22nd September 1995, Paper S1.4

• "Experiences with upgrading of passive optical networks using wavelength division multiplexing"

          R Herber, H Richter, S Carter, A Hill and J Pietzsch

          Proc. 21st European Conf. on Optical Comm. (ECOC '95), Brussels, 17-21 Sept. 1995, Paper Tu.B.1.3

• "Broad-band upgrade of optical access networks by HDWDM"

          A M Hill, S Carter, L Blair, D J Pratt, G Sherlock, R A Harmon, S Culverhouse, M Searle, J J O'Reilly and C Appleton

          Proc. 20th European Conf. on Optical Comm. (ECOC '94), Florence, 25-29 September 1994, pp 777-780

• "Wavelength applications in the local access network"

          K.J.Blyth,  A.M.Hill,  D.B.Payne and D.S.Forrester

          IEE Colloquium on Wavelength Standards in Fibre Optic Systems, Savoy Place, London, 7th Feb 1992

• "Network implications of optical amplifiers"

          A.M.Hill

          Technical Digest of the Optical Fiber Communication Conf. (OFC'92), San Jose, 2-7 Feb. 1992, paper WF5, p.118

• "39.81 Gbit/s, 43.8 million-way WDM broadcast network with 527 km range"

          D S Forrester, A M Hill et al

          Electron. Letts. vol.27, no.22, 2051-2052 (1991)                               

• "Wavelength referencing in passive optical networks"                                       

          A.M.Hill and  K.J.Blyth                                                                                                                    

          Int. Conf. on Communications (ICC  '91), 23-26 June 1991, vol.2, Paper 20.4, pp 597-601                                                  

• "Optimisation of an erbium fibre amplifier broadcast  network"

          D.S.Forrester and A.M.Hill

          IEE 3rd. Bangor Communications Symposium, 29/30 May 1991

• "High-capacity broadcasting over an optical local network"

          A.M.Hill et al

          Optical Fiber Communications Conf. (OFC '91), San Diego, 18-22 Feb. 1991, Paper ThD3,  p 153

• "An experimental broadband and telephony passive optical network"

          A.M.Hill et al

          Proc. IEEE Global Telecomms. Conf. (Globecom '90), San Diego, Dec.1990, vol.3, Paper 903.4, pp 1856-1860

• "39.5  million-way  WDM   broadcast network  employing  two  stages  of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers"

          A.M.Hill  et  al

          Electron. Letts. vol.26, no.22, 1882-1883 (1990)

• "7,203-user WDM broadcast network employing one erbium-doped  fibre power amplifier"

          A.M.Hill et al

          Electron. Letts. vol.26, no.9, 605-607 (1990)

• "Multiwavelength technology for local loop applications"

          D.B.Payne and A.M.Hill

          Globecom '89, Dallas, Nov. 1989

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Optical Switching Networks                                                                                 

• "How many node switches does a broad-band network need: just one with advanced optical technologies?"

          Alan Hill

          Institute of Physics Meeting on Parallel Optics and Switching Technologies, London, 18th January 1995

• "Integrated structure for generalised connection networks employing optical switches"

          A.M.Hill et al

          Electron. Letts. vol.26, no.18, 1474-1476 (1990)

• "A distributed wavelength switching architecture for the TPON local network"

          A.M.Hill and D.B.Payne

          Proc. 13th. International Switching Symposium, ISS90

• "Switching  and  distribution  networks  for wideband   optical   signals" 

          A.M.Hill

          Proc.  Int.  Switching Symposium ISS-87, Phoenix, March 1987

• "Optical  multiconnection  networks" 

          A.M.Hill

          Proc. 12th. ECOC, Barcelona, Sept. 1986. pp. 385-388

• "One-sided, rearrangeable optical switching networks"

          A.M.Hill

          J. Lightwave Technol. vol.LT-4, no.7, 785­789 (1986)

• "One-sided, rearrangeable optical switching networks"

          A.M.Hill

          Proc. IOOC-ECOC '85,  Venice, Oct.1985, pp.703-706

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Optical Systems                                                                                                    

• "Statistical characterisation of interferometric crosstalk in optical networks"

          N Karafolas, L Moura, P Lane, A Hill & J J O'Reilly

          IEE Proc.

• "Modelling of interferometric crosstalk in optical networks"

          Luis Moura, Nikos Karafolas, Phil Lane, Alan Hill and John O'Reilly

          GLOBECOM ’96

• "Statistical modelling of interferometric crosstalk in optical networks: The RACE II "MUNDI" network"

          L Moura, N Karafolas, A Hill, P Lane and J J O'Reilly

          in Proc. NOC '96, Technology, Infrastructure, WDM Networks, Eds. D W Faulkner and A L Harmer, IOS Press 1996

• "Linear crosstalk in wavelength-division-multiplexed optical fibre transmission systems"

          A.M.Hill and D.B.Payne

          J. Lightwave Technol. vol.LT-3, no.3, 643-651 (1985)

• "Nonlinear crosstalk  due  to  stimulated  Raman  scattering in a two-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed system"

          A.M.Hill, D.Cotter and J.V.Wright

          Electronics Letters vol.20, no.6, 247-249 (1984)

• "Stimulated Raman crosstalk in optical transmission: effects of  group  velocity dispersion"

          D.Cotter and A.M.Hill

          Electronics Letters vol.20, no.4, 185-187 (1984)

• "Crosstalk  penalties  in  two-channel,  optically  multiplexed  PCM  systems"

          A.M.Hill and R.P.Webb

          Proc. 6th. ECOC, York 1980, pp.454-457

• "Transmission performances of three graded-index fibre cables installed in operational  ducts"

          M.Eve, P.C.Hensel, A.M.Hill et al

          Proc. 3rd. ECOC, Munich, 1977

• "Launching independent measurements of multimode fibres"

          M.Eve, A.M.Hill et al

          Proc. 2nd. European Conf. on Optical Communication (ECOC), Paris, 1976

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Optical Components                                                                                                

• “Multiplexeurs et routeurs de longeur d’onde ultra-dense pour le réseau ACTS/SONATA, un réseau d’interconnections par la longeur d’onde optique multipoint à multipoint pour des millions d’abonnés”

          J P Laude, L Barlet, C Devemy, A Dubos, S Durand, D Fessard, J C Gautherin, C Gautrin, I Long, C Lottier, S Louis,

          P Piqot, O Thébault, J P Vegiotti, R Wyatt, M Brierley, A M Hill

          OPNET Conf, Paris Jan 99

• "Stationary stigmatic mounts of concave gratings"

          E G Churin, P Bayvel, A Stavdas, J E Midwinter and A M Hill

          Applied Optics

• "The influence of aperture size and shape on crosstalk level in free-space grating demultiplexers for WDM networks"

          E G Churin, P Bayvel, J E Midwinter and A M Hill

          Photonics Technology Letters, Vol.8, No.10, 1337-1339 (1996)

• "Optimization of Rowland circle mounts for grating demultiplexers and narrowband spectrographs"

          E G Churin, P Bayvel, A Stavdas, J E Midwinter and A M Hill

          Optics Letters, Vol.21, No.14, 1084-1086 (1996)

• "Tunable optical filters for telecommunications networks"

          K.J.Blyth, A.M.Hill, J.R.Towers and M Farries

          Communication Networks Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University, 11-12th July 1994

• "Tunable source options for the  RACE 2070 Project (MUNDI)"

          D J Pratt et al

          COST 240 Workshop on Active and Passive Photonic Devices and Subsystems for Wavelength Processing, Marcoussis,

          Paris, 25/10/93

• "A combined tunable optical filter and tunable MQW ring laser"

          K.J.Blyth and A.M.Hill

          IEEE Photonics Technol. Letts., vol.4, no.3, 227-229 (1992)

• "Holographic transmission  gratings  for  use  in the 1250-1600 nm. fibre window"

          G.R.Chamberlin, D.E.Sheat and  A.M.Hill

          2nd. Int. Conf. on Holographic Systems, Components  and  Applications,  Bath,  11-13th.  Sept. 1989

• "Advanced optical technologies for  the  future  local network"

          A.M.Hill and J.R.Stern

          Proc. E-FOC/LAN '89, Amsterdam, June 1989, Paper 2.2.3., pp.142-146

• "Designs for high channel density single-mode wavelength-division-multiplexers"

          G.R.Chamberlin and A.M.Hill

          SPIE Conf. O-E/FIBERS '87, San Diego, Aug.1987

• "Micro-optics for communications systems"

          J.R.Stern, A.M.Hill and J.H.Stewart

          IEE Colloquium on Integrated Optics, London, May 1980

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Optical Signal Processing                                                                                                                             

• Prediction of Stationary Time Series by the Holographic Method

          A.M.Hill

          Ph.D Thesis, University of London, 1976

• "Possible holographic techniques for the realisation of artificial intelligence"

          A.M.Hill

          Proc. 7th. Int. Congress on Cybernetics,  Namur,  Belgium,  Sept. 1973