The urban area of Beijing has sharply increased during the last decades. To better understand the mechanism and the nature of the metropolitan evolvement, this study explores and elucidates the evolution of spatial and functional patterns of Beijing, and investigates the relationship between urban spatial and functional patterns throughout this evolution process. In the thesis, spatial pattern ...

In this thesis, we present the identification of methods and tools for the design and analysis of an Agile All-Photonic Network (AAPN). This thesis discusses the layered topology which comprises of a set of overlaid star/tree networks, with an optical core space switch at each of the star centers and hybrid photonic/electronic switches at the edges, and optionally, with Multiplexer/Selectors in...