Home page:
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http://www.kluweronline.nl/issn/1387-974X


Author info:
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See home page.


Timeline:
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Quarterly.


Calls for papers:
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Scope:
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The primary goal of this new journal is to publish high-quality, peer-reviewed
papers focussing on research activities, major achievements, and trends
involving all-optical communication networks. The is the only journal that
focuses primarily on photonic networks, and it will report results on all relevant
topics related to these networks. 

Topics of interest include: 

Network and System Technologies 

     Transport, access, and customer premises networks; 
     Local, regional, and global networks; 
     Transoceanic and undersea networks; 
     Optical transparent networks; 
     WDM, HWDM, and OTDM networks; 
     Wavelength routed networks; 
     Soliton-based networks; 
     Optical packet-switched networks; 
     Passive optical networks, PONs; 
     High-performance optical LANs, infrared LANs; 
     Subcarrier and code-division-multiplexed networks; 
     Photonic networks in space 



Network and System Architectures 

     Network architectures and topologies; 
     Architecture and design of network nodes; 
     Optical crossconnects and add/drop multiplexers; 
     Design and architecture of interconnection networks; 
     Waveguide and free-space interconnection networks; 
     Optical interfaces and optical terminals; 
     Universal photonic infrastructures 


Network Control 

     Network access protocols; 
     Optical quality-of-service admission control; 
     Signaling and connection set-up protocols; 
     Routing and wavelength assignment algorithms; 
     Network reconfiguration and restoration techniques; 
     Photonic-based end-to-end communication protocols; 
     Network and traffic control 


Network Design, Planning, and Operation 

     System and network performance modeling; 
     Scalability, cascadability, upgradeability; 
     Network operation, maintenance, and management; 
     Measurement, monitoring, and supervision techniques; 
     Network planning and design; 
     Field trials and experiments; 
     Techno-economic comparisons; 
     Standardization 


Interworking with Other Networks 

     Cascaded heterogeneous photonic networks; 
     Interoperability and interworking with other networks; 
     Integration with IP, ATM, and SDH networks; 
     Integration with mobile communication networks; 
     Integration with control, supervision, and TV networks 


Applications Designed for an All-Optical Infrastructure 

     IP over WDM; 
     Photonic by-passing; 
     Applications fully employing photonic infrastructures.