Call for Papers: Photonics in Switching

Submission Deadline: 15 September 2006

Technologies based on DWDM systems allow data transmission with bit rates of Tbit/s on a single fiber. To facilitate this enormous transmission volume, high-capacity and high-speed network nodes become inevitable in the optical network.

Wideband switching, WDM switching, optical burst switching (OBS), and optical packet switching (OPS) are promising technologies for harnessing the bandwidth of WDM optical fiber networks in a highly flexible and efficient manner. As a number of key optical component technologies approach maturity, photonics in switching is becoming an increasingly attractive and practical solution for the next-generation of optical networks.

The scope of this special issue is focused on the technology and architecture of optical switching nodes, including the architectural and algorithmic aspects of high-speed optical networks.

Scope of Submission

The scope of the papers includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• WDM node architectures and technologies
• Novel device technologies enabling photonics in switching, such as optical switch fabrics, optical memory, and wavelength conversion
• Routing protocols
• WDM switching and routing
• Quality of service
• Performance measurement and evaluation
• Next-generation optical networks: architecture, signaling, and control
• Traffic measurement and field trials
• Waveband switching
  • Switch/OXC architecture
  • Waveband assignment, grooming, and conversion
  • Performance measurements, modelingm, and evaluation
• Optical burst and packet switching
• OBS/OPS node architectures
• Burst/packet scheduling and routing algorithms
• Contention resolution/avoidance strategies
• Services and applications for OBS/OPS (e.g., grid networks, storage-area networks, etc.)
• Burst assembly and ingress traffic shaping
• Hybrid OBS/TDM or OBS/wavelength routing

© 2006 Optical Society of America

Click here to see a list of articles that cite this paper

Related Journal Articles

• Telecommunications Primer: Data, Voice and Video Communications, 2nd Edition (JON)
• Optical Ethernet and Free-Space Optical Networking (JON)
• Optical Ethernet and Free-Space Optical Networking (JON)
• Editorial: The State of the Journal, January 2003 (JON)
• Optical interconnection networks: introduction to the feature issue (JON)

Related Conference Papers

• Emerging Networks
• Effect of modulational mnstability on broadband wavelength conversion using four wave mixing in optical fiber
• Effect of modulational mnstability on broadband wavelength conversion using four wave mixing in optical fiber
• Market Opportunities and Standards Activities for Optical Fiber Sensors
• 1.83-µs Wavelength-Transparent All-Optical Delay
• 1.83-µs Wavelength-Transparent All-Optical Delay
• Multi-Wavelength Optical Fiber Refractive Index Profiling by Spatially Resolved Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
• Multi-Wavelength Optical Fiber Refractive Index Profiling by Spatially Resolved Fourier Transform Spectroscopy