MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Journal of Optical Networking' source. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:33:25 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380307&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-504 An erratum is presented to correct one mistake in Eq. 1 in our paper. (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380307 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2380307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380306&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-491 It is well known that the classic transmission control protocol (TCP) Reno is inadequate to address the requirements of emerging grid applications on an optical burst switching (OBS) network. To find the most efficient TCP in the scenario of grid over OBS, in this paper, the implementation of a ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380306 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2380306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380308&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-505 This feature issue of the Journal of Optical Networking addresses a broad scope of enabling technologies, architectures, and systems designed for next-generation optical routers. (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380308 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2380308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2357534&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-471 Some of the work carried out within the European integrated project Integrated Photonic mm-Wave Functions for Broadband Connectivity (IPHOBAC) on the development of photonic components and radio-over-fiber technologies for broadband wireless communication is reviewed. In detail, 60 GHz outdoor ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2357534 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:39:24 +0100 2357534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2357535&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-488 This feature issue of the Journal of Optical Networking gives a wide overview of the progress on certain key areas in the field of radio-over-optical-fiber network technologies, including the enabling technologies, architectures, and systems design. (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2357535 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2357535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2328716&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-462 Hybrid multiplexing and demultiplexing schemes with the capability to integrate microwave and millimeter-wave frequency radio-over-fiber signals in a wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) infrastructure are proposed. The proposed schemes exploit the benefits of a ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2328716 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2328716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2328715&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-454 The problem of routing traffic on multihop clear optical channels and deciding the virtual topology of optical channels to form on a physical network of fibers to minimize the cost of electronic switching equipment has become known as traffic grooming in optical networks. Traffic grooming is ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2328715 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2328715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2328717&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-438 This paper investigates the issue of survivable routing to prevent arbitrary single-link failures in WDM networks when the traffic information is partially known. Two novel protection schemes called valiant-load-balancing- (VLB-) based hop constraint segment protection (VLB-HCSP) and hop constraint ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2328717 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2328717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2328720&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-429 Dramatic growth in Internet Protocol (IP) traffic demand is driving the need for new high-bandwidth IP interfaces. Today, router-to-router and router-to-transport system connections using Ethernet interfaces are limited to 10 Gbits/s (10GE) or slower. Although techniques, such as link aggregation, ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2328720 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2328720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2328719&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-404 This paper describes recent research activities and results in the area of photonic switching carried out within the framework of the EU-funded e-Photon/ONe+ network of excellence, Virtual Department on Optical Switching. Technology aspects of photonics in switching and, in particular, recent ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2328719 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2328719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2328718&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-5-393 We investigate a feedback scheme for automatic polarization control suitable for packet and burst transmission on systems using polarization and time-division-multiplexed traffic. A key feature of the control scheme is to make the packet pattern essentially invisible to the controller enabling the ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2328718 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2328718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2297383&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-4-383 We propose a dynamic light-path establishment method for using wavelengths effectively. In our proposed method, a proportional, integral, derivative (PID) controller is implemented in each edge node. The edge node determines the amount of data to be transmitted with PID control so that a constant ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2297383 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:12:25 +0100 2297383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284064&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-4-370 Passive optical networks (PONs) are being aggressively pursued as a means of delivering access network solutions. The cost benefits resulting from a reduction in the number of interfaces between nodes has enabled increasing deployment of a PON delivering fiber to the home and fiber to the curb. ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284064 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:52:35 +0100 2284064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284063&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-4-358 Excess bandwidth distribution techniques have recently been proposed to improve the dynamic bandwidth allocation in Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs). We compare existing offline excess bandwidth distribution with conventional limited interleaved polling with adaptive cycle time ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284063 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:52:28 +0100 2284063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2259471&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-4-346 Presented is a fuzzy-logic-based scheduling algorithm for passive optical networks (PONs) that considers four different metrics to allocate an upstream bandwidth to optical network units (ONUs). The metrics considered are the delay of the head-of-the-line packets at the ONUs, the importance level ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2259471 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2259471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2241813&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-4-337 This paper addresses the problem of providing bandwidth and delay guarantees in passive optical networks. To resolve this problem we propose an algorithm that provides absolute bandwidth and delay bound guarantees. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm does not breach bandwidth and ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2241813 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:34:04 +0100 2241813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2223602&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-4-317 Operation of all time division multiple access passive optical networks (PONs), regardless of the layer 2 protocol in use, requires the utilization of the so-called discovery process allowing for identification and registration of newly activated optical network units (ONUs). For the duration of ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2223602 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:40:57 +0100 2223602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2217562&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-3-295 We indicate that the frequency drift of WDM light sources for uplink transmission in carrier-distributed WDM-based access networks severely impacts the loss budget. To prevent this, we propose a multifrequency monitoring-stabilization technique that simplifies the configuration of WDM light ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2217562 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:41:24 +0100 2217562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2206994&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-3-285 The interoperability of standard WiMAX and gigabit passive optical networks (GPONs) is shown to overcome the wireless spectrum congestion and provide resilience for GPON through the use of overlapping radio cells. The application of centralized control in the optical line terminal and time division ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2206994 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:06:39 +0100 2206994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2201652&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-3-272 The development of airports such as the recently inaugurated Heathrow Terminal 5, as well as the increasing number of people using these facilities every day for business reasons or just for pleasure, reveals the importance of adequate and reliable communication facilities in this context. This ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2201652 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:52:12 +0100 2201652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2201651&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-3-249 This paper introduces a novel fiber-wireless (FiWi) network architecture, called SuperMAN, and investigates the optical-wireless integration of a resilient packet ring (RPR) and WiMAX networks. We propose a novel hierarchical integrated scheduling algorithm that significantly improves the ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2201651 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:52:06 +0100 2201651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2173795&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-3-244 We demonstrate what we believe to be a novel WDM-PON architecture compatible with radio-over-fiber systems to provide both wired and wireless services. A frequency-quadrupled modulation scheme is employed to generate optical millimeter waves and realize centralized lightwaves in radio-over-fiber ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2173795 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:10:03 +0100 2173795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2141871&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-235 We experimentally demonstrate several key technologies to further explore the converged benefits of optical and wireless systems to offer wireless high-definition (HD) services for both fixed and mobile users. These technologies include spectrum-efficient multiband generation and ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2141871 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:43:26 +0100 2141871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2135079&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-215 A scalable photonic interconnection network architecture is proposed whereby a Clos network is populated with broadcast-and-select stages. This enables the efficient exploitation of an emerging class of photonic integrated switch fabric. A low distortion space switch technology based on recently ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2135079 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:06:26 +0100 2135079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2135078&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-225 The main challenge for present and future personal communication systems and personal communication networks stems from the exponentially growing user demand. Radio over fiber (RoF), the combination of optical and wireless technologies, has many advantages and a wide range of applications. The 3G ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2135078 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:06:26 +0100 2135078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2129610&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-201 Hybrid fiber-wireless networks for fixed wireless access operating in the millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequency region have been actively pursued to provide ultrahigh bandwidth for untethered connectivity. Moving the radio operating frequency into the mm-wave region overcomes the spectral congestion ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2129610 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:25:09 +0100 2129610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2122238&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-188 This study discusses two key technologies used in radio-over-fiber (RoF) systems, namely, the generation and transmission of millimeter-wave signals and optical modulation schemes capable of carrying vector signal formats and utilizing the continuous performance improvements offered by digital ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2122238 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:10:22 +0100 2122238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2122237&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-179 What we believe to be a novel system for the distribution of high-definition video streams in a residential environment is demonstrated. The system utilizes impulse radio ultrawideband (IR-UWB) technology integrated with a fiber-based distribution network. The pulses are directly generated in the ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2122237 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:10:22 +0100 2122237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2111068&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-156 Some of the work carried out within the EU Network of Excellence ISIS on radio-over-fiber systems for the support of current and emerging wireless networks is reviewed. Direct laser modulation and externally modulated links have been investigated, and demonstrations of single-mode fiber and ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2111068 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:21:18 +0100 2111068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2093167&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-112 A novel media access control (MAC) protocol named carrier sense multiple access with idle detection (CSMA/ID) is proposed to handle variable-length packets over an all-optical ring network. To evaluate optimal utilization of channel bandwidth, we study packet scheduling based on three transmitting ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2093167 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:06:42 +0100 2093167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2093166&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-130 We implement shared-path protection (SPP) with extra traffic in automatically switched optical network (ASON) rings provided with a generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) control plane. The protection time provided by the SPP scheme is analyzed as a function of the switching time of the ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2093166 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:06:40 +0100 2093166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2093165&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-2-146 A 60? GHz radio-over-fiber (RoF) network using an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) is presented. A photonic frequency upconversion technique that utilizes the wavelength conversion process in the EAM is adopted for seamless integration of optical and wireless networks. The transmission ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2093165 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:06:39 +0100 2093165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2053700&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-84 The use of forward error correction (FEC) codes in future deployments of access networks is quite foreseeable and requires an analysis of the proper code for this purpose. Therefore, an overview of the most important classes of FEC codes is presented, assessing the most suitable to be used in ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2053700 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:49:02 +0100 2053700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2053699&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-95 An evaluation of the performance of the IEEE 802.11e medium access control (MAC) for quality-of-service (QoS) support in 802.11 networks has been carried out in a fiber-fed wireless local area network (WLAN) scenario. The effect of the additional optical path delay on the effectiveness of the new ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2053699 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:49:01 +0100 2053699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2048138&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-77 Radio over fiber is a very attractive technology for delivering microwave and millimeter-wave signals containing broadband multimedia services. The generation of an optical double-sideband with suppressed carrier signal is a straightforward method because only one microwave modulator driven at half ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2048138 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:22:30 +0100 2048138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2048139&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-51 An optical-router-based dynamically reconfigurable photonic access network is described. The network is a dense wavelength division multiplex overlay over legacy time division multiplexed passive optical networks (PONs), each operating in its native format. A single such fiber plant deployment can ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2048139 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2048139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040816&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-33 As Internet traffic continues to grow unabated at an exponential rate, it is unclear whether the existing packet-routing network architecture based on electronic routers will continue to scale at the necessary pace. On the other hand, optical fiber and switching elements have demonstrated an ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040816 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2040816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006918&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-1 Following the approach of a prior integer linear programming network design model to provide specified dual-failure restorability levels, we develop a new model that allows for an enhanced dual-failure restorability approach. We observe that some dual-failure scenarios affecting a single p-cycle ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006918 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:59:48 +0100 2006918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006917&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-14 Approaches for contention resolution among packets in the optical domain have been traditionally devised for distributed operation locally within individual nodes, exploiting both the time and wavelength dimensions. In this work, we focus on packet contention prevention in an optical ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006917 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:59:48 +0100 2006917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006916&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-8-1-26 An analysis of the code parameters that are important to asynchronous coherent time-spreading optical code-division multiple-access (OCDMA) systems employing Gold codes is presented. Multiple-access interference (MAI) and beat noise (BN) are analyzed according to the aperiodic cross-correlation ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006916 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:59:47 +0100 2006916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1961700&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-12-977 A key issue in optical burst switched (OBS) networks is resolving burst contention in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Although deflection routing has been identified as a cost-effective solution, its viability has been questioned. We propose an emission and discard priority (EDP) scheme to ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1961700 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:50:55 +0100 1961700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1961699&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-12-989 We demonstrate a half-duplex system for 2.6-GHz-band radio-over-fiber (RoF) signals. Twelve 156-Mbits/s differential phase-shift keying channels operating at the same frequency band as the WiMax standard are successfully distributed after being transmitted through 26.5 km of standard single-mode ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1961699 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:50:54 +0100 1961699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1915339&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-11-958 We present a thorough investigation into the performance of the integrated router interconnected spectrally (IRIS), an all-optical router, using network and ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1915339 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:05:26 +0100 1915339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1915338&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-11-947 The optical network integrated computing environment has been thought of as a promising technology to support large-scale data-intensive distributed computing applications. For such an environment involving so many heterogeneous resources, such as high-performance processors and optical links, ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1915338 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:05:23 +0100 1915338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892314&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-11-936 Taking all-optical packet-switched cross-connect architectures that are highly scalable as a starting point, we investigate how much buffering is required in optical packet routers. In particular, we investigate how the buffering depth scales with the number of ports of the router and how the ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892314 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:05:14 +0100 1892314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892313&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-11-928 A network concept is introduced that exploits transparent optical grooming of traffic between an access network and a metro core ring network. This network is enabled by an optical router that allows bufferless aggregation of metro network traffic into higher-capacity data streams for core network ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892313 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:05:13 +0100 1892313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1851479&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-11-914 The future optical network needs to offer dynamic bandwidth allocation with the ability to adapt to application bandwidth requirements by providing transport granularity at the appropriate bit rate. A key element in such a network is a high-speed multigranular optical router that is able to support ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1851479 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:37:46 +0100 1851479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1851478&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-11-905 A passive optical network (PON) is a good candidate for the infrastructure of next-generation IP-based wireless backhaul because it saves the network both fiber length and transceivers. For the fast processing of time-sensitive packets such as control and voice-over-IP data, two upstream ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1851478 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:37:46 +0100 1851478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1837886&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-10-895 In synchronous optical networks (SONETs) and WDM networks, low-rate traffic demands are usually multiplexed to share a high-speed wavelength channel. The multiplexing-demultiplexing is known as traffic grooming and is performed by SONET add-drop multiplexers (SADM). The grooming factor, denoted by ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1837886 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1837886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1833676&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-10-876 Today's data-centric networks are becoming progressively dynamic with respect to the transported traffic volume, to the spatial and temporal variations of traffic patterns, and to the subsequent interconnection request patterns. Optical packet routers (OPRs) aim to provide a viable answer to ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833676 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:34:21 +0100 1833676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1829759&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-10-861 An optical routing network for applications requiring large numbers of nodes and low latency, such as the interconnection network inside a future high-end supercomputer, is described. The network is a development of an existing architecture based on a combination of clockwork routing and wavelength ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1829759 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:56:27 +0100 1829759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1829758&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-10-846 Multilayer traffic engineering utilizes functionality in multiple network layers to optimize network performance and resource usage. For IP-over-optical networks in particular, automatic optical switching allows provisioning of on-demand lightpaths serving as capacity for IP/multiprotocol label ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1829758 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:56:25 +0100 1829758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1803181&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-10-837 What we believe to be a new scheme to generate an optical millimeter wave with octupling of the local oscillator via a nested LiNbO_3 Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) is proposed and implemented by numerical simulation. Since the response frequency of the modulator and the local frequency are largely ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1803181 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:04:36 +0100 1803181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1783234&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-10-834 This feature issue of the Journal of Optical Networking focuses on the architectures, technologies, and theory for achieving high service availability in optical transport networks. (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1783234 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1783234 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739770&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-9-i Call for Papers: Optical Networks for the Future Internet Associate Editor Lena Wosinska Guest Editors Dimitra Simeonidou, Anna Tzanakaki, ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739770 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:40:16 +0100 1739770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739769&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-9-814 Optical multilayer networks offer a high degree of freedom in network design, adapting to actual network requirements (demand types, topologies, etc.) and achieving cost-efficient realizations. Capital expenditures are one of the key differentiators for the evaluation of multilayer networks. A ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739769 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:40:16 +0100 1739769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1701742&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-9-796 By employing optical burst switching (OBS) in its metropolitan portion and wavelength routing (WR) in the backbone portion, the hybrid OBS/WR architecture provides end-to-end all-optical connections to end users while inheriting the fine granularity of OBS and the low loss probability of WR. ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1701742 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1701742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1675507&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-iii Call for Papers: Optical Networks for the Future Internet Associate Editor Lena Wosinska Guest Editors Dimitra Simeonidou, Anna Tzanakaki, ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1675507 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1675507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1675506&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-i Call for Papers: Radio-over-Optical-Fiber Networks Feature Editors Jianjun Yu, Associate Editor Gee-Kung Chang, Ton Koonen, Georgios Ellinas, Guest ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1675506 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1675506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668930&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-783 We suggest an immediate allocation with colorless grant (IACG) method for dynamic bandwidth allocation of a gigabit passive optical network (GPON) system. The suggested method is based on the GigaPON Access Network (GIANT) media access control (MAC) method. The IACG method can assign the ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668930 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:35:18 +0100 1668930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1649534&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-759 Recent research in new architecture design for wavelength-routed networks is focused on grooming (aggregation) of traffic at the optical layer. Typically, this is achieved in three steps: (1) configure the circuit in the form of a path or a tree; (2) use optical devices such as couplers or ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1649534 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:14:46 +0100 1649534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1649533&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-744 We design and implement an optical slot switching network for bulk content transfer. To realize the slot switching network, we employ the generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) extension protocol to reserve and release slots dynamically according to the application. We use optical ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1649533 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:14:46 +0100 1649533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1642989&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-736 We theoretically and experimentally investigate three different schemes to generate optical millimeter-wave and wavelength reuse for uplink connection in radio-over-fiber (ROF) systems. In these schemes, the optical millimeter waves (mm-waves) are generated via a LiNbO_3 Mach-Zehnder modulator with ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1642989 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:18:39 +0100 1642989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1594200&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-721 Rerouting is a viable and cost-effective approach to decrease the blocking probability in legacy circuit-switched networks. We study lightpath rerouting in optical WDM networks in this paper. First, we investigate two different lightpath-rerouting strategies, namely, passive rerouting and ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1594200 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:08:14 +0100 1594200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1561628&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-8-720 This focus issue comprises five invited articles that provide a comprehensive overview of orthogonal-frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM), from theoretical concept through to the most recent advances in modulation, equalization, detection, and signal processing techniques in OFDM research. (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1561628 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1561628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1552360&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-7-704 Overlay networks achieve new functionality and enhance network performance by enabling control of routing at the application layer. However, this approach results in degradations of underlying networks due to the selfish behavior of overlay networks. We discuss the stability of virtual network ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1552360 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:50:02 +0100 1552360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1552359&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-7-692 The performance of a coherent direct sequence optical code division multiple access (DS-OCDMA) system using quadratic congruence codes implemented with superstructured fiber Bragg gratings is experimentally analyzed. We point out that nonperiodic and sparse quadratic congruence codes reduce ... (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1552359 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:50:02 +0100 1552359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1532235&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-7-673 Diane Prisca Onguetou, Wayne D. GroverIn a transparent optical network it is desirable to have design control over the length of normal working paths and over the end-to-end length of paths in any restored network state. An obvious approach with p-cycles is to limit the maximum allowable circumference of candidate cycles considered in ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 673-691 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1532235 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:47:49 +0100 1532235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1517102&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-7-662 Shien-Kuei Liaw, Yao-Sheng Hsieh, Wan-Lin Cheng, Chu-Lin Chang, Hong-Fu TingA power-compensated bidirectional reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (Bi-ROADM) based on tunable fiber Bragg gratings is proposed and demonstrated. By splicing a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) within a piece of an erbium-doped fiber, a lossless, low-cost, and simply structured Bi-ROADM is ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 662-672 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1517102 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:08:10 +0100 1517102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1481137&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-v Lena Wosinska, Dimitra Simeonidou, Anna Tzanakaki, Carla Raffaelli, Christina (Tanya) Politi Call for Papers: Optical Networks for the Future Internet Associate Editor Lena Wosinska Guest Editors Dimitra Simeonidou, Anna Tzanakaki, ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, v-vi (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1481137 Sat, 31 May 2008 15:57:54 +0100 1481137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1481136&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-iii Jianjun Yu, Gee-Kung Chang, Ton Koonen, Georgios Ellinas Call for Papers: Radio-over-Optical-Fiber Networks Feature Editors Jianjun Yu, Associate Editor Gee-Kung Chang, Ton Koonen, Georgios Ellinas, Guest ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, iii-iv (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1481136 Sat, 31 May 2008 15:57:54 +0100 1481136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1481135&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-i Keren Bergman, Madeleine Glick, S. J. Ben Yoo Call for Papers: Optical Routers Feature Editors Keren Bergman, Editor-in-Chief Madeleine Glick, Associate Editor S. J. Ben Yoo, Guest Editor (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1481135 Sat, 31 May 2008 15:57:54 +0100 1481135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1464484&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-645 ASM Delowar Hossain, H. Erkan, A. Hadjiantonis, R. Dorsinville, G. Ellinas, M. A. AliThis work proposes a two-fiber self-healing ring-based local access passive optical network (PON) architecture that addresses some of the limitations of current tree-based PON architectures including supporting private networking capability as well as providing simple and cost-effective fully ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 645-661 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1464484 Fri, 23 May 2008 16:18:47 +0100 1464484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1455212&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-635 Muhsen Aljada, Kamal AlamehWe propose and experimentally demonstrate a 2.5Gbits/s reconfigurable encoder-decoder structure that can be used for two-dimensional (time-wavelength) optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) systems. Each encoder and decoder is constructed using a single opto-very-large-scale-integrated ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 635-644 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1455212 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:22:36 +0100 1455212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1440445&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-617 Mahesh Sivakumar, Jing Fang, Krishna M. Sivalingam, Arun K. SomaniWe consider the problem of survivable network design in traffic-groomed optical WDM mesh networks that support subwavelength capacity connections. In typical survivable network designs, individual sessions are provided either full protection or no protection. We consider a quality of protection ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 617-634 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1440445 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:25:36 +0100 1440445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1440444&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-603 Gerardo Castañón, Gabriel Campuzano, Ozan TonguzThe emerging vehicular applications such as active safety, infotainment, interactive games, and Internet access might dictate very high reliability and availability in future radio over fiber (RoF) networks. We provide guidelines for network architecture and topology selection in future RoF ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 603-616 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1440444 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:25:36 +0100 1440444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1440443&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-585 Nobuhiro Fujimoto, Atsuo Ishizuka, Masayoshi Moriya, Masami GotoWe propose low-cost gigabit optical transceivers for broadband and short-range communication networks using plastic clad optical fiber. The transceivers can be used for broadband home and intravehicle local area networks based on optical IEEE1394, large-throughput optical interconnection, digital ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 585-602 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1440443 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:25:36 +0100 1440443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1440442&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-573 In this study, the function of the standard control plane of the automatically switched optical network is enhanced to perceive transmission impairments and control tunable physical impairment ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 573-584 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1440442 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:25:36 +0100 1440442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433075&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-564 George Markidis, Anna TzanakakiCore networks based on WDM technology constitute a promising and viable solution to support emerging applications requiring high availability, reliability, and quality of service guarantees. Due to the enormous bandwidth offered by these networks and the increasing number of “mission ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 564-572 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433075 Sat, 10 May 2008 01:00:48 +0100 1433075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433074&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-550 Steven K. Korotky, Kostas N. OikonomouWe consider ring and mesh networks of arbitrary size, whose traffic matrix is unknown apart from the fact that the total traffic entering and leaving each node is known, and there is an upper bound on the total network cost to service the traffic. We formulate approximate analytical expressions for ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 550-563 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433074 Sat, 10 May 2008 01:00:48 +0100 1433074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1416728&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-6-533 Leandro C. Resendo, Moisés R. N. Ribeiro, João J. O. PiresWe propose optimal approaches to integrating traffic grooming and the protection strategies of virtual ring (VR) and drop and continue (DC) in dual-node interconnection (DNI) multiring translucent networks. A multilayer design matches the optimal solutions from the electronic layer to the physical ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 533-549 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1416728 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:24:05 +0100 1416728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1410235&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-iii Jianjun Yu, Gee-Kung Chang, Ton Koonen, Georgios Ellinas Call for Papers: Radio-over-Optical-Fiber Networks Feature Editors Jianjun Yu, Associate Editor Gee-Kung Chang, Ton Koonen, Georgios Ellinas, Guest ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, iii-iv (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1410235 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:12:28 +0100 1410235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1410234&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-i Keren Bergman, Madeleine Glick, S. J. Ben Yoo Call for Papers: Optical Routers Feature Editors Keren Bergman, Editor-in-Chief Madeleine Glick, Associate Editor S. J. Ben Yoo, Guest Editor (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1410234 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:12:28 +0100 1410234 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1404374&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-513 Nishaanthan Nadarajah, Ampalavanapillai NirmalathasWe propose and experimentally demonstrate three novel schemes for upstream access and local area network emulation among customers in a passive optical network using a single reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) placed at the customer premises. The first scheme uses the broadband ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 513-532 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1404374 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:06:27 +0100 1404374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1404373&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-496 Ricardo Martínez, Ramon Casellas, Raül MuñozFuture intelligent optical networks (IONs) are devised to support a wide variety of clients, each having their own reliability requirements, such as availability. These networks thus need to support differentiated recovery schemes fulfilling those requirements while achieving efficient network ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 496-512 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1404373 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:06:27 +0100 1404373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1389480&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-487 Kostas Ramantas, Kyriakos Vlachos, Óscar González de Dios, Carla RaffaelliThe impact of burstification delay on the transmission control protocol traffic statistics is presented as well as a new assembly scheme that uses flow window size as the threshold criterion. It is shown that short assembly times are ideally suitable for sources with small congestion windows, ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 487-495 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1389480 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:41:22 +0100 1389480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1389479&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-467 We describe and study the feasibility of a novel network architecture for self-protected long-reach 10 Gbits/s Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs) aiming for a scenario based on a converged access and metro infrastructure. The network relies on an amplified ring feeder to properly ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 467-486 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1389479 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:41:22 +0100 1389479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1372085&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-v Lena Wosinska, Dimitra Simeonidou, Anna Tzanakaki, Carla Raffaelli, Christina (Tanya) Politi Call for Papers: Optical Networks for the Future Internet Associate Editor Lena Wosinska Guest Editors Dimitra Simeonidou, Anna Tzanakaki, ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, v-vi (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1372085 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:56:26 +0100 1372085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1372084&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-449 Shengli Yuan, Saket Varma, Jason P. JueWe consider the problem of maximizing the reliability of connections in optical mesh networks against simultaneous failures of multiple fiber links that belong to a shared-risk link group (SRLG). We study the single-lightpath, parallel-lightpaths, and lightpath protection problems for connections ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 449-466 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1372084 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:56:26 +0100 1372084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1371101&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-i Jianjun Yu, Gee-Kung Chang, Ton Koonen, Georgios Ellinas Call for Papers: Radio-over-Optical-Fiber Networks Feature Editors Jianjun Yu, Associate Editor Gee-Kung Chang, Ton Koonen, Georgios Ellinas, Guest ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, i-ii (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1371101 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:05:08 +0100 1371101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1371100&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-436 Ziping Hu, Pramode Verma, James Sluss, Jr.We propose a method for the topology design of free-space optical (FSO) mesh networks in order to enhance network reliability under a defined degree constraint of each FSO node. The methodology presented enlarges the minimum angle between adjacent links at each node. Simulation results show that, ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 436-448 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1371100 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:05:08 +0100 1371100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1371099&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-426 Sergio Pompei, Luca Rea, Francesco Matera, Alessandro ValentiWe show an experimental investigation about the quality of service of high-definition IPTV applications in a core-access gigabit Ethernet-multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network test bed in terms of objective (or network) and subjective (or perceptive) measurements, using different network ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 426-435 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1371099 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:05:08 +0100 1371099 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1361478&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-410 Yusuke Hirota, Hideki Tode, Koso MurakamiWe focus on the collision avoidance problem in distributed optical burst switching (OBS) networks. Our proposal involves cooperation between the routing and the wavelength assignment tasks. The main idea is to classify each wavelength at an output link of a node as suited either to sending or to ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 410-425 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1361478 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:25:52 +0100 1361478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1344953&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-400 János Szigeti, László Gyarmati, Tibor CinklerThe Internet consists of a collection of more than 21,000 domains called autonomous systems operated mostly under different authorities (operators-providers) that, although they cooperate over different geographical areas, compete in a country or other area. Recently, the path computation element ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 400-409 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1344953 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:29:01 +0100 1344953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1344952&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-388 Nicola Sambo, Isabella Cerutti, Alessio Giorgetti, Piero CastoldiThe restorability problem in wavelength-routed networks without wavelength converters is investigated. A distributed control plane based on the generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) suite is considered for disseminating link-state information and reserving network resources. Different ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 388-399 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1344952 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:29:01 +0100 1344952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1344951&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-5-378 Arunita Jaekel, Ataul Bari, Subir BandyopadhyayTraffic grooming techniques are used to combine low-speed individual requests for connections onto high-speed lightpaths in an efficient manner. Design of survivable grooming capable networks is of critical importance. For such networks, protection may take place at the lightpath level or at the ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 378-387 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1344951 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:29:01 +0100 1344951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1341280&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-i Keren Bergman, Madeleine Glick, S. J. Ben Yoo Call for Papers: Optical Routers Feature Editors Keren Bergman, Editor-in-Chief Madeleine Glick, Associate Editor S. J. Ben Yoo, Guest Editor (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1341280 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:04:51 +0100 1341280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1334694&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-365 We present a constraint-based routing (CBR) approach for real-time operation considering both linear as well as nonlinear signal quality degrading effects in a heterogeneous network infrastructure. Different novel routing algorithms are assessed regarding their blocking probabilities. Furthermore, ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 365-377 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1334694 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:37:11 +0100 1334694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1334693&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-351 We present a novel study of the availability in optical networks based on network topology. Connection availability is studied under two basic path protection schemes. Different topologies are selected in order to have heterogeneity in geographic coverage, network diameter, link lengths, and ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 351-364 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1334693 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:37:11 +0100 1334693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1323337&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-351 We present a novel study of the availability in optical networks based on network topology. Connection availability is studied under two basic path protection schemes. Different topologies are selected in order to have heterogeneity in geographic coverage, ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 351-364 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1323337 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:30:17 +0100 1323337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1314648&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-321 Stelios Sygletos, Ioannis Tomkos, Juerg LeutholdThe sustainable growth of high-bandwidth services and on-demand applications has introduced new challenges to next-generation networks in terms of capacity, configurability, and resiliency. Significant networking advancements need to be achieved with architectures and technologies that are scalable ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 321-350 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1314648 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:26:31 +0100 1314648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1314647&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-310 Daniel A. Fishman, Yuan-Hua Kao, Xiang Liu, S. ChandrasekharOptical fiber transmission systems have become critical in facilitating the rapid growth in high-speed services in the consumer and commercial markets. It is apparent that as higher-speed services, such as IPTV, become available there will be even greater demand for capacity in the distribution and ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 310-320 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1314647 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:26:31 +0100 1314647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1314646&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-294 Harald ØverbySurvivability and performance constitute crucial quality of service (QoS) issues in future optical packet switched (OPS) networks. I take an integrated view on survivability and performance in OPS networks by presenting the extended shared packet redundancy scheme (ESPRS). The ESPRS combines shared ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 294-309 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1314646 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:26:31 +0100 1314646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1308059&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-288 C.-H. Yeh, C.-S. Lee, S. ChiA simply self-restored ring-based time-division-multiplexed passive optical network by a clockwise and counterclockwise circulating fiber against the fiber fault in an access system is proposed and experimentally investigated. The proposed optical line terminal and optical network unit modules can ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 288-293 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1308059 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:15:21 +0100 1308059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1308058&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-277 Ping Lu, Stephen J. MihailovConsidering the presence of birefringence in fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs), the spectral polarization mode dispersion and polarization-dependent-loss-induced power penalty of eye opening is simulated for a network consisting of cascaded FBGs with various index apodization profiles. It is shown that ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 277-287 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1308058 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:15:21 +0100 1308058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1308057&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-266 E. Bravi, A. D. Ellis, A. K. Mishra, D. CotterThe use of amplitude-modulated phase-shift-keyed (AM-PSK) optical data transmission is investigated in a sequence of concatenated links in a wavelength-division-multiplexed clockwork-routed network. The narrower channel spacing made possible by using AM-PSK format allows the network to contain a ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 266-276 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1308057 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:15:21 +0100 1308057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1281183&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-4-256 Carolina PinartI present an analytical expression for the relation of the packet loss rate (PLR) with respect to the channel optical signal-to-noise ratio measured nonintrusively in an all-optical, wavelength-routed network. This closed-form expression is aimed for rapid, nonintrusive fault detection of lambda ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 256-265 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1281183 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:49:31 +0100 1281183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1268848&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-3-i Keren Bergman, Madeleine Glick, S. J. Ben Yoo Call for Papers: Optical Routers Feature Editors Keren Bergman, Editor-in-Chief Madeleine Glick, Associate Editor S. J. Ben Yoo, Guest Editor (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1268848 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:48:00 +0100 1268848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1265520&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-3-234 William Shieh, Xingwen Yi, Yiran Ma, Qi YangThere has been growing interest in coherent optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (CO-OFDM). We aim to present the case that the time for CO-OFDM has come, in terms of the demand from today's ever-advancing optical networks and the availability of its underlying technologies. We ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 234-255 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1265520 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:46:54 +0100 1265520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1263601&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-3-227 Youngil Park, Jae-Myoung Hyun, Byoung-whi KimA cost-effective and smooth evolution scheme from a time-division multiplexing-passive optical network (TDM-PON) to a WDM-overlaid PON that can provide high-speed fiber-to-the-home service to a wide area with a high population density is proposed. Existing optical transmitters of TDM-PON optical ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 227-233 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1263601 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:37:26 +0100 1263601 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1262055&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-3-215 Rich Jensen, Miroslav Karasek, Daniel C. Kilper, Klaus PetermannThis feature issue examines the latest technologies and theory underpinning transmission in optically transparent core networks, including both metropolitan and long-haul systems. [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 215-216 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1262055 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:01:21 +0100 1262055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1245466&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-3-217 Ivan B. Djordjevic, Bane VasicLow-density parity-check (LDPC) coded orthogonal-frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is studied as an efficient coded modulation technique suitable for fiber-optics communication systems. We show that in long-haul fiber optics communications LDPC-coded OFDM increases spectral efficiency and ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 217-226 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1245466 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:00:23 +0100 1245466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1245465&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-3-198 X. Q. Jin, J. M. Tang, P. S. Spencer, K. A. ShoreFocus Issue on Orthogonal-Frequency-Division Multiplexed Communications Systems and NetworksThe impact of a wide range of different parameters of various components involved in optical modems using ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 198-214 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1245465 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:00:23 +0100 1245465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1229661&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-3-197 Benjamin J. Puttnam, Benn C. Thomsen, Alicia Lopez, Polina BayvelIn [J. Opt. Netw.7, 151 (2008)] the wrong version of Fig. 4 was published and the image appeared identical to that of Fig. 7. The figure has been corrected online as of January 22, 2008. [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 197-197 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1229661 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:03:45 +0100 1229661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1195161&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-183 S. C. Jeffrey Lee, Florian Breyer, Sebastian Randel, Henrie P. A. van den Boom, Antonius M. J. KoonenFocus Issue: Orthogonal-Frequency-Division Multiplexed Communications Systems and Networks Discrete multitone (DMT) modulation is a subclass of the more general orthogonal-frequency-division ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 183-196 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1195161 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:38:34 +0100 1195161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1161442&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-173 Sander L. Jansen, Itsuro Morita, Tim C. Schenk, Hideaki TanakaFocus Issue on Orthogonal-Frequency-Division Multiplexed Communications Systems and NetworksWe discuss the realization and performance of polarization-division-multiplexed orthogonal frequency ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 173-182 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1161442 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:38:26 +0100 1161442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1161441&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-160 Sofie Demeyer, Marc De Leenheer, Jurgen Baert, Mario Pickavet, Piet DemeesterGrid networks provide users with a transparent way to access computational and storage resources. The introduction of (dense) wavelength division multiplexing techniques have made optical networks the technology of choice for data-intensive grid traffic. In a grid network scenario, users are ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 160-172 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1161441 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:38:26 +0100 1161441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1153203&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-151 Benjamin J. Puttnam, Benn C. Thomsen, Alicia Lopez, Polina BayvelFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksAn experimental investigation of optically gain-clamped Er-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) for application in dynamic burst-switched ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 151-159 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1153203 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:00:59 +0100 1153203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1153202&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-142 Carmen Mas Machuca, Oyvind Moe, Monika JägerFeature Issue on Reliability Issues in Optical NetworksThe high capacity of communication networks nowadays has encouraged the study of the high impact that failures have on the data transmission and ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 142-150 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1153202 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:00:59 +0100 1153202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1149934&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-132 D. C. Kilper, A. R. Grant, T. K. Ho, T. Salamon, C. A. WhiteThe time evolution of uncontrolled amplifier gain transients due to dropped or cut dense-wavelength-division multiplexed channels in a broadband all-Raman amplified recirculating loop experiment is measured for different surviving channel wavelength configurations with propagation up to 7200 km. ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 132-141 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1149934 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:56:14 +0100 1149934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142915&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-i Keren Bergman, Madeleine Glick, S. J. Ben Yoo Call for Papers: Optical Routers Feature Editors Keren Bergman, Editor-in-Chief Madeleine Glick, Associate Editor S. J. Ben Yoo, Guest Editor (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142915 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:45 +0100 1142915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142914&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-119 We describe a fuzzy-logic-based scheduling algorithm for synchronous optical packet switches that provides quality of service for delay-constrained traffic. The proposed method considers both packet importance as well as delay constraints. One of the advantages of a fuzzy controller is the fact ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 119-131 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142914 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:45 +0100 1142914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142913&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-111 Wei Dai, Guiling Wu, Yahong Yang, Jianping ChenA centralized optical burst switching (OBS)-based grid architecture is proposed. Three scheduling strategies, for the resources on the grid level, the network level, and the OBS network level, respectively, are presented and analyzed. The overall grid performance and the network performance under ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 111-118 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142913 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:45 +0100 1142913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142912&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-2-106 R. Bhamber, C. French, S. K. Turitsyn, V. Mezentsev, W. Forysiak, J. H. B. NijhofWe demonstrate that the transmission of 40Gbits/s return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying (RZ-DPSK) signals is robust to lumped dispersion mapping on a typical installed terrestrial single-mode fiber/dispersion compensating fiber (SMF-DCF) link and will withstand, in this case, propagation ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 106-110 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142912 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:10:45 +0100 1142912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1109023&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-94 Rajiv Srivastava, Rajat Kumar Singh, Yatindra Nath SinghWe have compared different loop buffer switch architectures in terms of their functionality. Some of these architectures have already been proposed with only their description and operation. The performance evaluation of the switches has been done in terms of packet loss probability for random and ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 94-105 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1109023 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:31:49 +0100 1109023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1103785&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-88 A. Stavdas, A. Salis, A. Dupas, D. ChiaroniIn the framework of synchronous optical packet networks, a cost-effective all-optical synchronizer is an important building block to effectively switch the packets through an optical router. In striking difference to its time-division multiplexing-based electronic counterparts requiring bit level ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 88-93 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103785 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:41:06 +0100 1103785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1098985&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-80 Zhengfeng Qian, Guo-Wei Lu, Shuo-Yen Robert LiFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksAn optical cross connect (OXC) is an integral component of all-optical networks. As OXC malfunction leads to data loss or ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 80-87 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1098985 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:24:34 +0100 1098985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1090777&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-62 Dimitri Baloukov, Wayne D. Grover, Adil KodianFailure-independent path-protecting (FIPP) p-cycles are an extension of the basic concept of p-cycles to provide an end-to-end path-protecting mechanism. Initial work showed that FIPP p-cycle networks are comparable in capacity efficiency to existing methods of shared-backup path protection but ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 62-79 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1090777 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:27:44 +0100 1090777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1090776&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-42 Annalisa Morea, Nicolas Brogard, Florence Leplingard, Jean-Christophe Antona, Thierry Zami, Bruno Lavigne, Dominique BayartFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksWe investigate a new routing algorithm able to finely consider signal quality during propagation in an optical WDM meshed ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 42-61 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1090776 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:27:44 +0100 1090776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1080003&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-25 Frank Aurzada, Michael Scheutzow, Martin Herzog, Martin Maier, Martin ReissleinWe analyze the mean packet delay in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) with gated service. For an EPON with a single optical network unit (ONU), we derive (i) a closed form delay expression for reporting at the end of an upstream transmission, and (ii) a Markov chain-based approach ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 25-41 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1080003 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:36:22 +0100 1080003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1080002&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-15 We present experimental results on the transmission of 10×10Gbit Ethernet (10 GE) channels over a 383km long fiber link ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 15-24 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1080002 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:36:22 +0100 1080002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1070509&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-i Keren Bergman, Madeleine Glick, S. J. Ben Yoo Call for Papers: Optical Routers Feature Editors Keren Bergman, Coordinating Associate Editor Madeleine Glick, Associate Editor S. J. Ben Yoo, Guest ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, i-ii (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1070509 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:32:17 +0100 1070509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1070508&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-7-1-1 Xiong Wang, Sheng Wang, Leming Li, Shizhong XuProtection design is a key issue for provisioning survivable multicast sessions in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. Most existing algorithms focus on protecting multicast sessions in full-splitting WDM networks. To reduce network cost, the sparse-splitting concept was ... [J. Opt. Netw. 7, 1-14 (2008)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1070508 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:32:17 +0100 1070508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1055091&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1360 Janet Jackel, Alan WillnerOptical Code Division Multiple Access This feature issue highlights the technology and performance of OCDMA and its applications, including its use in networks. [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1360-1360 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1055091 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:27:41 +0100 1055091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1051466&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1349 Nadiatulhuda Zulkifli, Raul C. Almeida, Kenneth M. GuildFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksTransparent optical networking provides a common optical transport platform for services with different bit rates, transmission ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1349-1359 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1051466 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:20:11 +0100 1051466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1024517&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-i Keren Bergman, Madeleine Glick, S. J. Ben Yoo Call for Papers: Optical Routers Feature Editors Keren Bergman, Coordinating Associate Editor Madeleine Glick, Associate Editor S. J. Ben Yoo, Guest ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, i-ii (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1024517 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:13:21 +0100 1024517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1024516&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1340 J. Vojtech, M. Karásek, J. RadilFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksDifferent techniques and scenarios of all-optical chromatic are compared experimentally. Chromatic dispersion was compensated ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1340-1348 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1024516 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:13:21 +0100 1024516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015218&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1329 Chenhui Ge, Ningfeng Bai, Xiaohan Sun, Mingde ZhangA FIPP-iterative joint design (IJD) approach is proposed to fast design failure-independent path-protecting (FIPP) p-cycle networks. The basic procedure is first to enumerate a set of candidate cycles, then to create one or several disjoint route sets for each cycle by the difficult share first ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1329-1339 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015218 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:25:26 +0100 1015218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010810&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1323 Anoop Kumar, V. K. JainThe performance of the optical satellite communication links is degraded in atmospheric environment. The degradation is more in the case of an on-off keying (OOK) modulation scheme. The antenna aperture averaging method is used to improve system performance for different modulation schemes. With ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1323-1328 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010810 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:28:12 +0100 1010810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010809&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1314 Qimin YangRedundant control and routing paths are included in the data vortex network to enhance its routing performance. The simulation study has confirmed the improvement in the data throughput and packet latency at various network sizes. The cost should be considered in practical implementations. [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1314-1322 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010809 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:28:12 +0100 1010809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010808&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1301 Osamu Kamatani, Etsu Hashimoto, Yoshitada Katagiri, Kazuto NoguchiWe propose a metamorphic photonic network system that enables session-based, IP flow aware dynamic optical resource allocation, based on autonomous wavelength management. A superdense WDM scheme that offers a minimal channel spacing of 0.1 nm is used as a flexible extension of conventional WDM ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1301-1313 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010808 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:28:12 +0100 1010808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010807&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-12-1282 Avinash Karanth Kodi, Ahmed LouriThe relentless quest for processing speed in the range of teraflops and beyond has accelerated the need for scalable, parallel, high-performance computing (HPC) systems. To meet this high bandwidth and low power requirements, optical interconnect-based system architectures are being implemented by ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1282-1300 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010807 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:28:12 +0100 1010807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=990106&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-11-1270 Prashant Iyer, Rudra Dutta, Carla D. SavageFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksThe problem of efficiently designing lightpaths and routing traffic on them in hybrid electro-optic data communication networks ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1270-1281 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=990106 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:20:56 +0100 990106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=990105&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-11-1257 Bart?omiej Kozicki, Akihiro Maruta, Ken-ichi KitayamaFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksThe emerging transparent optical networks, employing spectrally efficient modulation formats, require new methods for ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1257-1269 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=990105 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:20:56 +0100 990105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=990104&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-11-1247 Leo H. SpiekmanFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksThe properties of semiconductor optical amplifiers offer new strategies for building dynamic optical networks. Three key ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1247-1256 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=990104 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:20:56 +0100 990104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=961956&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-11-1244 Lena Wosinska, Madeleine Glick Passive Optical Network Architectures and Technologies This issue of the Journal of Optical Networking focuses on the technology and architecture of optical switching nodes, ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1244-1246 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=961956 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:23:07 +0100 961956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=961955&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-11-1236 Jeauk Park, Junhoi Chung, Youngil ParkTime division multiplexing-passive optical networks (TDM-PONs) suffer from low upstream bandwidth utilization caused by guard band and various overheads. This degradation depends on optical network unit (ONU) numbers and cycle time, each of which has many effects on cost and quality, respectively. ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1236-1243 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=961955 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:23:07 +0100 961955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=953120&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-11-1229 Ippei Shake, Hidehiko Takara, Satoki KawanishiFeature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core NetworksThis is a review of our previous work about an optical signal quality monitoring method that uses asynchronous sampling, which ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1229-1235 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=953120 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:15:45 +0100 953120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=953119&cid=s_36569_75_f&fid=36569&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3DJON-6-11-1228 Yun Chung, Pat IannonePassive Optical Network Architectures and Technologies This Journal of Optical Networking feature issue covers a range of topics from the worldwide development and deployment of TDM PONs ... [J. Opt. Netw. 6, 1228-1228 (2007)] (Source: Journal of Optical Networking) Journal of Optical Networking journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=953119 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:15:45 +0100 953119