CFP: Special Issue of International Journal of Communication Systems on Optical Networks

["K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>]

Special Issue on
Advances in Optical Networks: Architectures, Performance and Protocols
To appear in International Journal of Communication Systems


The increasing bandwidth demands of new applications – such as
distributed databases, voice and video services – have
led to the use of optical fiber as a transmission medium. With optical
networks, a new, highly promising age of
communication appears on the horizon. The emerging new generation of
optical networks is characterized by multigigabit
data rates, low bit-error rates and optical transparency over long
distances. Over the next few years optical technology
is expected to become the platform of choice for providing services that
have, until today, been supported by
telecommunication voice and data network providers. The special issue
intends to attract papers that report advances in:

· WDM Networks
· Broadcast-and-Select Star Networks
· Wavelength Routing
· DWDM
· Network Management of Optical Networks
· Optical Network Architectures
· IP and ATM over WDM
· Optical LANs and MANs
· Optical Switch Fabrics
· Optical Access Networks
· Protocols for Optical Networks
· Optical Network Design
· Performance Evaluation Methodologies, Tools and Case Studies.
· Optical Networks Protocols


Special issue guest editors


Prof. Mohammad S. Obaidat
Department of Computer Science
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
U.S.A.
e-mail: obaidat@monmouth.edu

Prof. Georgios I. Papadimitriou
Department of Informatics
Aristotle University, Box 888
54006 Thessaloniki
Greece
e-mail: gp@csd.auth.gr

Prof. Andreas S. Pomportsis
Department of Informatics
Aristotle University, Box 888
54006 Thessaloniki
Greece
e-mail: apombo@csd.auth.gr

Procedure

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers to the guest
co-editor Prof. G. Papadimitriou by March 15, 2001.
Authors are encouraged to submit their papers by e-mail using Word, PDF,
or Postscript formats. If electronic submission
is not possible, five hard copies of the manuscript should be submitted.
Contributed papers may not exceed 25 pages
including all illustrations. Submitted papers will undergo the standard
review process established by the journal.


Schedule

Submission Deadline:  March 15, 2001
Notification of Acceptance:  June 15, 2001
Final Manuscript Due: September 15, 2001
Tentative Publication Date: Early 2002
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		Associate Professor  Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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