Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN)
Special Issue on Optical Network Design and Modeling

Submission Opens:1 August 2016

Submission Deadline: 30 September 2016

The scope of this special issue of the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking is concentrated on cutting-edge research in established areas such as optical networking, optical systems, as well as emerging topics like novel Internet architectures, new optical network architectures for the cloud and data center, wireless optical networks, photonic integrated networks and SDN-NFV developments in optical networks. Some of the addressed topics will be the following:

  • Advances in optical network theory and modeling
  • Routing and spectrum assignment and flex-grid optical networks
  • Optical networks for future Internet design
  • Optical network control and management
  • Energy efficiency in optical networks
  • Optical network survivability
  • Novel architectures for optical routers and switches
  • Optical networks to support cloud computing
  • Software defined optical networking and network function virtualization (NFV)
  • Optical access network architectures and protocols
  • Techno-economic analysis of optical networks
  • High speed optical LANs including optical wireless networks
  • Field trials, new applications and experiments in optical networking
  • Convergence of optical and wireless networks
  • Security and privacy in optical networks
  • Protection and resiliency in optical networks
  • Inter- and intra- data center optical networks
  • Optical networks exploiting photonic integrated circuits
  • Interoperation between power (smart) grid and optical networks
  • Optical infrastructure for 5G mobile/wireless

In this special issue, several invited articles targeted to specific R&D efforts are expected to provide an overview on the current trends in optical network design and planning. The issue will serve as a key reference for researchers who would like to get up-to-date views on the latest research lines in optical networking.

Submissions will comprise expanded contributions from invited and oral talks at the Optical Network Design and Modeling 2016 conference. Manuscripts must include the conference paper among the references. See guidelines for submitting expanded conference papers here.

Manuscripts must be prepared according to the usual standards for submission to the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking and must be uploaded through OSA's electronic submission system, (/jocn/journal/jocn/author.cfm), specifying from the drop-down menu that the manuscript is for the Feature Issue on Optical Network Design and Modeling.

Special Issue Editors

Pablo Pavón Mariño, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
Nina Skorin-Kapov, University Centre of Defence, Spanish Air Force Academy, Spain
Massimo Tornatore, Politecnico di Milano, Italy