Introduction to the OFC 2015 Special Issue

Ori Gerstel and Pat Iannone

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), OFC1-OFC1 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Proactive H-PCE Architecture With BGP-LS Update for Multidomain Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

Alessio Giorgetti

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B1-B9 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fully Passive Resiliency Node for Optical Access [Invited]

Bernhard Schrenk, Roland Lieger, Thomas Lorünser, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Andreas Poppe, Martin Stierle, Hercules Avramopoulos, and Helmut Leopold

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B10-B15 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance Evaluation of Mobile Front-Haul Employing Ethernet-Based TDM-PON With IQ Data Compression [Invited]

Naotaka Shibata, Takayoshi Tashiro, Shigeru Kuwano, Naohiko Yuki, Youichi Fukada, Jun Terada, and Akihiro Otaka

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B16-B22 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Reconfigurable Radio-Over-Fiber Networks [Invited]

J. J. Vegas Olmos and I. Tafur Monroy

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B23-B28 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast OLT-Protection Method Based on Normal MPCP and Backup Wavelength Pre-assignment on WDM/TDM-PONs [Invited]

Shin Kaneko, Tomoaki Yoshida, Shunji Kimura, Ken-Ichi Suzuki, and Akihiro Otaka

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B29-B37 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Next Generation Mobile Fronthaul and Midhaul Architectures [Invited]

Thomas Pfeiffer

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B38-B45 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Control and Orchestration of Multidomain Optical Networks With GMPLS as Inter-SDN Controller Communication [Invited]

Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martínez, Raül Muñoz, Ricard Vilalta, and Lei Liu

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B46-B54 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multidomain Network Hypervisor for Abstraction and Control of OpenFlow-Enabled Multitenant Multitechnology Transport Networks [Invited]

Ricard Vilalta, Raul Muñoz, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martinez, Shuping Peng, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou, Noboru Yoshikane, Takehiro Tsuritani, Itsuro Morita, Victor Lopez, Thomas Szyrkowiec, and Achim Autenrieth

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B55-B61 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Integrated SDN/NFV Management and Orchestration Architecture for Dynamic Deployment of Virtual SDN Control Instances for Virtual Tenant Networks [Invited]

Raul Muñoz, Ricard Vilalta, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martinez, Thomas Szyrkowiec, Achim Autenrieth, Víctor López, and Diego López

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B62-B70 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

GMPLS/PCE-Controlled Multi-Flow Optical Transponders in Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

Ricardo Martínez, Ramon Casellas, Ricard Vilalta, and Raül Muñoz

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B71-B80 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Traveling Repairman Problem for Optical Network Recovery to Restore Virtual Networks After a Disaster [Invited]

Chen Ma, Jie Zhang, Yongli Zhao, M. Farhan Habib, S. Sedef Savas, and Biswanath Mukherjee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B81-B92 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Routing, Code, and Spectrum Assignment, Subcarrier Spacing, and Filter Configuration in Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

N. Sambo, G. Meloni, F. Cugini, F. Fresi, A. D’Errico, L. Potì, P. Iovanna, and P. Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B93-B100 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Resource Allocation for Flexible-Grid Optical Networks With Nonlinear Channel Model [Invited]

Li Yan, Erik Agrell, Henk Wymeersch, and Maïté Brandt-Pearce

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B101-B108 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Techno-Economic Analysis of Fixed and Flexible Node Architectures in Multiperiod Scenarios [Invited]

Rui Manuel Morais, João Pedro, and Armando Nolasco Pinto

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B109-B121 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Support of Superchannel Formats in Optical Networks With Legacy Services and Traffic Churn [Invited]

João Santos and João Pedro

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B122-B130 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexible Node Architectures for Metro Networks [Invited]

Marco Schiano, Alessandro Percelsi, and Marco Quagliotti

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B131-B140 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Torus Data Center Network With Smart Flow Control Enabled by Hybrid Optoelectronic Routers [Invited]

Ryo Takahashi, Toru Segawa, Salah Ibrahim, Tatsushi Nakahara, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Atsushi Hiramatsu, Yue-Cai Huang, and Ken-ichi Kitayama

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B141-B152 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multipartner Demonstration of BGP-LS-Enabled Multidomain EON Control and Instantiation With H-PCE [Invited]

O. González de Dios, R. Casellas, R. Morro, F. Paolucci, V. López, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, and P. Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B153-B162 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Rapid Data Evacuation for Large-Scale Disasters in Optical Cloud Networks [Invited]

Sifat Ferdousi, Massimo Tornatore, M. Farhan Habib, and Biswanath Mukherjee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B163-B172 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimizing Deadline-Driven Bulk-Data Transfer to Revitalize Spectrum Fragments in EONs [Invited]

Wei Lu, Zuqing Zhu, and Biswanath Mukherjee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B173-B183 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Vendor-Interoperable Elastic Optical Interfaces: Standards, Experiments, and Challenges [Invited]

Matthias Gunkel, Arnold Mattheus, Felix Wissel, Antonio Napoli, João Pedro, Nelson Costa, Talha Rahman, Gianluca Meloni, Francesco Fresi, Filippo Cugini, Nicola Sambo, and Marc Bohn

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B184-B193 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiple Fiber, Flexgrid Elastic Optical Network Design Using MaxEnt Optimization [Invited]

Michael C. Parker, Paul Wright, and Andrew Lord

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B194-B201 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

512-ONU Real-Time Dynamic Load Balancing With Few Wavelength Reallocations in 40  Gbps λ-Tunable WDM/TDM-PON [Invited]

Yumiko Senoo, Tomoaki Yoshida, Shin Kaneko, Jun Sugawa, Koji Wakayama, Shunji Kimura, Ken-Ichi Suzuki, and Akihiro Otaka

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B202-B211 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimized Client and Line Hardware for Multiperiod Traffic in Optical Networks With Sliceable Bandwidth-Variable Transponders [Invited]

António Eira, João Pedro, João Pires, and Juan-Pedro Fernández Palacios

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B212-B221 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Toward a Completely Softwareized Optical Network [Invited]

Reza Nejabati, Shuping Peng, Bingli Gou, Mayur Channegowda, and Dimitra Simeonidou

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(12), B222-B231 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF