Introduction to the OFC/NFOEC 2013 Special Issue

Keren Bergman and Ori Gerstel

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), OFC1-OFC1 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Adaptability-Enabled Record-High and Robust Capacity-Versus-Reach Performance of Real-Time Dual-Band Optical OFDM Signals Over Various OM1/OM2 MMF Systems [Invited]

Emilio Hugues-Salas, Qianwu Zhang, Roger Philip Giddings, Min Wang, and Jianming Tang

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A1-A11 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Field Trial With a FTTH/PON Monitoring Technique Based on Unique Wavelength-Selective Mirror Combinations [Invited]

Christopher M. Bentz, Daniel Fritzsche, Erik Weis, and Peter M. Krummrich

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A12-A18 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Benefits and Requirements of Flexible-Grid ROADMs and Networks [Invited]

Sheryl L. Woodward and Mark D. Feuer

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A19-A27 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance of Elastic and Mixed-Line-Rate Scenarios for a Real IP Over DWDM Network With More Than 1000 Nodes [Invited]

Axel Klekamp and Ulrich Gebhard

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A28-A36 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Field Trial Demonstration and Evaluation of a Coherent 100G IP Over WDM Alien Wavelength Across 769 km of Multiple WDM Infrastructures Without Regeneration [Invited]

Yu Rong Zhou, Kevin Smith, Roger Payne, Andrew Lord, Walid Wakim, John Keens, and Lars Hanson

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A37-A45 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Virtualization in Optical Networks from Network Level to Hardware Level [Invited]

Masahiko Jinno, Hidehiko Takara, Kazushige Yonenaga, and Akira Hirano

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A46-A56 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Control and Management of Flexi-grid Optical Networks With an Integrated Stateful Path Computation Element and OpenFlow Controller [Invited]

Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martínez, Raül Muñoz, Ricard Vilalta, Lei Liu, Takehiro Tsuritani, and Itsuro Morita

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A57-A65 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of a Dynamic Transparent Optical Network Employing Flexible Transmitters/Receivers Controlled by an OpenFlow–Stateless PCE Integrated Control Plane [Invited]

Lei Liu, Hyeon Yeong Choi, Ramon Casellas, Takehiro Tsuritani, Itsuro Morita, Ricardo Martínez, and Raül Muñoz

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A66-A75 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamic Virtual Optical Networks Supporting Uncertain Traffic Demands [Invited]

Anna Tzanakaki, Markos P. Anastasopoulos, and Konstantinos N. Georgakilas

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A76-A85 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Multilayer Control for Packet-Optical Networks [Invited]

P. Iovanna, A. Germoni, F. Testa, G. Cossu, V. López, and R. Sabella

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A86-A99 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral and Spatial 2D Fragmentation-Aware Routing and Spectrum Assignment Algorithms in Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

Yawei Yin, Huan Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Ming Xia, Zuqing Zhu, Stefan Dahlfort, and S. J. B. Yoo

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A100-A106 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Cognitive Dynamic Optical Networks [Invited]

Ignacio de Miguel, Ramón J. Durán, Tamara Jiménez, Natalia Fernández, Juan Carlos Aguado, Rubén M. Lorenzo, Antonio Caballero, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Yabin Ye, Andrzej Tymecki, Ioannis Tomkos, Marianna Angelou, Dimitrios Klonidis, Antonio Francescon, Domenico Siracusa, and Elio Salvadori

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A107-A118 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of a 40 Gb/s Wavelength-Reused WDM-PON Using Coding and Equalization [Invited]

Qi Guo and An V. Tran

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A119-A126 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Energy-Aware Design of Multilayer Core Networks [Invited]

Arsalan Ahmad, Andrea Bianco, Edoardo Bonetto, Luca Chiaraviglio, and Filip Idzikowski

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A127-A143 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Long-Reach λ-Tunable WDM/TDM-PON Using Synchronized Gain-Clamping SOA Technology [Invited]

Katsuhisa Taguchi, Hirotaka Nakamura, Kota Asaka, Shunji Kimura, and Naoto Yoshimoto

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A144-A151 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Hybrid Survivability Schemes Achieving High Connection Availability With a Reduced Amount of Backup Resources [Invited]

Jawwad Ahmed, Cicek Cavdar, Paolo Monti, and Lena Wosinska

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A152-A161 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Role of Optical Network Virtualization in Cloud Computing [Invited]

Shuping Peng, Reza Nejabati, and Dimitra Simeonidou

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A162-A170 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Saving CAPEX by Extending Flexgrid-based Core Optical Networks Toward the Edges [Invited]

L. Velasco, P. Wright, A. Lord, and G. Junyent

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A171-A183 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Valuing Flexibility in the Migration to Flexible-Grid Networks [Invited]

Mathieu Tahon, Sofie Verbrugge, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester, Paul Wright, and Andrew Lord

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A184-A191 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Applications and Status of Path Computation Elements [Invited]

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

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A192-A203 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Colorless FDMA-PON With Flexible Bandwidth Allocation and Colorless, Low-Speed ONUs [Invited]

P. C. Schindler, R. Schmogrow, M. Dreschmann, J. Meyer, I. Tomkos, J. Prat, H.-G. Krimmel, T. Pfeiffer, P. Kourtessis, A. Ludwig, D. Karnick, D. Hillerkuss, J. Becker, C. Koos, W. Freude, and J. Leuthold

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A204-A212 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Regenerator Predeployment in CN-ROADM Networks With Shared Mesh Restoration [Invited]

Inwoong Kim, Paparao Palacharla, Xi Wang, Qiong Zhang, Daniel Bihon, Mark D. Feuer, and Sheryl L. Woodward

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A213-A219 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Wavelength Contention-Free via Optical Bypass Within a Colorless and Directionless ROADM [Invited]

Winston I. Way, Philip N. Ji, and Ankitkumar N. Patel

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A220-A229 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of Cost-Optimal Passive Optical Networks for Small Cell Backhaul Using Installed Fibers [Invited]

Chathurika S. Ranaweera, Patrick P. Iannone, Kostas N. Oikonomou, Kenneth C. Reichmann, and Rakesh K. Sinha

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A230-A239 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Multi-stratum Resource Integration for OpenFlow-Based Data Center Interconnect [Invited]

Hui Yang, Yongli Zhao, Jie Zhang, Shouyu Wang, Wanyi Gu, Yuefeng Ji, Jianrui Han, Yi Lin, and Young Lee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A240-A248 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Implementation of Power-Efficient ONU for Elastic-Bandwidth IFDMA-PON Uplink by Employing Polar-Coordinate Transformed PSK Mapping [Invited]

Kenji Ishii, Kiyoshi Onohara, Yuji Akiyama, Masaki Noda, Masamichi Nogami, Kazuumi Koguchi, Yuki Yoshida, Akihiro Maruta, Takashi Mizuochi, and Ken-ichi Kitayama

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A249-A256 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Integrated Packet/Circuit Hybrid Network Field Trial With Production Traffic [Invited]

Raimena Veisllari, Steinar Bjornstad, and Kurosh Bozorgebrahimi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A257-A266 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Engineering 400G for Colorless-Directionless-Contentionless Architecture in Metro/Regional Networks [Invited]

Richard Younce, Julia Larikova, and Yajun Wang

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A267-A273 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Software-Defined Optical Networks Technology and Infrastructure: Enabling Software-Defined Optical Network Operations [Invited]

Mayur Channegowda, Reza Nejabati, and Dimitra Simeonidou

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 5(10), A274-A282 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF