Next Generation Optical Network Design and Modelling

Preface. Committees. Part One: MAC Protocols. A QoS-Sensitive MAC for Slotted WDM Metropolitan Rings; J.D. Angelopoulos, N. Leligou, H. Linardakis, A. Stavdas. An Analytical Model for a Slotted WDM Metro Ring with A-Posteriori Access; K. Bengi. A Preemptable Slotted Access Protocol to Transport Variable Size Packets in All-Optical Ring LANs/MANs; M.R. Salvador, S. Heemstra De Groot, D. Dey. Comparison of Single-Hop and Multihop AWG Based WDM Networks; H. Woesner, M. Maier, A. Wolisz. Part Two: Burst Switching. Segmented Burst Switching: Enhancement of Optical Burst Switching to Decrease Loss Rate and Support Quality of Service; A. Maach, G. von Bochmann. Provision of End-to-End Delay Guarantees in Wavelength-Routed Optical Burst-Switched Networks; I. de Miguel, E. Kozlovski, P. Bayvel. QoS Performance of WR-OBS Network Architecture with Request Scheduling; E. Kozlovski, P. Bayvel. Dimensioning of FDL Buffers for Optical Burst Switching Nodes; C.M. Gauger. Part Three: Italian Projects on Optical Networks. Optical Packet Switching of IP Traffic; S. Bregni, G. Guerra, A. Pattavina. Dynamic DWDM Exploitation in Connection-Oriented Optical Packet Switches; F. Callegati, W. Cerroni, C. Raffaelli, P. Zaffoni. Variable-Size Packets in Slotted WDM Ring Networks; A. Bianco, M. Bonsignori, E. Leonardi, F. Neri. Ringo: a Demonstrator of WDM Optical Packet Network on a Ring Topology; A. Carena, V. Ferrero, R. Gaudino, V. De Feo, F. Neri, P. Poggiolini. A Wavelength Recognizing Switching Architecture for Omega Interconnection Networks; A. Borella, G. Cancellieri, P. Prosperi. Part Four: Switch Architecture. On the Performance of Optical Flow Routers Employing Wavelength Conversion; J.J. He, D. Simeonidou. Prioritized Buffer Management in Photonic Packet Switches for DiffServ Assured Forwarding; H. Harai, M. Murata. Assessment of Packet Loss for an Optical Packet Router with Recirculating Buffer; C. Develder, M. Pickavet, P. Demeester. Capability of Optical Code-Based MPLS (OC-MPLS); K. Kitayama, K. Onohara, M. Murata. Part Five: Protection and Restoration. Design of Static WDM Mesh Networks with Dedicated Path-Protection; S. De Patre, G. Maier, M. Martinelli, A. Pattavina. ZRESTORE: A Link Restoration Scheme with High Aggregation and No Reservation; S. Das, P. Verma, B.N. Jain, M. Gerla. Protection and Restoration Strategies in WDM Mesh Networks; G. Conte, M. Listanti, M. Settembre, R. Sabella. Dynamic Routing with Partial Information in Mesh-Restorable Optical Networks; M. Sridharan, R. Srinivasan, A.K. Somani. Part Six: Virtual Topology Design. A Study on the Efficacy of Regular Virtual Topology Design Heuristics for Optical Packet Switching; O. Komolafe, D. Harle, D. Cotter. A Design Method for Logical Topologies with Consideration of Wavebands; Y. Fukushima, S. Arakawa, M. Murata, H. Miyahara. Dynamic Establishment of All-Optical Connections in Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks Using Genetic Algorithms; D. Bisbal, F. González, I. De Miguel, J. Blas, J.C. Aguado, P. Fernández, R.M. Lorenzo, E.J. Abril, M. López. Part Seven: Wavelength Routed Networks. Capacity Expansion of Fiber Optic Infrastructure Networks Using Wavelength Division Multiplexing Systems; A. Dutta, P. Kubat. Performance Analysis of WDM Optical Networks with Wavelength Usage Constraint; J. Fang, R. Srinivasan, A.K. Somani. A Multistart Randomized Greedy Algorithm for Traffic Grooming on Mesh Logical Topologies; M.