Subject: CFP: Simulation, CAD, and Measurement of Optical Networks, Special Issue of Optical Networks Magazine

From: Don Montgomery <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 17:07:58 -0500 (CDT)

Dear Colleagues,

I am appending the following CFP.  Please put it before
those who might be interested in submitting.

Very truly yours,
Don Montgomery  <[email-masked]> 
Guest Editor, Optical Networks Magazine 
Special Issue on
       Simulation, CAD, and Measurement 
Boston  Communications  Networks,  Inc. 
5718 Moss Creek Court,  Dallas TX 75252 
cell: 214 403 4694    fax: 972 818 1289

                 CALL FOR PAPERS

    SPIE/Baltzer Science Optical Networks Magazine

  Simulation, CAD, and Measurement of Optical Networks

CFP for Optical Networks Magazine:
Emerging optical technologies, together with the rapidly
rising demand for network bandwidth, are fueling an
increasing amount of research in the field of optical
networks.  A new optical network layer is evolving, which
focuses on providing advanced optical capabilities, such as
optical reconfiguration, wavelength provisioning, and
all-optical protection and restoration. New network
protocols and architectures, in local, metropolitan, and
wide-area environments, must be developed in order to fully
utilize this emerging optical layer, and to create an
efficient optical network that will ultimately provide
end-to-end optical services. This special issue is focused
on the use of simulation and computer aided design (CAD) in
support of the technical and commercial development of
optical network technologies, architectures, protocols, and
applications; and on measurement of optical transmission
parameters and optical network traffic.  Commercial,
experimental, and research submissions are encouraged.

Topics:

This Special Issue will collect and archive the
state-of-the-art in all research and applied areas related
to CAD, simulation, and measurement as they apply to optical
networking, including, but not limited to:

* existing CAD tools for design of optical LANs and access
  networks, all-optical switched networks, passive optical
  networks, core and access networks, optical layer
  protection and restoration, wavelength routing and
  conversion, dynamic reconfiguration;

* simulation packages for optical networking, optical layer
  protocols, interaction between the optical networking
  (DWDM or lightpath routed) layer and adjacent layers,
  i.e., transmission, SONET/SDH, ATM, IP; or the simulation
  of management interactions dealing with the optical
  networking (DWDM or lightpath routed) layer;

* existing or proposed methodologies for simulation and/or
  CAD modeling of the above;

* measurements and comparisons of traffic and performance of
  all types of optical networks, opaque (all-) optical
  networks, hybrid optical networks; of backbone, regional,
  and access optical networks; of switched and passive
  optical networks; of hybrid provisioning implementations.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Prospective authors should send an electronic version
(Postscript or PDF files ONLY) to one of the guest editors.
The paper should be no longer than 20 double-spaced pages,
excluding illustrations and graphs.  If electronic
submission is impossible, please submit FIVE hard copies of
the paper to Don Montgomery's mail address.

IMPORTANT DATES 	

Submission deadline:		July 31, 2000 
Acceptance notification: 	November 30, 2000
Final manuscript due: 		January 31, 2001 
Publication date:		First half of 2001 

Guest Co-Editors:

Don Montgomery
Project Manager
Boston Communications Networks
5718 Moss Creek Court
Dallas, Texas, 75252
Phone: +972-818-1288
Fax:   +972-818-1289
[email-masked]
 
Prof. Marco Ajmone Marsan
Dipartimento di Elettronica
Politecnico di Torino
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 
10129 Torino, Italy
Phone: +39-011-5644032
Fax:   +39-011-5644099
[email-masked]

Dr. Rohit Sharma
Vice President and Chief Architect
Optical Networks Inc.
166 Baypointe Parkway
San Jose, California 95134
Phone: +408-965-2600
Fax:   +408-965-2660
[email-masked]

Nada Golmie
National Institute of Standards and Technology
High Speed Networks Technologies Group
100 Bureau Dr. Stop 8920
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8920
Phone: +301-975-4190
Fax:   +301-590-0932
[email-masked]