Inaugural Issue Editors’ Introduction

Keren Bergman and Vincent Chan

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 1-1 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

An Optimal Investment Strategy for Tunable, Pluggable, and Tunable Pluggable Optical Transceivers in Static DWDM Networks

Mitsumasa Okada, Junichi Kani, Toshio Watanabe, and Naoto Yoshimoto

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 3-16 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Cost Minimization Planning for Greenfield Passive Optical Networks

Ji Li and Gangxiang Shen

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 17-29 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Game-Theoretic Optimization of a Fiber-to-the-Home Municipality Network Rollout

Koen Casier, Bart Lannoo, Jan Van Ooteghem, Sofie Verbrugge, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, and Piet Demeester

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 30-42 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical Layer Local Area Network Emulation in a Multifunctional Repeater-Based Optical Access Network

Nishaanthan Nadarajah, Chang-Joon Chae, An Vu Tran, and Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 43-49 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Beyond 100 Gb∕s Optical Transmission Based on Polarization Multiplexed Coded-OFDM With Coherent Detection

Ivan B. Djordjevic, Lei Xu, and Ting Wang

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 50-56 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental Investigation of a Peer-to-Peer-Based Architecture for Emerging Consumer Grid Applications

Lei Liu, Xiaobin Hong, Jian Wu, and Jintong Lin

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 57-68 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Multi-Granular Optical Cross-Connect: Design, Analysis, and Demonstration

Georgios S. Zervas, Marc De Leenheer, Lida Sadeghioon, Dimitris Klonidis, Yixuan Qin, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou, Chris Develder, Bart Dhoedt, and Piet Demeester

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 69-84 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical Amplifiers Placement in WDM Mesh Networks for Optical Multicasting Service Support

Ashraf M. Hamad and Ahmed E. Kamal

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 85-102 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

TCP Performance Over Optical Burst-Switched Networks With Different Access Technologies

Maurizio Casoni and Carla Raffaelli

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 103-112 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Accumulated-Downtime-Oriented Restoration Strategy With Service Differentiation in Survivable WDM Mesh Networks

Lei Song and Biswanath Mukherjee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 113-124 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Monitoring of Linearly Accumulated Optical Impairments in All-Optical Networks

Siu-Ting Ho and Lian-Kuan Chen

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 125-141 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Planar-Subgraph and Eulerian-Based Techniques for Determining Protection Ring Covers in Mesh Optical Networks

Georgios Ellinas and Aklilu Gebreyesus-Hailemariam

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 142-157 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Cost-Efficient Fiber Connection Topology Design for Metropolitan Area WDM Networks

Kyle C. Guan and Vincent W.S. Chan

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 158-175 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Energy-Minimized Design for IP Over WDM Networks

Gangxiang Shen and Rodney S. Tucker

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 176-186 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling WDM Wavelength Switching Systems for Use in GMPLS and Automated Path Computation

Greg M. Bernstein, Young Lee, Anders Gavler, and Jonas Martensson

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 187-195 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF

Topological Wavelength Usage Estimation in Transparent Wide Area Networks

Benoît Châtelain, Michel P. Bélanger, Christine Tremblay, François Gagnon, and David V. Plant

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1), 196-203 (2009)  View: HTML | PDF