Introduction to the OFC 2014 Special Issue

Ori Gerstel and Pat Iannone

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), OFC1-OFC1 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

High-Splitting-Ratio PON Systems Using a PLC-Based Funnel-Shaped Waveguide With Dual-Mode Fiber [Invited]

Masamichi Fujiwara, Ken-Ichi Suzuki, Manabu Oguma, Shunichi Soma, and Naoto Yoshimoto

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A1-A6 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

OpenFlow-Assisted Online Defragmentation in Single-/Multi-Domain Software-Defined Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

Zuqing Zhu, Xiaoliang Chen, Cen Chen, Shoujiang Ma, Mingyang Zhang, Lei Liu, and S. J. B. Yoo

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A7-A15 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Reduced Complexity Equalization for Coherent Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks [Invited]

Domaniç Lavery, Benn C. Thomsen, Polina Bayvel, and Seb J. Savory

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A16-A27 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

First Demonstration of a WDM-PON System Using Full C-band Tunable SFP+ Transceiver Modules [Invited]

Jiannan Zhu, Stephan Pachnicke, Mirko Lawin, Stephen Mayne, Adrian Wonfor, Richard V. Penty, Rosie Cush, Richard Turner, Paul Firth, Mike Wale, Ian H. White, and Jörg-Peter Elbers

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A28-A36 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Reconfigurable 100  Gb/s Silicon Photonic Network-on-Chip [Invited]

Po Dong, Young-Kai Chen, Tingyi Gu, Lawrence L. Buhl, David T. Neilson, and Jeffrey H. Sinsky

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A37-A43 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Wavelength Drift of Burst-Mode DML for TWDM-PON [Invited]

Wolfgang Poehlmann, Doutje van Veen, Robert Farah, Thomas Pfeiffer, and Peter Vetter

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A44-A51 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

400  Gb/s Real-Time Trial Using Rate-Adaptive Transponders for Next-Generation Flexible-Grid Networks [Invited]

Annachiara Pagano, Emilio Riccardi, Marco Bertolini, Vitaliano Farelli, and Tony Van De Velde

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A52-A58 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

High-Capacity and High-Loss-Budget OFDM Long-Reach PON Without an Optical Amplifier [Invited]

Hsing-Yu Chen, Chia-Chien Wei, I-Cheng Lu, Hsuan-Hao Chu, Yu-Chao Chen, and Jyehong Chen

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A59-A65 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Minimum- and Maximum-Entropy Routing and Spectrum Assignment for Flexgrid Elastic Optical Networking [Invited]

Paul Wright, Michael C. Parker, and Andrew Lord

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A66-A72 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental Demonstration of a Statistical OFDM-PON With Multiband ONUs and Elastic Bandwidth Allocation [Invited]

Iván N. Cano, Xavier Escayola, Philipp C. Schindler, María C. Santos, Victor Polo, Juerg Leuthold, Ioannis Tomkos, and Josep Prat

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A73-A79 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Managing Topology Growth in ROADM Networks [Invited]

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

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A80-A86 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

10  Gbit/s Delay Modulation Using a Directly Modulated DFB Laser for a TWDM PON With Converged Services [Invited]

Ning Cheng, Min Zhou, and Frank J. Effenberger

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A87-A96 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Hi-LION: Hierarchical Large-Scale Interconnection Optical Network With AWGRs [Invited]

Zheng Cao, Roberto Proietti, and S. J. B. Yoo

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A97-A105 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

SDN Orchestration of OpenFlow and GMPLS Flexi-Grid Networks With a Stateful Hierarchical PCE [Invited]

Ramon Casellas, Raül Muñoz, Ricardo Martínez, Ricard Vilalta, Lei Liu, Takehiro Tsuritani, Itsuro Morita, Víctor López, Oscar González de Dios, and Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A106-A117 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of 10  Gbit/s Burst-Mode Transmission Using a Linear Burst-Mode Receiver and Burst-Mode Electronic Equalization [Invited]

Stefano Porto, Cleitus Antony, Anil Jain, Denis Kelly, Daniel Carey, Giuseppe Talli, Peter Ossieur, and Paul D. Townsend

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A118-A125 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Control of Frequency Conversion and Defragmentation for Super-Channels [Invited]

Nicola Sambo, Francesco Paolucci, Gianluca Meloni, Francesco Fresi, Luca Potì, and Piero Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A126-A134 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamic Multi-Domain Virtual Optical Network Deployment With Heterogeneous Control Domains [Invited]

Ricard Vilalta, Raul Muñoz, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martinez, Shuping Peng, Mayur Channegowda, Tasos Vlachogiannis, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou, Xiaoyuan Cao, Takehiro Tsuritani, and Itsuro Morita

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A135-A141 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Energy-Efficient Traffic Grooming in Sliceable-Transponder-Equipped IP-Over-Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

Jiawei Zhang, Yongli Zhao, Xiaosong Yu, Jie Zhang, Mei Song, Yuefeng Ji, and Biswanath Mukherjee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A142-A152 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

37.5  km Urban Field Trial of OFDMA-PON Using Colorless ONUs With Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation and TCM [Invited]

Christian Ruprecht, Yingkan Chen, Daniel Fritzsche, Johannes von Hoyningen-Huene, Norbert Hanik, Erik Weis, Dirk Breuer, and Werner Rosenkranz

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A153-A161 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Virtual Topology Reconfiguration in Optical Networks by Means of Cognition: Evaluation and Experimental Validation [Invited]

Natalia Fernández, Ramón J. Durán Barroso, Domenico Siracusa, Antonio Francescon, Ignacio de Miguel, Elio Salvadori, Juan Carlos Aguado, and Rubén M. Lorenzo

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(1), A162-A173 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamic Restoration With GMPLS and SDN Control Plane in Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

Alessio Giorgetti, Francesco Paolucci, Filippo Cugini, and Piero Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A174-A182 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Survivable Virtual Infrastructure Mapping With Dedicated Protection in Transport Software-Defined Networks [Invited]

Zilong Ye, Ankitkumar N. Patel, Philip N. Ji, and Chunming Qiao

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A183-A189 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Predeployment of Regenerators for Fast Service Provisioning in DWDM Transport Networks [Invited]

João Pedro

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A190-A199 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance Optimization of Nyquist Signaling for Spectrally Efficient Optical Access Networks [Invited]

Jacklyn D. Reis, Ali Shahpari, Ricardo Ferreira, Darlene M. Neves, Mário Lima, and António L. Teixeira

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A200-A208 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Software Defined Synergistic IP+Optical Resilient Transport Networks [Invited]

Dongxu Zhang, Xuefei Song, Chao Chen, Hongxiang Guo, Jian Wu, and Yinben Xia

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A209-A217 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimal Design of Resilient Virtual Networks [Invited]

Isil Burcu Barla Harter, Dominic A. Schupke, Marco Hoffmann, and Georg Carle

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A218-A234 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Full Featured and Lightweight Control for Optical Packet Metro Networks [Invited]

Lida Sadeghioon, Annie Gravey, Bogdan Uscumlic, Philippe Gravey, and Michel Morvan

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A235-A248 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

C- and O-Band Operation of RSOA WDM PON Self-Seeded Transmitters up to 10  Gb/s [Invited]

Paola Parolari, Lucia Marazzi, Marco Brunero, Mario Martinelli, Romain Brenot, Anaelle Maho, Sophie Barbet, Giancarlo Gavioli, Gael Simon, Sy Dat Le, Fabienne Saliou, and Philippe Chanclou

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A249-A255 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

On the Complexity of Routing and Spectrum Assignment in Flexible-Grid Ring Networks [Invited]

Massimo Tornatore, Cristina Rottondi, Roza Goscien, Krzysztof Walkowiak, Giuseppe Rizzelli, and Annalisa Morea

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A256-A267 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Active Stateful PCE With Hitless LDPC Code Adaptation [Invited]

F. Cugini, F. Fresi, F. Paolucci, G. Meloni, N. Sambo, A. Giorgetti, T. Foggi, L. Potí, and P. Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A268-A276 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Polar-Based OFDM and SC-FDE Links Toward Energy-Efficient Gbps Transmission Under IM-DD Optical System Constraints [Invited]

Hany Elgala and Thomas D. C. Little

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A277-A284 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Superfilter Technique in SDN-Controlled Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

F. Paolucci, F. Cugini, F. Fresi, G. Meloni, A. Giorgetti, N. Sambo, L. Potí, A. Castro, L. Velasco, and P. Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A285-A292 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Throughput Comparison Between 50-GHz and 37.5-GHz Grid Transparent Networks [Invited]

Annalisa Morea, Jérémie Renaudier, Thierry Zami, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, and Oriol Bertran-Pardo

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A293-A300 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Field Demonstration of Multi-Domain Software-Defined Transport Networking With Multi-Controller Collaboration for Data Center Interconnection [Invited]

Yiming Yu, Jie Zhang, Yongli Zhao, Yi Lin, Jianrui Han, Haomian Zheng, Yadi Cui, Minglu Xiao, Hui Li, Yang Peng, Yuefeng Ji, and Haifeng Yang

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A301-A308 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Provisioning and Restoration With Sliceability in GMPLS-Based Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

M. Dallaglio, A. Giorgetti, N. Sambo, F. Cugini, and P. Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A309-A317 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Virtual Network Provisioning Over Distance-Adaptive Flexible-Grid Optical Networks [Invited]

Xi Wang, Qiong Zhang, Inwoong Kim, Paparao Palacharla, and Motoyoshi Sekiya

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A318-A325 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Using SDN Technology to Enable Cost-Effective Bandwidth-on-Demand for Cloud Services [Invited]

Robert Doverspike, George Clapp, Pierre Douyon, Douglas M. Freimuth, Krishna Gullapalli, Bo Han, Jeffrey Hartley, Ajay Mahimkar, Emmanuil Mavrogiorgis, James O’Connor, Jorge Pastor, K. K. Ramakrishnan, Michael E. Rauch, Mark Stadler, Ann Von Lehmen, Brian Wilson, and Sheryl L. Woodward

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A326-A334 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental Demonstration of Function Programmable Add/Drop Architecture for ROADMs [Invited]

Miquel Garrich, Eduardo Magalhães, Heitor Carvalho, Neil G. Gonzalez, Georgios Zervas, Dimitra Simeonidou, and Juliano R. F. Oliveira

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A335-A343 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Cognitive Optical Network Testbed: EU Project CHRON [Invited]

Robert Borkowski, Ramón J. Durán, Christoforos Kachris, Domenico Siracusa, Antonio Caballero, Natalia Fernández, Dimitrios Klonidis, Antonio Francescon, Tamara Jiménez, Juan Carlos Aguado, Ignacio de Miguel, Elio Salvadori, Ioannis Tomkos, Rubén M. Lorenzo, and Idelfonso Tafur Monroy

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A344-A355 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

ABNO: A Feasible SDN Approach for Multivendor IP and Optical Networks [Invited]

Alejandro Aguado, Víctor López, Jaume Marhuenda, Óscar González de Dios, and Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(2), A356-A362 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of a Symmetric 40  Gbit/s TWDM-PON Over 40  km Passive Reach Using 10  G Burst-Mode DML and EDC for Upstream Transmission [Invited]

Yong Guo, Songlin Zhu, Guohua Kuang, Yongjia Yin, Dezhi Zhang, and Xin Liu

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A363-A371 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamic IQ Data Compression Using Wireless Resource Allocation for Mobile Front-Haul With TDM–PON [Invited]

Naotaka Shibata, Shigeru Kuwano, Jun Terada, and Hideaki Kimura

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A372-A378 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Field-Trial Demonstration of Cost Efficient Sub-wavelength Service Through Integrated Packet/Circuit Hybrid Network [Invited]

Raimena Veisllari, Steinar Bjornstad, Jan P. Braute, Kurosh Bozorgebrahimi, and Carla Raffaelli

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A379-A387 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

First Demonstration of Automated Control and Assessment of a Dynamically Reconfigured Monolithic 8  ×  8 Wavelength-and-Space Switch [Invited]

Q. Cheng, R. Stabile, A. Rohit, A. Wonfor, R. V. Penty, I. H. White, and K. A. Williams

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A388-A395 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Impact of IP Layer Routing Policy on Multilayer Design [Invited]

E. Palkopoulou, O. Gerstel, I. Stiakogiannakis, T. Telkamp, V. López, and I. Tomkos

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A396-A402 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectrally Efficient Enhanced-Performance Bidirectional Coherent PON With Laserless 10  Gb/s ONU [Invited]

A. Shahpari, R. S. Luís, V. Ribeiro, J. D. Reis, R. Ferreira, J. M. D. Mendinueta, Z. Vujicic, B. J. Puttnam, M. Lima, N. Wada, and A. Teixeira

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A403-A413 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental Study of Type B Protection for a TWDM-PON System [Invited]

T. Nishitani, J. Mizuguchi, and H. Mukai

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A414-A420 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Toward Terabit Autonomic Optical Networks Based on a Software Defined Adaptive/Cognitive Approach [Invited]

Julio Oliveira, Juliano Oliveira, Eduardo Magalhães, João Januário, Marcos Siqueira, Rafael Scaraficci, Marcos Salvador, Leonardo Mariote, Neil Guerrero, Luis Carvalho, Fabian van’t Hooft, Giovanni Santos, and Miquel Garrich

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A421-A431 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Sub-lambda and Wavelength Path Reconfiguration in Multi-layer Transport Networks [Invited]

Akihiro Kadohata, Atsushi Watanabe, and Akira Hirano

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A432-A439 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Minimizing Resource Protection in IP Over WDM Networks: Multi-layer Shared Backup Router [Invited]

Arturo Mayoral, Víctor López, Ori Gerstel, Eleni Palkopoulou, Óscar González de Dios, and Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A440-A446 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

CORONET: Testbeds, Demonstration, and Lessons Learned [Invited]

Ann Von Lehmen, Robert Doverspike, George Clapp, Douglas M. Freimuth, Joel Gannett, Aleksandar Kolarov, Haim Kobrinski, Christian Makaya, Emmanuil Mavrogiorgis, Jorge Pastor, Michael Rauch, K. K. Ramakrishnan, Ron Skoog, Brian Wilson, and Sheryl L. Woodward

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A447-A458 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Indoor VLC System With Multiple LEDs of Different Path Lengths Employing Space–Time Block-Coded DMT/CAP Modulation [Invited]

Chia-Chien Wei, Fang-Ming Wu, Zhen-Yu Chen, Chun-Ting Lin, Yu-Syuan Huang, Yung-Jui (Ray) Chen, and Sien Chi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A459-A466 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Beneficial OLT Transmitter and Receiver Concepts for NG-PON2 Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers [Invited]

R. Bonk, H. Schmuck, W. Poehlmann, and T. Pfeiffer

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A467-A473 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Evaluating Internal Blocking in Noncontentionless Flex-grid ROADMs [Invited]

Pablo Pavon-Marino, Maria-Victoria Bueno-Delgado, and Jose-Luis Izquierdo-Zaragoza

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A474-A481 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Energy Efficiency Versus Reliability Performance in Optical Backbone Networks [Invited]

Pawel Wiatr, Jiajia Chen, Paolo Monti, and Lena Wosinska

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A482-A491 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Scalability of a Hitless λ-Tuning Sequence to Upstream Transmission at Dynamic Wavelength Allocation in WDM/TDM-PON [Invited]

Shin Kaneko, Tomoaki Yoshida, Satoshi Furusawa, Masahiro Sarashina, Hideaki Tamai, Akiya Suzuki, Toshiaki Mukojima, Shunji Kimura, and Naoto Yoshimoto

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A492-A497 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Low Latency Optical Switch for High Performance Computing With Minimized Processor Energy Load [Invited]

Shiyun Liu, Qixiang Cheng, Muhammad Ridwan Madarbux, Adrian Wonfor, Richard V. Penty, Ian H. White, and Philip M. Watts

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A498-A510 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Network Planning Strategies for Next-Generation Flexible Optical Networks [Invited]

Rosanna Pastorelli, Gabriella Bosco, Stefano Piciaccia, and Fabrizio Forghieri

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A511-A525 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Hardware Virtualized Flexible Network for Wireless Data-Center Optical Interconnects [Invited]

Bijan Rahimzadeh Rofoee, Georgios Zervas, Yan Yan, Markos Anastasopoulos, Anna Tzanakaki, Shuping Peng, Reza Nejabati, and Dimitra Simeonidou

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A526-A536 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of Performance Degradation in Sleep-Mode Enabled Core Optical Networks [Invited]

Albert Pagès, Massimo Tornatore, Jordi Perelló, Salvatore Spadaro, and Annalisa Morea

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A537-A546 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

PON Resilience [Invited]

Frank J. Effenberger

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A547-A552 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexibility in Submarine Fiber Optic Networks [Invited]

Bruce Nyman

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(3), A553-A557 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF