Introduction to the OFC 2015 Special Issue

Ori Gerstel and Pat Iannone

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), OFC1-OFC1 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Proactive H-PCE Architecture With BGP-LS Update for Multidomain Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

Alessio Giorgetti

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B1-B9 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fully Passive Resiliency Node for Optical Access [Invited]

Bernhard Schrenk, Roland Lieger, Thomas Lorünser, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Andreas Poppe, Martin Stierle, Hercules Avramopoulos, and Helmut Leopold

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B10-B15 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance Evaluation of Mobile Front-Haul Employing Ethernet-Based TDM-PON With IQ Data Compression [Invited]

Naotaka Shibata, Takayoshi Tashiro, Shigeru Kuwano, Naohiko Yuki, Youichi Fukada, Jun Terada, and Akihiro Otaka

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B16-B22 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Reconfigurable Radio-Over-Fiber Networks [Invited]

J. J. Vegas Olmos and I. Tafur Monroy

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B23-B28 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast OLT-Protection Method Based on Normal MPCP and Backup Wavelength Pre-assignment on WDM/TDM-PONs [Invited]

Shin Kaneko, Tomoaki Yoshida, Shunji Kimura, Ken-Ichi Suzuki, and Akihiro Otaka

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B29-B37 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Next Generation Mobile Fronthaul and Midhaul Architectures [Invited]

Thomas Pfeiffer

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B38-B45 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Control and Orchestration of Multidomain Optical Networks With GMPLS as Inter-SDN Controller Communication [Invited]

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

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B46-B54 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multidomain Network Hypervisor for Abstraction and Control of OpenFlow-Enabled Multitenant Multitechnology Transport Networks [Invited]

Ricard Vilalta, Raul Muñoz, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martinez, Shuping Peng, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou, Noboru Yoshikane, Takehiro Tsuritani, Itsuro Morita, Victor Lopez, Thomas Szyrkowiec, and Achim Autenrieth

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B55-B61 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Integrated SDN/NFV Management and Orchestration Architecture for Dynamic Deployment of Virtual SDN Control Instances for Virtual Tenant Networks [Invited]

Raul Muñoz, Ricard Vilalta, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martinez, Thomas Szyrkowiec, Achim Autenrieth, Víctor López, and Diego López

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B62-B70 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

GMPLS/PCE-Controlled Multi-Flow Optical Transponders in Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

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

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B71-B80 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Traveling Repairman Problem for Optical Network Recovery to Restore Virtual Networks After a Disaster [Invited]

Chen Ma, Jie Zhang, Yongli Zhao, M. Farhan Habib, S. Sedef Savas, and Biswanath Mukherjee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B81-B92 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Routing, Code, and Spectrum Assignment, Subcarrier Spacing, and Filter Configuration in Elastic Optical Networks [Invited]

N. Sambo, G. Meloni, F. Cugini, F. Fresi, A. D’Errico, L. Potì, P. Iovanna, and P. Castoldi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B93-B100 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Resource Allocation for Flexible-Grid Optical Networks With Nonlinear Channel Model [Invited]

Li Yan, Erik Agrell, Henk Wymeersch, and Maïté Brandt-Pearce

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), B101-B108 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-Complexity Time Synchronization Algorithm for Optical OFDM PON System Using a Directly Modulated DFB Laser

Julián S. Bruno, Vicenç Almenar, Javier Valls, and Juan L. Corral

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1025-1033 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a Hybrid Multirate Asynchronous O-CDMA System: Performance, Spectral Efficiency, and Throughput Analyses

Han-Chun Chen, Min-Kuan Chang, Guu-Chang Yang, and Wing C. Kwong

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1034-1048 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Convergence of Energy Management Data With Optical Access Networks by Sharing the Fault-Monitoring Channel

Walaa Younes Al-Smadi, Hong-Sing Lee, Chun-Liang Yang, San-Liang Lee, Gerd Keiser, Kuo-Chang Feng, and Puspa Devi Pukhrambam

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1049-1056 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Field Trial of Bandwidth on Demand Services Based on Hierarchical Control Over Multi-Domain OTN Networks

Chengliang Zhang, Ruiquan Jing, Junjie Li, Yiran Ma, Xiaoli Huo, Yongli Zhao, and Jie Zhang

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1057-1063 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fragmentation-Aware Routing and Spectrum Allocation Scheme Based on Distribution of Traffic Bandwidth in Elastic Optical Networks

Xin Chen, Juhao Li, Paikun Zhu, Ruizhi Tang, Zhangyuan Chen, and Yongqi He

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1064-1074 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fixed and Mobile Convergence: Which Role for Optical Networks?

Stéphane Gosselin, Anna Pizzinat, Xavier Grall, Dirk Breuer, Eckard Bogenfeld, Sandro Krauß, Jose Alfonso Torrijos Gijón, Ali Hamidian, Neiva Fonseca, and Björn Skubic

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1075-1083 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance Analysis of Single and Multirate FFH-OCDMA Networks Based on PSK Modulation Formats

Anderson L. Sanches, Thiago R. Raddo, José V. dos Reis, and Ben-Hur V. Borges

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1084-1097 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Coordinated Interference Management for Visible Light Communication Systems

Mohamed Kashef, Mohamed Abdallah, Khalid Qaraqe, Harald Haas, and Murat Uysal

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 7(11), 1098-1108 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF