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Call for Papers 

Protocols, Architectures, and Technologies for Next Generation
WDM-Based Internet Networks 

There has been recent re-surging commercial and research interest in the
applicability of optical (particularly WDM) technology as a mechanism of
integration to transport simultaneously voice, data, and multimedia
applications. It is thus important to address practical issues such as
WDM-based local and metropolitan area networks to provide high-speed
Internet access and transport, and the implications of using optical
technologies and WDM systems to implement the "optical plumbing" within
the Next Generation Internet backbones. At present, we are moving toward
rapidly achieving the physical devices necessary to build commercially viable
WDM networks, which however do not support yet data-centric visions.
The time is ripe for closely researching upper protocol layers, such as TCP/IP
stack, application layer, routing, security, and network management and to
consider their application/evolution to adapt or support the high-speed,
next generation Internet. For instance, how do routers need to be
redesigned to handle the multiple channels? How can optics be used to
design high-performance, scalable, low-cost Internet nodes and networks?
How do routing algorithms adapt to changes in the network topology, or to
the data path speed achievable in the optical domain? What node and
network architectures are suitable to implement an optical packet-switched
network? What are the issues involved in network planning, restoration and
management? 

The following, non-exhaustive list of topics is representative of the areas of
interest of the special issue: 

      Optical WDM networks as a base for Internet backbones
      supporting data and multimedia 
      Supporting emerging active network services in optical networks 
      IP over WDM networks - architecture and protocols, channel
      assignment and wavelength routing 
      Optical TDM-based Internet networks: alternative or complement
      to WDM 
      Optical switches, routers, interfaces, and processing building blocks
      Management and deployment optimization of optical devices and
      subsystems 
      Supervision, provisioning, interoperability, traffic, and performance
      monitoring of IP/WDM networks 
      Standardization and regulatory issues for optical internet protocols
      and interfaces to higher layer networks 
      Experimental testbeds and results 

Original, unpublished contributions and invited articles will be considered for
the issue. Authors wishing to submit papers should send an electronic
version (.doc, Postscript, or PDF file) and a separate paper copy of the
manuscript to one of the lead editors. The complete file must include (in both
cases) a separate cover letter, which contains the paper title, authors with
affiliations, and a 200-word abstract. The article should be formatted to
print on either A4 or Letter (8.5"x11") paper. The article should be no longer
than 15 double-spaced pages, excluding illustrations and graphs. If
electronic submission is impossible, please submit SIX hardcopies of the
paper to the regular mail addresses. 


Submission deadline: 15 June 2000 
Acceptance notification: 31 October 2000 
Final manuscript due: 15 December 2000 
Publication date: First quarter 2001

Lead Editors: 

             Dr. Francesco Masetti
             Alcatel Corporate Research Center
             1201 E. Campbell Rd
             M/S 446-310
             Richardson, TX 75081-1936 USA
             tel. + 1 972 9962630
             fax + 1 972 9965902
             e-mail: francesco.masetti@aud.alcatel.com 

             Prof. Lakshman S. Tamil
             Department of Electrical Engineering
             Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
             University of Texas at Dallas
             Richardson, TX 75080-0688 USA
             tel. + 1 972 883-2197
             fax + 1 972 883-2198
             e-mail: tamil@utdallas.edu 

             Prof. Ivan Andonovic
             University of Strathclyde
             Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
             204 George Street
             Glasgow G1 1XW Scotland (UK)
             tel. + 44 (0) 141 548 2011
             fax + 44 (0) 141 553 1955
             e-mail: i.andonovic@eee.strath.ac.uk 
                                                      Co-Editors: 

                                                      Dr. Franco Callegati
                                                      Department of Electronics, Informatics and Systems 
                                                      University of Bologna
                                                      Viale Risorgimento 2
                                                      40136 Bologna, Italy
                                                      tel. + 39 051 644-3058
                                                      fax + 39 051 644-3053
                                                      e-mail: fcallegati@deis.unibo.it 

                                                      Dr. Xijun Zhang
                                                      InterNetworking Systems
                                                      Lucent Technologies
                                                      1 Robbins Road
                                                      Westford, MA 01886 USA
                                                      tel. + 1 978 952-7880
                                                      fax + 1 978 392-2075
                                                      e-mail: Xijun.Zhang@lucent.com