CFP : IEEE Network Special Issue on IP over Fiber

CFP : IEEE Network Special Issue on IP over Fiber
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Call For Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on IP Over Fiber Guest Editor: Debanjan Saha Tellium Optical Networking Systems 2 Crescent Place Oceanport, NJ 07757-0901 Phone: 732-923-4264 Fax: 732-923-9804 Email: dsaha@tellium.com Nasir Ghani Sorrento Networks Inc. 9990 Mesa Rim Road San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (858) 646-7192 Fax: (858) 558-3980 Email: nghani@sorrentonet.com Scope: Recent advances in optical technologies have opened up a world of new opportunities. Optical networks offer virtually unlimited bandwidth, a very important ingredient for sustaining the organic and explosive growth of the Internet. Massive deployment of optical networking gear is already underway in long-haul networks. Falling component costs have also made metro and access arena deployment prospects increasingly viable. In light of this new technological trend "IP over Fiber" has become a topic of unprecedented interest in academia and industry alike. It is widely expected that the convergence of IP and Optical layers will be the defining theme in the next phase of expansion of the Internet. The emergence of the IP multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) framework as a common control plane for data and optical layers is an early, but definitive indication of that trend. This is clearly going to influence how future network elements are designed, and how the networks are architected, engineered and managed. A number of vendors are developing "hybrid" devices that integrate IP and optical networking technologies in very innovative ways. Various service providers are architecting their networks around these new "convergent" network elements and planning for cost-effective migration strategies from the current TDM-based infrastructures to the network of the future. In order to gain a better understanding of this exciting new field of telecommunications, this special issue of IEEE Network Magazine seeks to survey, consolidate, and present the leading-edge research and engineering work in the IP-over-fiber space. In particular, focused tutorial and survey contributions are solicited on (but not restricted to) the following subject categories: * Multi-protocol Lambda Switching * Traffic engineering across optical and data planes * Constraint based lightpath routing * IP routing protocol enhancements for lightpath routing * Signaling protocols for lightpath provisioning * IP centric restoration schemes for lightpaths * Convergent network architectures, hybrid network elements * IP centric service and network management solutions * Migration and deployment scenarios/solutions * Test-bed implementations, network trials, and related experimental projects. Submission: We plan to use electronic submission in either PostScript (.ps) or PDF file formats. In order to submit a paper for consideration, authors should send the following information to the guest editors via email (dsaha@tellium.com and nghani@sorrentonet.com) 1. Title, Abstract of the paper and list of authors. 2. Indicate which author is to serve as the primary correspondence contact. 3. Please list affiliation, mailing address, phone/fax numbers, and email address of the correspondence author. The correspondence author will then be provided with instructions to upload the paper at a Website. In order to ensure that the PostScript versions of the papers can be printed, please use PostScript Version 2 or later. Also ensure that the paper fits on "US Letter" size paper (8.5x11 inches). Reference only Computer Modern or standard Adobe printer fonts (i.e., Courier, Times, Roman, or Helvetica); other fonts may be used but must be included in the PostScript file. Additional information including "Guidelines for authors" is available at the IEEE Network Website: http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/techcom/ntwrk/authors.html Schedule: * Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2000 * Feedback to Authors: February 15, 2001 * Final Manuscripts to Publisher: April 15, 2001 * Publication of Special Issue: July/August 2001

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                              Call For Papers 
                           IEEE Network Magazine
                                      
                       Special Issue on IP Over Fiber
                                      
Guest Editor:

   Debanjan Saha
   Tellium Optical Networking Systems
   2 Crescent Place
   Oceanport, NJ 07757-0901
   Phone: 732-923-4264
   Fax: 732-923-9804
   Email: dsaha@tellium.com 
   
   Nasir Ghani
   Sorrento Networks Inc.
   9990 Mesa Rim Road
   San Diego, CA 92121
   Phone: (858) 646-7192
   Fax: (858) 558-3980
   Email: nghani@sorrentonet.com

Scope:

Recent advances in optical technologies have opened up a world of
new opportunities. Optical networks offer virtually unlimited
bandwidth, a very important ingredient for sustaining the organic
and explosive growth of the Internet. Massive deployment of optical
networking gear is already underway in long-haul networks. Falling
component costs have also made metro and access arena deployment
prospects increasingly viable. In light of this new technological
trend "IP over Fiber" has become a topic of unprecedented interest
in academia and industry alike.

It is widely expected that the convergence of IP and Optical layers
will be the defining theme in the next phase of expansion of the
Internet. The emergence of the IP multi-protocol label switching
(MPLS) framework as a common control plane for data and optical
layers is an early, but definitive indication of that trend. This
is clearly going to influence how future network elements are
designed, and how the networks are architected, engineered and
managed. A number of vendors are developing "hybrid" devices that
integrate IP and optical networking technologies in very innovative
ways. Various service providers are architecting their networks
around these new "convergent" network elements and planning for
cost-effective migration strategies from the current TDM-based
infrastructures to the network of the future.

In order to gain a better understanding of this exciting new field
of telecommunications, this special issue of IEEE Network Magazine
seeks to survey, consolidate, and present the leading-edge research
and engineering work in the IP-over-fiber space. In particular,
focused tutorial and survey contributions are solicited on (but not
restricted to) the following subject categories:
* Multi-protocol Lambda Switching
* Traffic engineering across optical and data planes
* Constraint based lightpath routing
* IP routing protocol enhancements for lightpath routing
* Signaling protocols for lightpath provisioning
* IP centric restoration schemes for lightpaths
* Convergent network architectures, hybrid network elements
* IP centric service and network management solutions
* Migration and deployment scenarios/solutions
* Test-bed implementations, network trials, and related experimental
  projects.
  
Submission:

We plan to use electronic submission in either PostScript (.ps) or
PDF file formats. In order to submit a paper for consideration,
authors should send the following information to the guest editors
via email (dsaha@tellium.com and nghani@sorrentonet.com)
1. Title, Abstract of the paper and list of authors.
2. Indicate which author is to serve as the primary correspondence
   contact.
3. Please list affiliation, mailing address, phone/fax numbers, and
   email address of the correspondence author.
  
The correspondence author will then be provided with instructions
to upload the paper at a Website.

In order to ensure that the PostScript versions of the papers can
be printed, please use PostScript Version 2 or later. Also ensure
that the paper fits on "US Letter" size paper (8.5x11 inches).
Reference only Computer Modern or standard Adobe printer fonts
(i.e., Courier, Times, Roman, or Helvetica); other fonts may be
used but must be included in the PostScript file.
Additional information including "Guidelines for authors" is
available at the IEEE Network Website:
http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/techcom/ntwrk/authors.html

Schedule:
* Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2000
* Feedback to Authors: February 15,  2001
* Final Manuscripts to Publisher: April 15, 2001
* Publication of Special Issue: July/August  2001