| Preface | |
| Committees | |
| A QoS-Sensitive MAC for Slotted WDM Metropolitan Rings / J. D. Angelopoulos, N. Leligou, H. Linardakis, A. Stavdas | 3 |
| An Analytical Model for a Slotted WDM Metro Ring with A-Posteriori Access / K. Bengi | 17 |
| A Preemptable Slotted Access Protocol to Transport Variable Size Packets in All-Optical Ring LANs/MANs / M. R. Salvador, S. Heemstra De Groot, D. Dey | 35 |
| Comparison of Single-Hop and Multihop AWG Based WDM Networks / H. Woesner, M. Maier, A. Wolisz | 51 |
| Segmented Burst Switching: Enhancement of Optical Burst Switching to Decrease Loss Rate and Support Quality of Service / A. Maach, G. von Bochmann | 69 |
| Provision of End-to-End Delay Guarantees in Wavelength-Routed Optical Burst-Switched Networks / I. de Miguel, E. Kozlovski, P. Bayvel | 85 |
| QoS Performance of WR-OBS Network Architecture with Request Scheduling / E. Kozlovski, P. Bayvel | 101 |
| Dimensioning of FDL Buffers for Optical Burst Switching Nodes / C. M. Gauger | 117 |
| Optical Packet Switching of IP Traffic / S. Bregni, G. Guerra, A. Pattavina | 135 |
| Dynamic DWDM Exploitation in Connection-Oriented Optical Packet Switches / F. Callegati, W. Cerroni, C. Raffaelli, P. Zaffoni | 151 |
| Variable-Size Packets in Slotted WDM Ring Networks / A. Bianco, M. Bonsignori, E. Leonardi, F. Neri | 167 |
| Ringo: a Demonstrator of WDM Optical Packet Network on a Ring Topology / A. Carena, V. Ferrero, R. Gaudino, V. De Feo, F. Neri, P. Poggiolini | 183 |
| A Wavelength Recognizing Switching Architecture for Omega Interconnection Networks / A. Borella, G. Cancellieri, P. Prosperi | 199 |
| On the Performance of Optical Flow Routers Employing Wavelength Conversion / J. J. He, D. Simeonidou | 213 |
| Prioritized Buffer Management in Photonic Packet Switches for DiffServ Assured Forwarding / H. Harai, M. Murata | 231 |
| Assessment of Packet Loss for an Optical Packet Router with Recirculating Buffer / C. Develder, M. Pickavet, P. Demeester | 247 |
| Capability of Optical Code-Based MPLS (OC-MPLS) / K. Kitayama, K. Onohara, M. Murata | 263 |
| Design of Static WDM Mesh Networks with Dedicated Path-Protection / S. De Patre, G. Maier, M. Martinelli, A. Pattavina | 281 |
| ZRESTORE: A Link Restoration Scheme with High Aggregation and No Reservation / S. Das, P. Verma, B. N. Jain, M. Gerla | 295 |
| Protection and Restoration Strategies in WDM Mesh Networks / G. Conte, M. Listanti, M. Settembre, R. Sabella | 311 |
| Dynamic Routing with Partial Information in Mesh-Restorable Optical Networks / M. Sridharan, R. Srinivasan, A. K. Somani | 327 |
| A Study on the Efficacy of Regular Virtual Topology Design Heuristics for Optical Packet Switching / O. Komolafe, D. Harle, D. Cotter | 347 |
| A Design Method for Logical Topologies with Consideration of Wavebands / Y. Fukushima, S. Arakawa, M. Murata, H. Miyahara | 359 |
| Dynamic Establishment of All-Optical Connections in Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks Using Genetic Algorithms / D. Bisbal, F. Gonzalez, I. De Miguel, J. Blas, J. C. Aguado, P. Fernandez, R. M. Lorenzo, E. J. Abril, M. Lopez | 377 |
| Capacity Expansion of Fiber Optic Infrastructure Networks Using Wavelength Division Multiplexing Systems / A. Dutta, P. Kubat | 395 |
| Performance Analysis of WDM Optical Networks with Wavelength Usage Constraint / J. Fang, R. Srinivasan, A. K. Somani | 405 |
| A Multistart Randomized Greedy Algorithm for Traffic Grooming on Mesh Logical Topologies / M. Brunato, R. Battiti | 417 |
| Combined ASK/FSK and ASK/DPSK Modulation Formats for Optically Labeled Signals Sulur / T. Koonen, I. T. Monroy, J. Jennen, H. De Waardt, G. Morthier | 433 |
| Some New Concepts for All-Optical 2R Regeneration Using InP-Based Photonic Integrated Circuits / J. De Merlier, M. Zhao, G. Morthier, R. Baets | 447 |
| On the Impact of Electronic Regeneration on Dynamic Wavelength Routing in Selectively Transparent or Opaque WDM Networks / G. Franzl, A. Jukan | 455 |
| Impact of Polarization Mode Dispersion in Multi-Hop Multi-Rate WDM Rings / I. Cerutti, M. R. Xavier De Barros, A. Fumagalli, R. Rajagopalan, S. M. Rossi | 469 |
| Modelling of a Deterministic Emulator to Accurately Reproduce the Real Fiber Affected by PMD Up to Third Order / A. Bogoni, A. Orlandini, L. Poti | 485 |
| Author index | 495 |