Editorial Board

Ahmed E. KamalIowa State University,Ames, IA, USA

Byrav RamamurthyUniversity of Nebraska Lincoln,Lincoln, NE, USA

F. CallegatiUniversity of Bologna, Italy

Filippo CuginiCEIICP, Italy

R. DuttaNC State University,NC 27606, USA

A. FumagalliUniversity of Dallas,Richardson, TX, USA

A. GumasteIndian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

E. KaraşanBilkent University,Ankara, Turkey

Xavi MasipUniversitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)

B. MukherjeeUC Davis, USA

A. PattavinaPolitecnico di Milano, Italy

P. Pavon-MarinoTechnical University ofCartagena (Spain) Antiguones,Cartagena, Spain

C. QiaoState University of New York,Buffalo, NY, USA

D. SchupkeNokia Siemens Networks,Munich, Germany

Gangxiang (Steven) ShenSoochow University, PR China

A.K. SomaniIowa State University,Ames, IA, USA

A. StavdasUniversity of Peloponesse,Tripolis, Greece

S. SubramaniamGeorge Washington UniversityWashington, DC, USA

K. VlachosUniversity of Patras,GR26500 Patras, Greece

Z. ZhuUniversity of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui Province, China

Editors-in-Chief:

G.N. RouskasNorth Carolina State University,Raleigh, NC, USAAdmela JukanTU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Aims and ScopeOptical Switching and Networking (OSN) is an archival journal aiming to provide complete coverage of alltopics of interest to those involved in the optical and opto-electronic networking areas. The editorial boardis committed to providing detailed, constructive feedback to submitted papers, as well as a fast turn-aroundtime.

Optical Switching and Networking considers high-quality, original, and unpublished contributions addressingall aspects of optical and opto-electronic networks. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Optical and Opto-Electronic Backbone, Metropolitan and Local Area Networks

• Novel Architectures for WDM, TDM, and CDMAOptical Networks

• Wavelength Routed Networks

• Routing and Wavelength Assignment Algorithmsand Protocols

• Physical and Logical Topology Design forLarge-Scale Networks

• Architectures and Protocols for Optical BurstSwitching (OBS)

• Architectures and Protocols for Optical PacketSwitching (OPS)

• Novel Transport Layer Protocols for OBS and OPS

• Passive Optical Networks for Business andResidential Access

• Optical Interconnection Systems

• Home Networks, In-Vehicle Networks, and OtherShort-Reach Networks

• Multi-Granular Switching Architectures andAlgorithms

• Scalable Switch Design and Evaluation

• Wavelength Conversion

• Protection and Restoration

• Interworking with Existing Infrastructure,including IP, ATM, SDH Networks

• Control Plane Issues and Signaling Protocols

• Overlay Networks and Optical Virtual PrivateNetworks

• Traffic Grooming

• Interactions between the Optical Layer and Higher Layers

• Optical Network Security Issues at the Control and Data Planes

• Operations, Administration, and Management ofLarge-Scale Optical Networks

• Novel Applications and Services

• Pricing of Optical Network Services

• Performance Analysis and Simulation of theControl and Data Planes

• Optical Quality of Service (OQoS) and Impairment Monitoring

• Optical Layer Multicast

• Experimental and Prototype Results

• Hardware and Software Platforms, Systems, andTestbeds