Optical Networks for Communications

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Optics will focus on new research results and practical solutions in the field of “Optical Networks for Communications”. As the demand for Internet traffic and bandwidth continue to increase, the optical technology devoted to expanding communication networks is expected to expand to meet new capacities, reach, and networking challenges. Many aspects need to be explored, such as scalability, flexibility, resiliency, quality of service, security, energy efficiency, cost-effectiveness, inter-operability, and/or support of other network types.
This Special Issue of Optics covers a large scope of research in optical networking and communications, and solicits contributions in, but not limited to:

    Optical transport networks
    Protection and restoration in optical networks
    Design and performance evaluation of Optical network architectures
    Optical switching, devices and architectures
    Data center networks
    Optical Access Networks, FTTx
    Optical and Mobile Convergence
    Free-space optical communication
    Optical Packet, Burst, and Flow Switching
    Failure monitoring and localization
    Protection and restoration in optical networks
    Elastic optical networks
    Optical network security
    Energy-efficient optical networks and systems
    Support to grid and cloud computing
    Radio over fiber
    Convergence of optical and wireless networks

Dr. Antonella Bogoni
Guest Editor

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