Co-Chairs:
Piet Demeester, Ghent University, Co-Chair
Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Co-Chair
Stefano Bregni, Politecnico di Milano, Co-Chair
Nasir Ghani, Tennessee Tech University, Vice Chair
Sponsoring ComSoc Technical Committees:
Optical Networking
Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems
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Sessions:
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Monday, 12 June 2006
10:30-12:00
OS-01: Traffic Grooming
OS01.1.
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Bus-Label Switched Paths, an Approach to Reduce the Cost of Multilayer Networks
Yannick Brehon (ENST, France); Daniel Kofman (ENST, France)
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OS01.2.
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Grooming of Symmetric Traffic in Unidirectional SONET/WDM Rings
Yong Wang (Simon Fraser University, Canada); Qianping Gu (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
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OS01.3.
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Proactive Rerouting in Optical WDM Mesh Networks with Dynamic Traffic Grooming Capability
Dzung Ho-Quang (Information and Communications University, Korea)
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OS01.4.
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Cost-Effective Single-Hub WDM Ring Networks
Nizar Bouabdallah (INRIA, France)
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OS01.5.
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Dynamic Traffic Grooming in Large WDM Mesh Networks with Limited-Range Wavelength Conversion
Dzung Ho-Quang (Information and Communications University, Korea)
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14:00–15:30
OS-02: Routing and Wavelength Assignment
OS02.1.
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Fair QoS-Aware Adaptive Routing and Wavelength Assignment in All-Optical Networks
Yvan Pointurier (University of Virginia, USA); Maite Brandt-Pearce (University of Virginia, USA); Tao Deng (The George Washington University, USA); Suresh Subramaniam (The George Washington University, USA)
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OS02.2.
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Traffic Intensity Based Fixed-Alternate Routing in All-Optical WDM Networks
Hwa-Chun Lin (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Sheng-Wei Wang (National Tsing Hua Uiversity, Taiwan); Chung-Peng Tsai (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
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OS02.3.
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Genetic Approach for Traffic Grooming, Routing, and Wavelength Assignment in WDM Optical Networks with Sparse Grooming Resources
Ala Al-fuqaha (Western Michigan University, USA)
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OS02.4.
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Route Management Strategies for Grade of Service Differentiation in Optical Networks
Andrzej Szymanski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland); Artur Lason (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland); Jacek Rzasa (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland); Andrzej Jajszczyk (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
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OS02.5.
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Aggressive Rank Accounting for End-to-End Lightpath Establishment in Multi-Domain WDM Networks
Takuji Tachibana (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Hiroaki Harai (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
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16:00–17:30
OS-03: Reliability and Survivability-I
OS03.1.
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Dynamic Provisioning of Survivable Heterogeneous Multicast and Unicast Traffic in WDM Networks
Ahmad Khalil (CUNY, USA)
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OS03.2.
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Logical Topology Design for WDM Networks Using Survivable Routing
Arunita Jaekel (University of Windsor, Canada); Subir Bandyopadhyay (University of Windsor, Canada); Yash Aneja (University of Windsor, Canada)
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OS03.3.
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Alternate Strategies for Dual Failure Restoration Using p-Cycle
Dev Shankar Mukherjee (Concordia University, Canada); Chadi Assi (Concordia University, Canada); Anjali Agarwal (Concordia University, Canada)
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OS03.4.
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Performance Analysis for Active Restoration-Based Optical Networks Incorporating the Correlation among Backup Routes
Mohamed Mostafa (JAIST, Japan); Xiaohong Jiang (University of Tohoku, Japan)
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OS03.5.
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Path-Based Protection in WDM Networks with Differentiated Quality-of-Protection
Yu Lin (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Haitham Hamza (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Jitender Deogun (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
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Tuesday, 13 June 2006
8:30–10:00
OS-04: Reliability and Survivability-II
OS04.1.
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Multi-Tiered Service Survivability in Next-Generation SONET/SDH Networks
Nasir Ghani (Tennessee Tech University, USA); Karthik Atthuru (Tennessee Tech University, USA); Sung-kwon Park (Hanyang University, Korea); Abdallah Shami (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Chadi Assi (Concordia University, Canada)
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OS04.2.
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The Advantages of Backup Reprovisioning After Failure Repair (and Failure Arrival) in Telecom Mesh Networks
Lei Song (University of California, Davis, USA); Jing Zhang (University of California, Davis, USA); Biswanath Mukherjee (University of California, Davis, USA)
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OS04.3.
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A New Wavelength Retuning Scheme with No Service Interruption in an All Optical Network with Shared Mesh Restoration
Rose Qingyang Hu (Mississippi State University, USA); Weiwei Hu (Mississippi State University, USA); Mingzhou Jin (Mississippi State University, USA); Yuke Wang (University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Joyce Zhang (Mississippi State University, USA)
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OS04.4.
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A Quantitative Comparison of Some Resilience Mechanisms in a Multidomain IP-over-Optical Network Environment
Dimitri Staessens (Ghent University, Belgium); Leen Depre (Ghent University, Belgium); Didier Colle (Ghent University, Belgium); Ilse Lievens (Ghent University, Belgium); Mario Pickavet (Ghent University, Belgium); Piet Demeester (Ghent University, Belgium)
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OS04.5.
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A New Protection Paradigm for Digital Video Distribution Networks
Ori Gerstel (Tellabs Operations, USA); Galen Sasaki (University of Hawaii, USA)
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10:30–12:00
OS-05: Optical Burst Switching/Optical Packet Switching-I
OS05.1.
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Performance Analysis of Optical Packet Switches Equipped with Multicast Wavelength Converters
Vincenzo Eramo (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy); Marco Listanti (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)
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OS05.2.
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Performance Modelling of Synchronous Bufferless Optical Packet Switch with Partial Wavelength Conversion
Carla Raffaelli (Universita` di Bologna, Italy); Michele Savi (Universita` di Bologna, Italy)
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OS05.3.
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Performance Evaluation of Overspill Routing in Optical Networks
Kostas Christodoulopoulos (University of Patras, Greece); Erik Van Breusegem (Ghent University, Belgium); Kyriakos Vlachos (University of Patras, Greece); Mario Pickavet (Ghent University, Belgium); Emmanuel Varvarigos (Communication Networks Laboratory, Greece); Didier Colle (Ghent University/IMEC, Belgium)
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OS05.4.
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A Performance Study of Limited Range Partial Wavelength Conversion for Asynchronous Optical Packet/Burst Switching
Kaan Doðan (Bilkent University, Turkey); Nail Akar (Bilkent University, Turkey)
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OS05.5.
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BGAIMD: A Responsive Rate Control for Optical Burst Switched (OBS) Networks
Basem Shihada (University of Waterloo, Canada); Pin-Han Ho (University of Waterloo, Canada); Xiaohong Jiang (University of Tohoku, Japan); Minyi Guo (University of Aizu, Japan); Susumu Horiguchi (Tohoku University, Japan); Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada); Fen Hou (University of Waterloo, Canada)
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14:00–15:30
OS-06: Optical Burst Switching / Optical Packet Switching-II
OS06.1.
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Slot Synchronization of WDM Packet-Switched Slotted Rings: the WONDER Project
Stefano Bregni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Achille Pattavina (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Roberto Gaudino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Diego Carzaniga (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
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OS06.2.
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Offline Route Optimization Considering Streamline Effect in Optical Burst Switching Networks
Qian Chen (University of Singapore, Singapore); Gurusamy Mohan (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Kee Chaing Chua (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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OS06.3.
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Optical Burst Switching with Large Switching Overhead
Chun-Yin Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong); Guangming Li (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Ping-Kong, Alex Wai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong); Victor Li (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
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OS06.4.
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Buffer Management for Shared, Feedback Buffer-Type Optical Packet Switches
Hiroaki Harai (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Motoshi Suzuki (Sophia University/NICT, Japan); Takeshi Ozeki (Sophia University, Japan) |
OS06.5.
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Adaptive Proportional Flow Routing in Optical Burst Switching Networks
Jia Lu (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Mohan Gurusamy (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Kee Chaing Chua (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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16:00–17:30
OS-07: Switching Systems
OS07.1.
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Autonomous Clustering-Based Heterogeneous Waveband Switching in WDM Networks
Mengke Li (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Byrav Ramamurthy (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
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OS07.2.
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Quick Birkhoff-von Neumann Decomposition Algorithm for Agile All-Photonic Network Cores
Cheng Peng (University of Ottawa, Canada); Gregor Bochmann (University of Ottawa, Canada); Trevor Hall (University of Ottawa, Canada)
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OS07.3.
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Design of Switches with Reconfiguration Latency
Valentina Alaria (Cisco Systems, USA); Andrea Bianco (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Paolo Giaccone (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Emilio Leonardi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Fabio Neri (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
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OS07.4.
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A Novel Cost Saving Two-Layer Wavelength Conversion Structure in Optical Switching Node
Hailong Li (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Li-Jin Thng (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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OS07.5.
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A New Scalable WDM Optical Interconnect Design with Reduced Complexity
Haitham Hamza (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Jitender Deogun (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006
8:30–10:00
OS-08: OCDMA
OS08.1.
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Demonstration of Hybrid OCDMA/OPS Networks Based on Optical Code Processing Using Superstructure FBG and PLC Encoder/Decoders
Xu Wang (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Naoya Wada (NICT, Japan)
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OS08.2.
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Code-Grouping of Spectrally Phase Encoded OCDMA Based on Walsh-Decomposition of Hadamard Codes
Ronald Menendez (Telcordia Technologies, USA); Stefano Galli (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA); Paul Toliver (Telcordia Technologies, USA); Janet Jackel (Telcordia Technologies, USA); Shahab Etemad (Telcordia Technologies, USA)
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OS08.3.
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Optimal Source Matching in Optical Code Division Multiple Access
Gil Paryanti (Ben Gurion University, Israel); Dan Sadot (Ben-Gurion University, Israel); Vladymir Lyandres (Ben-Gution University, Israel)
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OS08.4.
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Mitigation Techniques of Channel Collisions in the TTFR-based Asynchronous Spectral Phase-Encoded Time-Spreading (SPECTS) Optical CDMA System
Takaya Miyazawa (University of Keio, Japan); Fei Xue (University of California, Davis, USA); Ben Yoo (University of California, Davis, USA); Iwao Sasase (Keio University, Japan)
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OS08.5.
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Systematic Optical Orthogonal Code Design Techniques Using Extended Sets
Cenk Argon (Seagate Technology, USA)
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8:30–12:00
OS-13(P): Topics in Optical Systems and Networks
OS13.1.
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Reducing Loss Rate in Slotted Optical Networks
Akbar Ghaffar Pour Rahbar (University of Ottawa, Canada); Oliver Yang (University of Ottawa, Canada)
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OS13.2.
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Modeling and Fast Emulation of Burst Traffic in Optical Burst-Switched Networks
Ahmad Rostami (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Adam Wolisz (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
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OS13.3.
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Nonlinear Power Control for Asynchronous Fiber-optic CDMA Networks
Naser Tarhuni (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Mohammed Elmusrati (University of Vaasa, Finland); Timo Korhonen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
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OS13.4.
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A Wavelength Assignment Scheme for WDM Networks with Limited Range Wavelength Converters
Sho Shimizu (Keio University, Japan); Yutaka Arakawa (Keio University, Japan); Naoaki Yamanaka (Keio University, Japan)
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OS13.5.
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Wide-Sense Nonblocking Multiplane Photonic Banyan-Type Switching Fabrics With Zero Crosstalk
Grzegorz Danilewicz (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Wojciech Kabacinski (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Marek Michalski (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Mariusz Zal (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)
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OS13.6. |
The Ring-Based Optical Resonant Router
Andrea Melloni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Francesco Morichetti (Corecom, Italy); Raffaella Costa (Corecom, Italy); Giuseppe Cusmai (Corecom, Italy); Mario Martinelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) |
OS13.7. |
Influence of Multilayer Traffic Engineering Timing Parameters on Network Performance
Bart Puype (Ghent University, Belgium); Didier Colle (Ghent University, Belgium); Mario Pickavet (Ghent University, Belgium); Piet Demeester (Ghent University, Belgium) |
OS13.8. |
Multiple-Link Failures Survivability in Optical Networks with Traffic Grooming Capability
Wei Huo (Concordia University, Canada); Chadi Assi (Concordia University, Canada); Abdallah Shami (The University of Western Ontario, Canada) |
OS13.9. |
Investigation of the Suitability of IrBurst for High-Speed Exchange of Large Data Blocks
Mohammad Shah Alam (Waseda University, Japan); Shamim Ara Shawkat (Waseda University, Japan) |
OS13.10. |
Implementation of Burstponder for Ethernet Grooming in Light-trail WDM Networks
Paparao Palacharla (Fujitsu Laboratories of America); Ashwin Gumaste (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay); Ermias Biru (Fujitsu Laboratories of America); Takao Naito (Fujitsu Laboratories of America) |
OS13.11. |
A Dynamic Spot Diffusing Architecture for Indoor Wireless Optical Communications
Farhad Khozeimeh (McMaster University, Canada); Steve Hranilovic (McMaster University, Canada) |
OS13.12. |
A Metro WDM Multi-Ring Network with Variable Packet Size
Jaafar Elmirghani (University of Wales, United Kingdom); Bin Chen (University of Wales, United Kingdom); Bernardi Pranggono (University of Wales, United Kingdom) |
OS13.13. |
RTA Algorithms on Buffer-Efficient Optical TDM Rings
An Chen (Hong Kong Unversity of Science andTechnology, Hong Kong); Albert Wong (Hong Kong Unversity of Science andTechnology, Hong Kong); Chin-Tau Lea (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) |
OS13.14. |
Finite Shift-Invariant Optical Orthogonal Codes for Quasi-Synchronous Communication Systems
Srinivasan Ramasubramanian (University of Arizona, USA); Ivan Djordjevic (University of Arizona, USA); Bane Vasic (University of Arizona, USA) |
OS13.15. |
Dynamic Groupcast Traffic Grooming in WDM Networks
Oliver Yu (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA); Yuan Cao (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) |
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10:30–12:00
OS-09: Metro and Access Networks
OS09.1.
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Light-Trains: A Cross-Layer Delivery Mechanism for High Bandwidth Applications in Moving Metro-Trains
Ashwin Gumaste (Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay/University of Texas at Dallas, India); Nasir Ghani (Tennessee Tech University, USA); Si-Qing Zheng (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
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OS09.2.
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Supporting Private Networking Capability in EPON
ASM Delowar Hossain (City University of New York, USA); Chadi Assi (Concordia University, Canada); Abdallah Shami (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Mohamed Ali (City University of New York, USA)
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OS09.3.
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Dynamic Intelligent MAC Protocol for Metropolitan Optical Packet Switching Ring Networks
Viet Hung Nguyen (Institut National des Télécommunications, France); Tulin Atmaca (Institut National des Telecomunications, France)
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OS09.4.
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WDM Metropolitan Sectioned Ring for Storage Area Networks Extension with Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Traffic
Jaafar Elmirghani (University of Wales, United Kingdom); Taisir El-Gorashi (University of Wales, United Kingdom); Bernardi Pranggono (University of Wales, United Kingdom) |
OS09.5.
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Etherlay: An Overlay Enhancement for Metro Ethernet Networks
Minh Huynh (University of California, Davis, USA); Prasant Mohapatra (University of California, Davis, USA) |
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14:00–15:30
OS-10: EPON Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
OS10.1.
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A Fast Class-of-Service Packet Scheduling Scheme for EPON Access Networks
Hassan Naser (Lakehead University, Canada)
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OS10.2.
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Adaptive Fairness through Intra-ONU Scheduling for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
Ahmad Dhaini (Concordia University, Canada); Chadi Assi (Concordia University, Canada); Abdallah Shami (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Nasir Ghani (Tennessee Tech University, USA)
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OS10.3.
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Analysis of the Gated IPACT Scheme for EPONs Swapnil Bhatia (University of New Hampshire, USA); Dmitri Garbuzov (University of New Hampshire, USA); Radim Bartos (University of New Hampshire, USA) |
OS10.4.
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Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation with High Efficiency for EPONs
Jun Zheng (University of Ottawa, Canada); Shaoren Zheng (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
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OS10.5.
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HUHG: High Utilization and Hybrid Granting algorithm for EPON
JunSeog Kim (Yonsei University, Korea)
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16:00–17:30
OS-11: Dynamic Control
OS11.1.
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Implementation of a GMPLS-based Network with End Host Initiated Signaling
Xuan Zheng (University of Virginia, USA); Xiangfei Zhu (University of Virginia, USA); Malathi Veeraraghavan (University of Virginia, USA); Zhaoming Li (City University of New York, USA); Qiang Song (City University of New York, USA); Ibrahim Habib (The City University of New York, USA); Nageswara Rao (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
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OS11.2.
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Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Unified Control Plane Validation
Dimitri Papadimitriou (Alcatel, Belgium); Bela Berde (Alcatel Research & Innovation, France); Remi Theillaud (Atos Origin, France); Ricardo Martinez (CTTC, Spain); Sofie Verbrugge (Ghent University/IMEC, Belgium); Javier González Ordás (Telefónica I+D, Spain)
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OS11.3.
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A Service Profile-Aware Control Plane with a Comparison to IETF & ITU Approaches
Wesam Alanqar (Sprint, USA); Victor Frost (University of Kansas, USA) |
OS11.4.
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Network Design for Layer 1 Virtual Private Network Services
Tomonori Takeda (NTT, Japan); Ryuichi Matsuzaki (NTT, Japan); Ichiro Inoue (NTT, Japan); Shigeo Urushidani (NTT, Japan)
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OS11.5.
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Performance of Dynamic Shared Layer 1 VPN Services in Next-Generation SONET/SDH Networks
Nasir Ghani (Tennessee Tech University, USA); Driss Benhaddou (University of Houston, USA); Wesam Alanqar (Sprint, USA); Murali Hari (Tennessee Tech University, USA)
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OS-12: Optical Systems Physical Layer
OS12.1.
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Optical Power Reduction for Multiple-Subcarrier Modulated Indoor Wireless Optical Channels
Weiwei Kang (McMaster University, Canada); Steve Hranilovic (McMaster University, Canada) |
OS12.2.
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Analytical Solution of Optimal Electrical Equalization Coefficients
Gilad Katz (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
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OS12.3.
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Multihop Free-Space Optical Communications Over Strong Turbulence Channels
Theodoros Tsiftsis (University of Patras, Greece); Harilaos Sandalidis (Greek Ombudsman, Greece); George Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Nikos Sagias (University of Athens, Greece)
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OS12.4.
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DQPSK Receiver Tolerance to Transmitter Frequency Stability
Lucia Marazzi (CoreCom, Italy); Paola Parolari (CoreCom, Italy); Pierpaolo Boffi (Corecom, Italy); Rocco Siano (CoreCom, Italy); Matteo Feroldi (CoreCom, Italy); Mario Martinelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
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OS12.5.
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Performance Optimization of PLC Based ROADM Subsystem in Ring-to-Ring Interconnection
Choudhury Al Sayeed (University of Ottawa, Canada); Alex Vukovic (Communications Research Centre, Canada); Oliver Yang (University of Ottawa, Canada)
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