[Tccc] PON Supported Networking, OSN Special Issue
Martin Reisslein
reissleinatasu.edu
Wed May 1 11:49:49 EDT 2013
Dear TCCC Member,
I wanted to alert you to the upcoming special issue of the Optical Switching
and Networking (OSN) journal on PON Supported Networking, see enclosed CFP.
Contributions that examine the internetworking of PONs with other network types
are especially encouraged.
Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions about this
special issue.
Thank you very much for your consideration,
Martin
Special Issue on Passive Optical Network (PON) Supported Networking
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/optical-switching-and-networking
Passive optical network (PON) research and technology have matured in recent
years and firmly established PONs as a key component for high-speed network
access. Many networking applications and users do not directly connect to PONs,
but are interconnected to PONs through local area networks or other
intermediate access technologies, such as DSL or cable networking. The dynamics
of interfacing PONs with other network types, such as wireless LANs or mesh
networks, continue to pose significant challenges.
As a specific example of a PON supported network, integrated fiber-wireless
(FiWi) broadband access networks are expected to become an important
infrastructure and service component for telecommunications as well as other
economic sectors, most notably energy and transport. Beside incumbent and
alternative telecom operators, utilities along with municipalities are
increasingly responsible for a significant share of households passed with
fiber-to-the-home/building (FTTH/B) in Europe as well as other regions
worldwide. Business models along with technological choices will play key roles
in the roll-out of future smart grid communications infrastructures. Such
future infrastructures call for innovative partnerships between the various
involved stakeholders, such as utility companies, network operators, and
network service providers, as well as integration of the involved utility and
networking technologies.
With the imminent confluence of energy and data networking, PONs will interface
with a widening spectrum of users and applications. These applications may have
conventional human-to-human (H2H) as well as machine-to-machine (M2M) specific
traffic patterns and quality of service requirements that are very different
from classical data users.
The OSN special issue on PON Supported Networking will archive timely research
in this area particularly relevant to optical networking design and
technologies. The SI may also publish tutorial material suitable for
introducing active researchers to different aspects of this new research area.
Tutorials articles will be expected to address a broad range of issues in order
to be considered suitable. Topics of interest for original research
contributions include, but are not limited to:
* Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) access networks
* Hybrid access networks combining PONs with other network types
* Smart grid-PON internetworking
* Passive optical networking mechanisms supporting internetworking with
novel applications and traffic types
* Design of reliable critical networking infrastructures
* Energy-efficient next-generation PON (NG-PON) design for a future
low-carbon society
* Fiber backhauls for 4G cellular networks
* Coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission/reception for LTE-Advanced
networks
* Collaborative and open access business models for PON supported
networking
* Novel dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms for co-existing
H2H/M2M traffic and emerging low-latency applications
* Integrated optical-wireless routing algorithms for FiWi access
networks based on emerging NG-PON and VHT WLAN technologies
* PON-supported cloud services and networking
All submissions must be original work not previously published or currently
under review by any other journal. Partial overlap with previously published
conference or workshop papers is acceptable, but must be disclosed at the time
of submission. Submission, review, and decision process will use the usual
Elsevier OSN portal, accessible through
http://ees.elsevier.com/osn/admin/default.asp. During submission, please make
sure to select 'SI: PON Supported Networking' when you reach the "Article Type"
step. More details about the journal in general, and author guidelines, can be
found from http://ees.elsevier.com/osn/
Important dates:
Submission deadline: July 31, 2013
Review decision to authors: November 15, 2013
Final camera-ready deadline: December 15, 2013
SI publication: Early (1Q or 2Q) 2014
Guest Editors:
Marilet De Andrade (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Martin Maier (INRS, Canada)
Michael McGarry (University of Texas - El Paso, USA)
Martin Reisslein (Arizona State Univ., USA)
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Martin Reisslein
Professor
School of Electrical, Computer,
and Energy Engineering
Arizona State University
Goldwater Center, MC 5706
Tempe, AZ 85287-5706, USA
reissl... at asu.edu
phone: (480)965-8593
fax: (480)965-8325
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