1. Dynamic Multicast Session Provisioning in WDM Optical Networks with Sparse Splitting Capability

   • Towsif Mannan
   • Bin Wang

   Original Article Pages: 5 - 13

2. On Factors Affecting the Performance of Dynamically Groomed Optical WDM Mesh Networks

   • Mahesh Sivakumar
   • Krishna M. Sivalingam
   • Suresh Subramaniam

   Original Article Pages: 15 - 28

3. Dropping Policy with Burst Retransmission to Improve the Throughput of TCP Over Optical Burst-switched Networks

   • LaeYoung Kim
   • SuKyoung Lee
   • JooSeok Song

   Original Article Pages: 29 - 40

4. Analysis of p-cycle Capacity in WDM Networks

   • Dominic A. Schupke

   Original Article Pages: 41 - 51

5. Distributed Restoration in Optical Networks using Feed-forward Neural Networks

   • Demeter Gokisik Karpat
   • Semih Bilgen

   Original Article Pages: 53 - 64

6. Protection Mechanisms for Optical WDM Networks Based on Wavelength Converter Multiplexing and Backup Path Relocation Techniques

   • Sunil Gowda
   • Manoj Sivakumar
   • Krishna M. Sivalingam

   Original Article Pages: 65 - 78

7. Optical Virtual Private Networks: Survivability Against Multiple Link Failures

   • Choudhury A. Al Sayeed
   • Oliver W. W. Yang

   Original Article Pages: 79 - 85

8. Virtual Fiber Configuration for Dynamic Lightpath Establishment in Large-scaled Optical Networks

   • Shinya Ishida
   • Shin’ichi Arakawa
   • Masayuki Murata

   Original Article Pages: 87 - 98

9. Supporting Differentiated Services with Fairness by an Urgency Fair Queuing Scheduling Scheme in EPONs

   • Yongqing Zhu
   • Maode Ma

   Original Article Pages: 99 - 110

10. Survivable Network Architectures for Wavelength-division-multiplexed Passive Optical Networks

    • E. S. Son
    • K. H. Han
    • Y. C. Chung

    Original Article Pages: 111 - 115