1. Guest Editorial Special issue on: Routing, Protection, and Restoration Strategies and Algorithms for WDM Optical Networks

   • Roberto Sabella
   • Marina Settembre

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 215 - 217

2. Invited: Routing Strategies for Capacity-Efficient and Fast-Restorable Mesh Optical Networks

   • Jean-François Labourdette
   • Eric Bouillet
   • Krishna Bala

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 235

3. Convergence of Protection and Restoration in Telecommunication Networks

   • Siamack Ayandeh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 250

4. Optical Network Survivability: Protection Techniques in the WDM Layer

   • Guido Maier
   • Achille Pattavina
   • Mario Martinelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 269

5. A New Analytical Model of Shared Backup Path Provisioning in GMPLS Networks

   • SuKyoung Lee
   • David Griffith
   • Nah-Oak Song

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 283

6. Implementing Stochastic Preplanned Restoration with Proportional Weighted Path Choice in IP/GMPLS/WDM Networks

   • Luca Valcarenghi
   • Andrea Fumagalli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 295

7. Quality-of-Service Based Protection in MPLS Control WDM Mesh Networks

   • Wushao Wen
   • S. J. Ben Yoo
   • Biswanath Mukherjee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 320

8. Influence of GMPLS Recovery Mechanisms on TCP Performance

   • Chris Develder
   • Didier Colle
   • Piet Demeester

   OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 343

9. A Pre-Planned Local Repair Restoration Strategy for Failure Handling in Optical Transport Networks

   • Gino Carrozzo
   • Stefano Giordano
   • Michele Pagano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 355

10. Dynamic Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Survivable WDM Networks

    • János Harmatos
    • Péter Laborczi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 376

11. Integrated Routing Algorithms for Provisioning “Sub-Wavelength” Connections in IP-Over-WDM Networks

    • Chadi Assi
    • Abdallah Shami
    • Sudhir Dixit

    OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 390

12. A Virtual Wavelength Translation Scheme for Routing in All-Optical Networks

    • S. Bandyopadhyay
    • A. Jaekel
    • W. Lang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 407

13. Optimal Routing for Protection and Restoration in an Optical Network

    • F. Ricciato
    • S. Salsano
    • M. Listanti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 422

14. Design of Logical Topologies in Wavelength-Routed IP Networks*

    • M. Ajmone Marsan
    • E. Leonardi
    • A. Grosso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 442

15. Topological Design and Lightpath Routing in WDM Mesh Networks: A Combined Approach

    • Nicolas Puech
    • Josué Kuri
    • Maurice Gagnaire

    OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 456

16. A Framework for Differentiated Survivable Optical Virtual Private Networks

    • Chava Vijaya Saradhi
    • C. Siva Ram Murthy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 487