1. Introduction

   • Harmen R. van As

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 6

2. Architectural Options for the Next-Generation Networking Paradigm: Is Optical Internet the Answer?

   • M. A. Ali
   • A. Shami
   • Russ Kurtz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 21

3. MPLS Recovery Mechanisms for IP-over-WDM Networks

   • Didier Colle
   • Pim Van Heuven
   • Piet Demeester

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 40

4. Evaluation of IP over WDM Network Architectures

   • Hans-Martin Foisel
   • Monika Jaeger
   • Jean-Claude Bischoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 48

5. Flow Routing and its Performance Analysis in Optical IP Networks

   • Jenny J. He
   • Dimitra Simeonidou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 62

6. A MAC Protocol for IP Differentiated Services in a WDM Metropolitan Area Network

   • Josué Kuri
   • Maurice Gagnaire

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 74

7. An Overview on Technologies for Access Nodes in Ultra-Fast OTDM Photonic Networks

   • Slavisa Aleksic
   • Vjeko Krajinovic
   • Kemal Bengi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 90

8. Architectures and Performance of Optical Packet Switching over WDM

   • Carla Raffaelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 99

9. A Scalable and High Capacity All-Optical Packet Switch: Design, Analysis, and Control

   • Ti-Shiang Wang
   • Sudhir Dixit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 110

10. Design of a Packet-Switched WDM Network with Multi-Wavelength Selectivity

    • Jieh-Chian Wu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 122

11. An Optical Packet Addressing Scheme for Optical Packet Switched Networks Using RF Frequency Carrier Assignment

    • Kicheol Lee
    • Sungchul Lee
    • Jinwoo Park

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 129

12. On Multi-λ Packet Labeling for Metropolitan and Wide-Area Optical Networks

    • A. Stavdas
    • C. Skoufis
    • I. Pountourakis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 145

13. A Multi-Hop Packet-Switched AWGM-Star-Network Realized with TX/RX Arrays

    • Guenter Remsak
    • Jon Schuringa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 160

14. Effects of Optical Buffering on the Performance of Manhattan Street Networks

    • Ayman G. Fayoumi
    • Anura P. Jayasumana

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 171

15. Delay Analysis of All-Optical Packet-Switching Ring and Bus Communications Networks

    • Izhak Rubin
    • Jing Ling

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 187