1. Editorial Foreword on the Special Issue on “WDM Technology in Core, Metro and Access Networks”

   • Harmen R. van As

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 196

2. Minimizing Wavelength Conversions in WDM Path Establishment*

   • Rami Melhem
   • Shu Li
   • Taieb Znati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 211

3. Virtual Source Based Multicast Routing in WDM Optical Networks

   • N. Sreenath
   • C. Siva Ram Murthy
   • G. Mohan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 226

4. Routing Mechanisms Employing Adaptive Weight Functions for Shortest Path Routing in Optical WDM Networks

   • Nilesh M. Bhide
   • Krishna M. Sivalingam
   • Tibor Fabry-Asztalos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 236

5. Impact of Fiber Non-linearity in High Capacity WDM Systems and in Cross-Connected Backbone Networks

   • Stefano Binetti
   • Svetlana Chemiakina
   • Roberto Sabella

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 243

6. Improved Approaches for Cost-Effective Traffic Grooming in WDM Ring Networks: Uniform-Traffic Case*

   • Wonhong Cho
   • Jian Wang
   • Biswanath Mukherjee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 254

7. The Berlin City Ring—a Testbed for Future Metropolitan Networks

   • W. Fischler
   • H. Bock
   • K. Jobmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 267

8. Scheduling in Optical WDM Networks Using Hidden Markov Chain Based Traffic Prediction

   • Erik L. Johnson
   • Krishna M. Sivalingam
   • Manav Mishra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 283

9. Internetworking of Multiwavelength Local Optical Networks Based on a Wavelength-Tolerant Receiver Technology*

   • Tarek S. El-Bawab
   • Anura P. Jayasumana

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 296

10. Flexibly Reconfigurable Fiber-Wireless Network using Wavelength Routing Techniques: The ACTS Project AC349 PRISMA

    • Ton Koonen
    • Kees Steenbergen
    • Jeroen Wellen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 306

11. Ethernet PON (ePON): Design and Analysis of an Optical Access Network

    • Glen Kramer
    • Biswanath Mukherjee
    • Gerry Pesavento

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 319