1. Pan-European Optical Transport Networks: An Availability-based Comparison

   • Sophie De Maesschalck
   • Didier Colle
   • Jan Derkacz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 225

2. A Bandwidth Guaranteed Integrated Routing Algorithm in IP over WDM Optical Networks

   • Bin Wang
   • Xu Su
   • C. L. Philip Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 245

3. A Fiber Routing Problem in Designing Optical Transport Networks with Wavelength Division Multiplexed Systems

   • Youngho Lee
   • Junghee Han
   • Kugchang Kang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 257

4. Impact of Polarization Mode Dispersion in Multi-Hop and Multi-Rate WDM Rings

   • Isabella Cerutti
   • Andrea Fumagalli
   • Sandro Marcelo Rossi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 271

5. Packed-Switched OTDM Networks Employing the Packet Compression/Expansion Technique

   • Slaviša Aleksić

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 288

6. Modeling Chirp and Phase Inversion in Wavelength Converters based on Symmetrical MZI-SOAs for use in All-Optical Networks

   • M. Y. Jamro
   • J. M. Senior
   • G. Murtaza

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 300