1. Guest Editorial

   • Timucin Ozugur
   • Jason P. Jue

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 5 - 5

2. On the Issues in Implementing the Peer Model in Integrated Optical Networks

   • Vishal Sharma
   • Abhimanyu Das
   • Charles Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 21

3. Application of the Link Management Protocol to Discovery and Forwarding Adjacencies

   • Dimitri Papadimitriou
   • Fabrice Poppe
   • Bart Rousseau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 37

4. The Modeling Process and Analysis of Virtual GMPLS Optical Switching Routers

   • Ralph Martinez
   • Wenji Wu
   • Peng Y. Choo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 54

5. Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Multi-Segment WDM Optical Networks using Clustering Techniques

   • Ding Zhemin
   • Mounir Hamdi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 67

6. Routing Algorithms in WDM Networks under Mixed Static and Dynamic Lambda-Traffic

   • Guido Maier
   • Achille Pattavina
   • Mario Martinelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 87

7. Signaling Schemes for Distributed Connection Management in Wavelength-Routed Optical Mesh Networks

   • Lu Shen
   • Xi Yang
   • Byrav Ramamurthy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 103

8. Fast-Unreserved Failure Restoration for Meshed Intelligent Photonic Networks

   • Zhonghui Yao
   • Jeffrey Fitchett
   • Kent Felske

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 117

9. An Architecture for Differentiated Protection Against Single and Double Faults in GMPLS

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

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 132