Aims and scope

The primary goal of Photonic Network Communications is to publish high-quality, peer-reviewed papers focussing on research activities, major achievements, and trends involving optical communication networks.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Ø NETWORK AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES
- Transport, access, and customer premises networks
- Local, regional, and global networks
- 100G/400G Networks
- Elastic Optical Networks
- Optical Wireless Networks
- Visible light communications
- Free space optics
- Transoceanic and undersea networks
- Optical transparent networks
- WDM and OTDM networks
- Subcarrier and code-division-multiplexed networks
- Space division multiplexing (SDM) technologies
- Direct-detection and coherent-detection optical systems
- Soliton-based networks
- Wavelength routed networks
- Optical packet-switched networks
- Passive optical networks (PON) including FTTx networks
- Digital and optical signal processing
- Optical Devices for Switching and Interconnects
- Energy- and Power-Efficient Component and System Design
- Photonic networks in space

Ø NETWORK AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES
- Network architectures and topologies
- Cloud and Data-Center Networking based on Optical Networks
- Architecture and design of network nodes
- High-performance optical LANs
- Optical crossconnects and add/drop multiplexers
- Design and architecture of interconnection networks
- Waveguide and free-space interconnection networks
- Network-on-Chip (NoC) based on Optical Networks
- Optical interfaces and optical terminals
- Storage Area Networks based on Optical Communications and Networking
- Security and Privacy in Optical Communications and Networking
- Silicon Photonics and Integrated Photonics
- Universal photonic infrastructures

Ø NETWORK CONTROL
- Software Defined Networks
- Network Virtualization
- Network Function Virtualization
- Network access protocols
- Optical quality-of-service admission control
- Signaling and connection set-up protocols
- Routing and wavelength assignment algorithms, including impairment-aware
- Network reconfiguration and restoration techniques
- Photonic-based end-to-end communication protocols
- Network and traffic control

Ø NETWORK DESIGN, PLANNING, AND OPERATION
- System and network performance modeling
- Scalability, cascadability, upgradeability
- Network operation, maintenance, and management
- Measurement, monitoring, and supervision techniques
- Network planning and design
- Field trials and experiments
- Standardization

Ø INTERWORKING WITH OTHER NETWORKS
- Cascaded heterogeneous photonic networks
- Interoperability and interworking with other networks
- Integration with mobile communication networks