NOC/OC&I 2010 Call for Contributions
15th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications
5th Conference on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure
Faro-Algarve (Portugal), 8-10 June 2010
Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts reporting original work, in any of the scientific areas of the conferences. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged.
NOC 2010
- Techno-economic analysis of optical communication networks
- Energy saving in telecommunication networks
- Optical networks at home and in transportation environments
- Radio over fibre
- Access networks
- Metropolitan networks
- Upgrade path for 10 Gbps Passive Optical Networks
- Quality of Service (QoS) in optical networks
- Components and physical issues of the optical networks
- Network architecture, strategy and standardisation
- GMPLS-based optical networks
- Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks
- Optical Burst Switching (OBS)
- Optical Packet Switching (OPS)
- Multilayer networks
- Convergence in optical networks
OC&I 2010
- Optical fibre developments
- Optical cable technologies
- New optical connectivity technologies
- Novel installation techniques
- Service provisioning and management
- Architectures for Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
- Cost reduction strategies for CAPEX
- Reliability and maintenance for low OPEX
- Progress on international standards
- Transparent connection between end-users and Point-of-Presence in optical fiber networks
- Optimization of PONs
- Long-Reach PONs
Manuscripts should be prepared and submitted according to the Submission Guidelines instructions. All submitted papers will be under peer review and accepted papers will be publised in the conference proceeding.

