HONET 2010 - High-capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies

Authors are invited to submit R&D and visionary papers, presenting research work related to the practice and theory of ‘High-capacity Optical Networks & Enabling Technologies’. All submissions must describe original and pertinent research, educational goals, and future vision. Green ICT-Energy Efficient Devices and Networks' is the major theme this year and other topics of interest should include, but not limited to the following:

Green ICT-Energy Efficient Devices & Networks

Emerging Nanotechnologies and Applications

Optical Internet ? the next generation

IPV6 - Emerging Testbeds

ICT Service Oriented Architectures

Convergence of Metro/ Optical Access Networks

Lasers, Solar Cells and LEDs

Optical Switching & Routing

Network Security, Survivability and Reliability

Optical Network Test & Monitoring, and Field Trials

Wireless, RoF, and Satellite Communication

Wireless Mesh & Sensor Networks Applications

Nanophotonics and Enabling Technologies

e- Applications (education, medicine, social networks)

Traffic Engineering and Grooming

Optical Networks for Storage, Grids & Cloud Computing

Optical Packet and Burst Switching

Multiplexing (WDM, OTDM, OCDM) and ROADMs

These topics should be discussed in terms of research concepts, state-of-the-art, standards, implementations, developments, field trials/experiments, educational goals and new applications. Submitted or substantially similar papers must not be under review currently for any other publication. The accepted papers will be reviewed using “IEEE standards and criteria”. Authors should note that only the peer reviewed accepted and presented papers will be eligible for proceedings. The unregistered and/or /un-presented submissions will be omitted from all proceedings.

Instructions for Authors
All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their papers, which should not exceed seven pages. The format should conform to the guidelines available here, or you can download the sample instructions in template pdf by clicking here. The paper must contain a cover page with title, abstract, and name(s) of author(s) with respective affiliations, postal address(es), phone/fax numbers, and email address(es). The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Additionally, five keywords relevant to the research paper or theme area must also be listed on the cover page. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published in proceedings (details will follow), and indexed with the major indexes.

All HONET papers must be submitted at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=honet10. Deadlines are 11:59pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Important Dates

Paper Submission: July 31, 2010
Acceptance Notification: September 20, 2010
Camera Ready Due: October 20, 2010