IEICE 2011 - The IEICE Special Section on Opto-electronics and Communications for Future Optical Network

The IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) Transactions on Communications and the IEICE
Transactions on Electronics announce a forthcoming joint Special Section on Opto-electronics and Communications for Future Optical
Network to be published in July 2011.
This Special Section will be published in conjunction with the 15th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2010), which
will be held in Sapporo, Japan on July 5-9, 2010, cosponsored by IEICE Communications Society and IEICE Electronics Society.
The purpose of this Special Section is to present a collection of original papers that give an overview of current progress of research,
development, and applications of optical communication systems and optoelectronics.
Submission of the paper presented at OECC 2010 is strongly encouraged. However, presentation of the paper at OECC 2010 is not mandatory
for its inclusion in this Special Section. Presentation at the Conference does not ensure the acceptance of the paper. Note that the regular
reviewing process will be performed for this Special Section.
1. Scope
The major topics of interest include:
- Core/access networks and switching subsystems (category 1),
- Transmission systems and their subsystems (category 2),
- Optical fibers, cables and fiber devices (category 3),
- Optical active devices and modules (category 4),
- Optical passive devices and modules (category 5).
Papers in category 1 and 2 should be submitted to The IEICE Transactions on Communications, and papers in category 3 to 5 to The IEICE
Transactions on Electronics.
2. Submission Instructions
The standard number of pages is 8 (Letters are not accepted in this special section). The page charges are considerably higher for extra pages.
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guideline in the "Information for Authors". The latest version is available at the web site,
http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_cs.html. The term for revising the manuscript after acknowledgement of conditional acceptance for
this special section could be shorter than that for regular issues (60 days) because of the tight review schedule.
This special section will accept only papers by electronic submission. Prospective authors are requested to follow carefully the submission
process described below.
1. Submit a manuscript and electronic source files (TeX/Word files, figures, authors’ photos and biography) for publishing using the
IEICE Web site https://review.ieice.org/regist_e.aspx by October 31, 2010. Considering the technical field of the paper, authors should
choose the [Special-EB] or [Special-EC] Joint Special Section on Opto-electronics and Communications for Future Optical Network as a
"Type of Issue (Section)/Category of Transactions" on the online screen. Do not choose [Regular-EB] or [Regular-EC].
2. Send “Copyright Transfer and Page Charge Agreement” and “Confirmation Sheet of Manuscript Registration” by E-mail, FAX or
postal mail to the following address (guest editor of the special section) by the above due date. There is a possibility that we shall withdraw
the manuscript without receiving them by the due date, even if we have received the manuscript by electronic submission. For additional
guidelines on manuscript preparation, please visit the web-page: http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_cs.html
Submission to:
(For the paper to IEICE Transactions on Communications)
Joji Maeda
Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering,
2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510 Japan.
Tel: +81 4 7122 9547, Fax: +81 4 7124 7380, Email: EB-oecc2010-AT-ee.noda.tus.ac.jp
(For the paper to IEICE Transactions on Electronics)
Hiroshi Takahashi
NTT Photonics Laboratories
3-1, Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan.
Phone: +81 46 240 4045, Fax: +81 46 240 4528, E-Mail: OECC2010-EC-editor-AT-aecl.ntt.co.jp
3. Special Section Editorial Committee
Guest Editor-in-Chief: Masafumi Koga (Oita Univ.)
Guest Editor: Joji Maeda (Tokyo Univ. of Science), Hiroaki Harai (NICT)
Guest Associate Editors: Masahiko Jinno (NTT), Hideaki Tanaka (KDDI), Junichi Nakagawa (Mitsubishi),
Nobuhiko Kikuchi (Hitachi)
* Please note that if accepted, all authors, including authors of invited paper, are requested to pay for the page charges covering partial cost of
publications. Authors will receive 50 copies of reprints.
* At least one of the authors must be an IEICE member when the manuscript is submitted for review. Invited papers are an exception. We
recommend that authors unaffiliated with IEICE apply for membership. For membership applications, please visit the web-page,
http://www.ieice.org/eng/member/OM-appli.html