Aims & Scope
The journal promotes and expedites the dissemination of new research results.There is an exciting and large volume of research activity in the field worldwide.The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for academicians and scientists all over the world to share, promote, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of optical network design and modeling.
All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Generally, accepted papers will appear online within 3 weeks followed by printed hard copy. The journal publishes original papers including but not limited to the following fields:
Novel optical network architectures
Optical network control, management and orchestration including SDN and NFV solutions
Slicing, virtualisation and multi-tenancy techniques for optical networks
Optical local/access/metro network solutions in support of 5G infrastructures
Optical and wireless network convergence
Optical networks in support of intra- / inter-data center connectivity and cloud computing
Machine learning techniques for optical networks
Advances in optical network modelling and optimisation
Routing and spectrum assignment in fixed and flex-grid optical networks
Novel optical node designs including disaggregation and open optical line systems
Optical networks exploiting photonic integrated circuits
Energy efficiency in optical networks
Optical network availability, resilience and survivability
Security and privacy in optical networks
Architectures and solutions for quantum key distribution and post-quantum security
Optical networking in support of vertical industries such as transportation, power grids, etc.
Techno-economic studies of optical networks