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Applications Controlled Optical Networks 

(ACON 2006)

 
First International Workshop on Applications Controlled Optical Networks



May 11-12, 2006 Ottawa Canada

 

The amount of traffic transported across optical networks has exploded in
the recent years, to the point that optic is becoming the de facto
technology for both transport networks and high speed data access. New
optical networks provide an ideal foundation for profitable policy-based
services that meet a large range of data and voice communications needs.
Most of the proposed architectures eliminate or severely restrict many of
the Internet's underlying designs, in particular the end-to-end principle. 

 

Another architecture that provides solutions for current challenges without
altering with the Internet's fundamental design is being explored by several
research networks around the world. This approach involves a new network
management paradigm that could provide the robustness and security that
commercial customers need. This new type of network wide area architecture
often referred to as "customer-controlled networks" is becoming increasingly
common among large enterprise networks, university research networks, and
government departments. 

 

Customer-controlled networks are radically different from the traditional
centrally managed networks in that the enterprise does not only manage and
control its own internal local area or campus network, but also controls and
manages its wide area optical network. The management is feasible assuming
responsibility for direct peering and interconnection with other like-minded
networks.

 

The ACON workshop aims to push the control and signaling to the application
level. Therefore, the focus will be on new signaling and networking
approaches to cope with the application needs in terms of QoS and
flexibility. The main goal of this workshop is to share the collective
experiences of researchers, industry professionals, practicing engineers,
network operators, and equipment vendors across many emergent areas in the
optical space.

SCOPE OF CONTRIBUTIONS  
This workshop aims to consolidate and disseminate the recent developments,
researches and advances in the area of. Papers are solicited that present
research, development and deployment issues and challenges, experimental
results and applications related to applications controlled optical
networks. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

o       Signaling approaches for applications controlled networks: High
level signaling, low level signaling, GMPLS, OBS JIT…etc.

o       Optical networks adaptation to large-scale applications : E-science
applications, GRID applications, transport layer issues, scheduling

o       Applications controlled networks and implementation/deployment
issues

o       Applications, service provisioning models, traffic analysis on
applications controlled optical networks. Examples include grid computing,
scientific computing, storage extension, etc. 

o       Traffic characteristics and performance analysis in applications
controlled optical networks

o       Routing and scheduling for dynamic bandwidth control in the context
of applications controlled optical networks

o       Protection, security, and scalability issues related to applications
controlled networks in applications controlled optical networks

o       Innovative insights and expert opinions on future on applications
controlled networks activities and requirements

SCHEDULE OF SUBMISSION 
 

Manuscript Submission Deadline 
 January 30, 2006
 
Acceptance Notification
 February 30, 2006
 
Final manuscript Due 
 March 25, 2006
 

Instructions for Authors
High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished and
must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed
by Technical Program Committee members and other experts to ensure high
quality and relevance to the conference. Authors of accepted papers must
attend the conference to present their contributions. Paper length should be
4-6 pages in two-columns IEEE Transactions style, 10pt.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 
ACON Co-chairs
Halima Elbiaze, University of Quebec in Montreal, [email protected] 
Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa [email protected]
Technical program committee  
Raaouf Boutaba, Waterloo University 
Admela Jukan, INRS Canada

Omar Cherkaoui, UQAM Canada

Guy Pujolle, University of Paris VI France

Lorne Mason, McGill University Canada

Malathi Veeraraghavan, University of Virginia USA

Harry Perros, North Carolina State University USA

Bill St Arnaud, Canarie Inc. Canada

Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University Canada

Maurice Gagnaire, ENST Paris France

Gérard Hébuterne, INT Evry France

Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa Canada

Gigi Karmous-Edwards, MCNC USA

Masum Hasan, Cisco Systems USA

Michel Savoie, CRC Canada

Chadi Assi, Concordia University, Canada

 

 

_______________o____o______________

Halima Elbiaze Ph.D

Professeurer adjointe             (Assistant Professor)

Dépratement d'Informatiques  (Computer science department)

Université de Québec A Montéal

 (514) 987-3000, ext. 8485# 

[email protected]

http://www.teleinfo.uqam.ca/Members/elbiaze_halima/

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