| 1 | -- | 2 | Steven K. Korotky. Introduction |
| 3 | -- | 12 | Gary P. Austin. Evolving optical layer networking: What s happening on the ground |
| 13 | -- | 25 | James A. Kraeutler, Richard J. Goode, Jeffrey R. Towne. Next-generation transport systems: 4th generation MSPPS |
| 27 | -- | 53 | Daniel A. Fishman, William A. Thompson, Lee Vallone. LambdaXtreme(reg) transport system: R&D of a high capacity system for low cost, ultra long haul DWDM transport |
| 55 | -- | 63 | Daniel A. Fishman, Diego L. Correa, Edward H. Goode, Terry L. Downs, Augustine Y. Ho, Alan Hale, Peter Hofmann, Bert Basch, Steven Gringeri. The rollout of optical networking: LambdaXtreme(reg) national network deployment |
| 65 | -- | 81 | Matthias Berger, Klaus Dechet, Gerhard Meyer, Walter Rothkegel, Wolfram Sturm, Bjoern Wilke. Versatile bandwidth management: The design, development, and deployment of LambdaUnite(reg) |
| 83 | -- | 104 | Xiang Liu, Douglas M. Gill, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar. Optical technologies and techniques for high bit rate fiber transmission |
| 105 | -- | 128 | David T. Neilson, Christopher R. Doerr, Dan M. Marom, Roland Ryf, Mark P. Earnshaw. Wavelength selective switching for optical bandwidth management |
| 129 | -- | 143 | Chandra Chekuri, Paul Claisse, René-Jean Essiambre, Steven Fortune, Daniel C. Kilper, Wonsuck Lee, Nachi K. Nithi, Iraj Saniee, F. Bruce Shepherd, Christopher A. White, Gordon T. Wilfong, Lisa Zhang. Design tools for transparent optical networks |
| 145 | -- | 155 | Mohcene Mezhoudi, Mohamed L. El-Sayed, Paul F. Gagen. Network service providers: Practical considerations for optical network planning |
| 157 | -- | 169 | Abdelkader Hajjaoui, Hanno Juechter, Gijs van Ooijen, Govinda Rajan, Walter Rothkegel, Willem van Willigenburg. Network analysis using the ASON/GMPLS emulator eGEM |
| 171 | -- | 189 | Patrice N. Lamy, Hector Menendez, Thomas Müller, Eve L. Varma. Status and perspectives for the optical control plane |
| 203 | -- | 214 | Swarup Acharya, Pankaj Risbood, Anurag Srivastava, Vijay P. Kumar, Walter Rothkegel. Beyond rapid provisioning: Driving value-added services on control plane foundations |
| 215 | -- | 240 | Mohamed L. El-Sayed, Ying Hu, Samrat Kulkarni, Newman Wilson. Comparison of transport network technologies for IPTV distribution |