Special issue based on selected ONDM 2014 papers

Abstract

The 18th International Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modeling—ONDM 2014 (http://ondm2014.ict. kth.se)—was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 19–22, 2014. ONDM is one of the premier venues in Europe for the optical network community to meet and exchange ideas. Following on the tradition set by its past editions, ONDM 2014 addressed cutting-edge research in optical networks, as well as topics where optical networks meet other areas and disciplines, such as softwaredefined networking (SDN), fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), and future internet design. ONDM2014was a three and a half day event organized by the Optical Networks Laboratory (ONLab) in the School of Information and Communication Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. ONDM 2014 was technically cosponsored by IFIP TC 6 (working group 6.10), by the IEEE Photonics Society, and by the IEEE Communication Society with the endorsement of TAOS and ONTC. The conference was also supported by EricssonAB, the IEEESwedishChapter, the FP7 project DISCUS, the Swedish Research Council, and the City of Stockholm. More than 100 high-quality technical papers were submitted by researchers from 30 countries all over the world.