The current evolution of the information society is relying more than ever on the availability of an efficient communications infrastructure. The purpose of this workshop is to report the latest advances in research on Next Generation Optical Network's reliability. Topics of relevance include but are not limited to:

• Basic Methods and Theory for Survivable Network Design and Operation
• Survivable Network Architectures (Protection &Restoration)
• Network Reliability & Availability
• Optical Components & Systems Reliability
• Architecture and Reliability of Network Nodes
• Reliability Performance Evaluation (Analytical, Simulation, Experimental)
• Reliability Measures and Guarantees, Cost - performance Analysis
• QoS Aspects, Network Resource Management & Traffic Engineering
• Multilayer Interactions

RONEXT Technical Program Committee:

Workshop Chair Lena Wosinska, COST 270 WG1 Chairperson
Co-Chairs Marian Marciniak, Javier Marti
Members: Francis Berghmans, Piero Castoldi, Andrea Fumagalli, Wayne D. Grover, Marcel Held, Erich Leitgeb, Hans Limberger, Branko Mikac, Amitava Mukherjee, Luca Valcarenghi

Paper submission - according to ICTON submission rules at http://www.itl.waw.pl/icton, please mention RONEXT in the subject line when submitting your contribution

Publication - all accepted RONEXT papers will be included in ICTON 2005 Proceedings (IEEE publication).

COST Action 270 Reliability of Optical Components and Devices in Communications Systems and Networks http://www.cost270.com/

WG1: Reliability of Optical Networks and Systems Including Free Space Communications http://www.cost270.com/cost270/wg1.html