*** Special Session on Photonic Networks and Services: Theory, Design, Modeling, and Applications ***
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Co-located with 2017 40th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)
July 5-7, 2017, Barcelona, Spain
http://tsp.vutbr.cz/

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Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Region 8, EEE Spain Section, IEEE Czechoslovakia Section, IEEE Czechoslovakia Section SP/CAS/COM Joint Chapter, and IEEE Croatia Section Communications Chapter.

The TSP 2017 Proceedings, containing presented papers at the Conference, will be sent for indexing in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library registered under IEEE Conference Record #41294, SCOPUS, Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of Thomson Reuters, DBLP, and Google Scholar databases.

Authors of the best rated and presented papers will be invited for publishing in special issues of international journals.
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GENERAL INFORMATION:

Modern optical fiber networks allow long haul data transmissions using variety of data formats, from a legacy to high speed or high spectral efficient ones. Nowadays they can also be additionally utilized for transfer of new demanding type of services – photonic services, providing very high optical signal fidelity including the preservation of precise timing. Such services include for example distributed sensing, software defined networking or precise time or stable frequency transmission. This new use of photonics networks, with no interference with the commodity traffic, is a rapidly growing area of research and development. Within the framework of the 2017 40th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP - http://tsp.vutbr.cz/), which will be held on July 5-7, 2017, in Barcelona, Spain, we invite you to present and discuss advances in the research and development of photonic systems or services. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- High speed data transmission
- TDM and WDM networks
- Flexible all optical networks
- Optical spectrum sharing
- Precise time / stable frequency transmission
- Quantum key distribution
- Software Defined Optical Networks
- Line codes and modulation formats
- Optical networks security
- Quality of Services
- Optical fiber sensors
- Remote sensing
- Photonic services

For more details please visit the Conference website at http://tsp.vutbr.cz/?page_id=2744#SS2-17.

EDITORIAL BOARD:

- Dr. Josef Vojtech — CESNET a.l.e., Czech Republic (Editor-in-Chief) (E-mail: josef.vojtech@cesnet.cz)
- Dr. Petr Munster — Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic (E-mail: munster@feec.vutbr.cz)

STUDENT BEST PAPER AWARD:

In cooperation with IEEE Czechoslovakia Section SP/CAS/COM Joint Chapter, to recognize outstanding technical contributions by students, as evidenced by the quality of papers, their presentations, and their technical excellence, the authors of the Best 3 Student Papers will be awarded during the conference by the Technical Committee. The Best Student Paper Award consists in a Certificate of Appreciation Plaque and an IEEE Student or IEEE Graduate Student membership for 2018.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:

The TSP 2017 is IEEE technically co-sponsored Conference organized in cooperation with sixteen universities:

- Brno University of Technology, Department of Telecommunications, Brno, Czech Republic
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Budapest, Hungary
- Czech Technical University in Prague, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic
- Isik University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sile/Istanbul, Turkey
- Istanbul Technical University, Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Istanbul, Turkey
- Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Trabzon, Turkey
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan
- Seikei University, Graduate School and Faculty of Science and Technology, Information Networking Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
- Slovak University of Technology, Institute of Telecommunications, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Tecnocampus, Escola Universitaria Politecnica de Mataro, Mataro, Spain
- Technical University of Sofia, Faculty of Telecommunications, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Universite Paris 8, UFR MITSIC, Laboratoire d'Informatique Avancee de Saint-Denis (LIASD), France
- University of Ljubljana, Laboratory for Telecommunications, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Osijek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek, Croatia
- VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Department of Telecommunications, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- West Pomeranian University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Szczecin, Poland

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full Paper Submission: March 14, 2017 - 2PM CET (Final Extended Deadline)
Notification of Paper Acceptance: April 14, 2017
Final Paper Submission: April 28, 2017
Authors' Early Registration and Payment: May 14, 2017
Authors' Late Registration and Payment: May 24, 2017
Listeners' Registration: July 5, 2017

CONTACTS:

Web: http://tsp.vutbr.cz/
E-mail: tsp@feec.vutbr.cz

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TSP Organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the Conference (e.g., non-indexing in IEEE Xplore® and other databases) if the paper is not presented at the Conference. However, this paper will be distributed as part of the Conference proceedings issued on an USB drive.
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