Introduction to the ECOC 2022 Special Edition

Andrew Lord

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), ECOC1-ECOC2 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Charting the future of optical access networks: an operator’s perspective [Invited]

Jun Shan Wey, Denis A. Khotimsky, Mark T. Watts, and Rajesh Yadav

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C1-C8 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiple attention mechanisms-driven component fault location in optical networks with network-wide monitoring data

Chuidian Zeng, Jiawei Zhang, Ruikun Wang, Bojun Zhang, and Yuefeng Ji

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C9-C19 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental impact of power re-optimization in a mesh network

Xin Yang, Alessio Ferrari, Dylan Le Gac, Gabriel Charlet, Massimo Tornatore, and Yvan Pointurier

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C20-C28 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Tree-determination, routing, and spectrum assignment using point-to-multipoint coherent optics

Pablo Pavon-Marino, Nina Skorin-Kapov, and Antonio Napoli

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C29-C40 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Multicore fiber interconnects for multi-terabit spine-leaf datacenter network topologies

Ruben S. Luis, Benjamin J. Puttnam, Georg Rademacher, Satoshi Shinada, Tetsuya Hayashi, Tetsuya Nakanishi, Yuki Saito, Tetsu Morishima, and Hideaki Furukawa

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C41-C47 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical access solutions in support of 5G and beyond [Invited]

Philippe Chanclou, Gaël Simon, Fabienne Saliou, Minqi Wang, and André Bolloré

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C48-C53 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic integrated multicast switch-based optical wireless data center network

Shaojuan Zhang, Rafael Kraemer, Xuwei Xue, Netsanet Tessema, Henrique Freire Santana, Eduward Tangdiongga, and Nicola Calabretta

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C54-C62 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Employing channel probing to derive end-of-life service margins for optical spectrum services

Kaida Kaeval, Frank Slyne, Sebastian Troia, Eoin Kenny, Klaus Grobe, Helmut Griesser, Daniel C. Kilper, Marco Ruffini, Jose-Juan Pedreno-Manresa, Sai Kireet Patri, and Gert Jervan

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C63-C73 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Techno-economics of fiber versus microwave for mobile transport network deployments [Invited]

Maryam Lashgari, Federico Tonini, Massimiliano Capacchione, Lena Wosinska, Gabriele Rigamonti, and Paolo Monti

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C74-C87 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Suspect fault screen assisted graph aggregation network for intra-/inter-node failure localization in ROADM-based optical networks

Ruikun Wang, Jiawei Zhang, Shuangyi Yan, Chuidian Zeng, Hao Yu, Zhiqun Gu, Bojun Zhang, Tarik Taleb, and Yuefeng Ji

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C88-C99 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON

Sandip Das, Frank Slyne, Daniel Kilper, and Marco Ruffini

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C100-C107 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of continuous multiple access with homodyne and image-rejection heterodyne coherent receivers using directly modulated laser transmitters

Miquel Masanas, Jeison Tabares, Ivan Cano, and Josep Prat

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C108-C119 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Multi-band chaotic non-orthogonal matrix-based encryption for physical-layer security enhancement in OFDM-PONs

Peiji Song, Zhouyi Hu, and Chun-Kit Chan

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C120-C128 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Probabilistic low-margin optical-network design with multiple physical-layer parameter uncertainties

Oleg Karandin, Alessio Ferrari, Francesco Musumeci, Yvan Pointurier, and Massimo Tornatore

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C129-C137 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Multi-wavelength transponders for high-capacity optical networks: a physical-layer-aware network planning study

Jasper Müller, Ognjen Jovanovic, Tobias Fehenberger, Gabriele Di Rosa, Jörg-Peter Elbers, and Carmen Mas-Machuca

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(7), C138-C146 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Real-time validation of downstream 50G/25G and 50G/100G flexible rate PON based on Miller encoding, NRZ, and PAM4 modulation

Doutje van Veen and Vincent Houtsma

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C147-C154 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexible and scalable ML-based diagnosis module for optical networks: a security use case [Invited]

Carlos Natalino, Lluis Gifre, Francisco-Javier Moreno-Muro, Sergio Gonzalez-Diaz, Ricard Vilalta, Raul Muñoz, Paolo Monti, and Marija Furdek

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C155-C165 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Dimensioning networks of ROADM cluster nodes

Hamid Mehrvar, Shiqiang Li, and Eric Bernier

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C166-C178 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical cable deployment versus fiber leasing: an operator’s perspective on CapEx savings for capacity upgrade in an elastic optical core network

Rana Kumar Jana, Anand Srivastava, Andrew Lord, and Abhijit Mitra

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C179-C191 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral power profile optimization of a field-deployed wavelength-division multiplexing network enabled by remote EDFA modeling

Rasmus T. Jones, Kyle R. H. Bottrill, Natsupa Taengnoi, Periklis Petropoulos, and Metodi P. Yankov

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C192-C202 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Towards 6G: fast and self-adaptive dynamic bandwidth allocation for next-generation mobile fronthaul [Invited]

Elaine Wong and Lihua Ruan

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C203-C211 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Confidentiality-preserving machine learning algorithms for soft-failure detection in optical communication networks

Moises Felipe Silva, Andrea Sgambelluri, Alessandro Pacini, Francesco Paolucci, Andre Green, David Mascarenas, and Luca Valcarenghi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C212-C222 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

100 Gbps quantum-secured and O-RAN-enabled programmable optical transport network for 5G fronthaul

Ekin Arabul, Romerson D. Oliveira, Amin Emami, Stavros Typos, Constantinos Vrontos, Rui Wang, Reza Nejabati, and Dimitra Simeonidou

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C223-C231 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Selective hybrid EDFA/Raman amplifier placement to mitigate lightpath degradation in (C + L) networks

Giovanni Sticca, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Francesco Musumeci, Nicola Di Cicco, Andrea Castoldi, Rosanna Pastorelli, and Massimo Tornatore

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C232-C241 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Building a digital twin for intelligent optical networks [Invited Tutorial]

Qunbi Zhuge, Xiaomin Liu, Yihao Zhang, Meng Cai, Yichen Liu, Qizhi Qiu, Xueying Zhong, Jiaping Wu, Ruoxuan Gao, Lilin Yi, and Weisheng Hu

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C242-C262 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

10.51-Tbit/s multi-channel IF-over-fiber transmission with SDM/WDM/SCM for beyond-5G mobile fronthaul accommodating ultra-high-density antennas

Shinji Nimura, Kazuki Tanaka, Shota Ishimura, Kosuke Nishimura, Ryo Inohara, Takehiro Tsuritani, and Masatoshi Suzuki

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C263-C270 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatially disaggregated model for self-channel interference in mixed fiber optical network segments

Emanuele Virgillito, Andrea Castoldi, Andrea D’Amico, Stefano Straullu, Andrea Bovio, Rosanna Pastorelli, and Vittorio Curri

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C271-C287 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

New trends in photonic switching and optical networking architectures for data centers and computing systems [Invited]

S. J. Ben Yoo

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C288-C298 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Live demonstration of an SDN-reconfigurable, FPGA-based TxRx for an analog-IFoF/mmWave radio access network in an MNO’s infrastructure

K. Kanta, P. Toumasis, G. Giannoulis, I. Stratakos, G. Lentaris, E. A. Papatheofanous, I. Mesogiti, E. Theodoropoulou, A. Margaris, D. Syrivelis, E. Kyriazi, G. Brestas, K. Tokas, N. Argyris, C. Vagionas, R. Maximidis, P. Bakopoulos, A. Mesodiakaki, M. Gatzianas, G. Kalfas, K. Tsagkaris, N. Pleros, D. Reisis, G. Lyberopoulos, D. Apostolopoulos, D. Soudris, and H. Avramopoulos

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(8), C299-C306 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF