Introduction to the Future Optical Networks and Communications Symposium Special Issue

Daniel Kilper, Lena Wosinska, and Zuqing Zhu

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(9), FON1-FON2 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber-to-the-room: a key technology for F5G and beyond

Dechao Zhang, Jinglong Zhu, Xiang Liu, Xuming Wu, Junwei Li, Yan Zeng, Xiaoshu Si, and Han Li

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(9), D1-D9 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Impairment- and fragmentation-aware, energy-efficient dynamic RMSCA for SDM-EONs

Jaya Lakshmi Ravipudi and Maïté Brandt-Pearce

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(9), D10-D22 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Cost-effective network capacity upgrade by heterogeneous wavelength division multiplexing density with bandwidth-variable virtual direct links

Kazuki Hayashi, Yojiro Mori, and Hiroshi Hasegawa

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(9), D23-D32 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

5G/6G optical fronthaul modeling: cost and energy consumption assessment

Abdulhalim Fayad, Tibor Cinkler, and Jacek Rak

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(9), D33-D46 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Cost- and energy-efficient filterless architectures for metropolitan networks

Christine Tremblay, Émile Archambault, Rodney G. Wilson, Stewart Clelland, Marija Furdek, and Lena Wosinska

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(9), D47-D55 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and deployment of optical x-haul for 5G, 6G, and beyond: progress and challenges [Invited]

Chathurika Ranaweera, Christina Lim, Yijie Tao, Sampath Edirisinghe, Tingting Song, Lena Wosinska, and Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 15(9), D56-D66 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF