5G and beyond 5G wireless connections have become necessary because of the
unprecedentedly rapid expansion of high-speed multimedia services and the variety of …

With the development of new laser sources, fiber amplifiers, and other optical components,
optical communication systems have undergone enormous growth and evolution in recent …

This thesis focuses on improvements and development of analytical models and artificial
intelligence (AI) implementation for optical network design, planning and controlling based …

Abstract Undoubtedly, Machine Learning (ML) for Optical Communication (OC) has been a
popular topic in recent years and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Recent …

The upcoming deployment of 5/6G networks, online services like 4k/8k HDTV (streamers
and online games), the development of the Internet of Things concept, connecting billions of …

This work aims to provide a review of the route planning and optimization tools for optical
networks from optimization algorithms to their evaluation approaches. Optical networks are …

It is estimated that 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact traffic, both in volume and
dynamicity, at unprecedented rates. Thus, to cost-efficiently accommodate these challenging …

Four capabilities for highly efficient and reliable multi-vendor optical networks are discussed.
We then review the specific three technologies as an example, which demonstrates the …

Over the past few decades, the demand for the capacity and reliability of optical networks
has continued to grow. In the meantime, optical networks with larger knowledge scales have …

Machine Learning (ML) has already proven its benefits for network operation, being a sub-
domain of artificial intelligence, it is highly suitable for complex system representation. In this …