… Optical Amplifiers. Even though OAs are much cheaper than transponders and WSSs, in metro
networks … from avoiding to place them at all input and output node ports (see Fig. 1) and at …

… However, with the various types of services and applications being offered on metro
networks, the trend is that the number of MA nodes will increase considerably to provide greater …

… applications, next generation metro networks should be able … issues on metro-access and
metro-core optical networks and … all-optical paths to be established through existing third party …

… channel for precise time distribution, nodes synchronization, and fast wavelength reusing to
… of the current circuit switched optical metro networks. Second, metro access networks need …

… on network slicing in optical metro networks, the fgMTN … optical switching nodes or filter-less
passive optical nodes is employed in the metroaccess part for sub-wavelength networking…

… optimize their optical metro networks, and the metro network design … -short distances in metro
networks, operators have the … Conversely, in metro, the relatively high number of nodes (in …

… optical nodes loss as an equivalent fiber span loss generated in a fiber with length equal to
68 km and 52 km for T-nodes and F-nodes… in the fiber span mimicking the node. We assume …

… for implementing other node architectures (eg, fixed OADM or filterless optical nodes) and in
… or a carrier-grade switch, but in general the structure within a metro node may include more …

… The 5G optical metro reference scenario used for this study is taken from [6]. … nodes and
77 bidirectional links is structured into two tiers: a meshed metro core (where a subset of nodes …

… of content from every node in a network under a specific failure scenario. In this work, we
investigate how to ensure content connectivity in optical metro networks. We derive necessary …