Innovative transceiver and switching approaches should be explored with special focus on
flexibility, energy efficiency, sustainability, and interoperability to be adopted on next …

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

We discuss the design and development of a digital twin for optical transport networks,
focusing on a bottom-up approach aligned with network operators' specific needs. Our …

In this paper, the authors exploit the OpenROADM standard model for the management and
control of commercial ROADMs via an open optical SDN controller. Since each ROADM …

WDM optical transport utilizing dual-polarization coherent technologies relies on robust
physics models abstracting lightpaths as AWGN channels. These models require accurate …