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

Q Zhuge, X Liu, Y Zhang, M Cai, Y Liu… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
To support the development of intelligent optical networks, accurate modeling of the physical
layer is crucial. Digital twin (DT) modeling, which relies on continuous learning with real-time …

A survey on QoT prediction using machine learning in optical networks

L Zhang, X Li, Y Tang, J Xin, S Huang - Optical Fiber Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
In optical networks, a connection (eg, light-path and light-tree) is set up to carry data from its
source to destination (s). When the optical signal transmits through the fiber links and optical …

Feedforward and recurrent neural network-based transfer learning for nonlinear equalization in short-reach optical links

Z Xu, C Sun, T Ji, JH Manton, W Shieh - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Neural network (NN)-based nonlinear equalizers have been shown effective for various
types of short-reach direct detection systems. However, they work best for a certain channel …

Lightpath QoT computation in optical networks assisted by transfer learning

I Khan, M Bilal, MU Masood, A D'Amico… - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Precise computation of the quality of transmission (QoT) of lightpaths (LPs) in transparent
optical networks has techno-economic importance for any network operator. The QoT metric …

An overview of ML-based applications for next generation optical networks

R Gao, L Liu, X Liu, H Lun, L Yi, W Hu… - Science China Information …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Comparison of domain adaptation and active learning techniques for quality of transmission estimation with small-sized training datasets

D Azzimonti, C Rottondi, A Giusti… - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Machine learning (ML) is currently being investigated as an emerging technique to automate
quality of transmission (QoT) estimation during lightpath deployment procedures in optical …

Machine-learning-based telemetry for monitoring long-haul optical transmission impairments: methodologies and challenges

H Lun, X Liu, M Cai, Y Zhang, R Gao, W Hu… - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Current management of optical communication systems is conservative, manual-based, and
time-consuming. To improve this situation, building an intelligent closed-loop control system …

ML-assisted QoT estimation: a dataset collection and data visualization for dataset quality evaluation

G Bergk, B Shariati, P Safari… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Machine learning (ML)-assisted solutions for quality of transmission (QoT) estimation or
classification have received significant attention in recent years. However, due to the …

Performance studies of evolutionary transfer learning for end-to-end QoT estimation in multi-domain optical networks

CY Liu, X Chen, R Proietti, SJB Yoo - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
This paper proposes an evolutionary transfer learning approach (Evol-TL) for scalable
quality-of-transmission (QoT) estimation in multi-domain elastic optical networks (MD …

Domain adaptation: The key enabler of neural network equalizers in coherent optical systems

PJ Freire, B Spinnler, D Abode, JE Prilepsky… - Optical Fiber …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We introduce the domain adaptation and randomization approach for calibrating neural
network-based equalizers for real transmissions, using synthetic data. The approach …