The increasing demand for network bandwidth highlights the critical need to enhance optical
transmission systems. Utilizing the entire C-band for a single optical channel (OCh) …

Considering middle-term predictions of the need for commercial 10-Tb/s optical interfaces
working in 1-P b/s optical transport systems by 2024 and recalling the introduction of the …

A spatial channel network (SCN) is a novel optical network architecture targeting the space
division multiplexing (SDM) era where the optical layer is explicitly evolved into the …

Toward the forthcoming spatial division multiplexing (SDM) era, a spatial channel network
(SCN) was recently proposed in which the optical layer is explicitly decoupled from the …

Simulative study shows that modular spatial channel cross-connect (SXC) architectures
provide almost the same network spatial resource utilization efficiency when compared to a …

A spatial channel network (SCN) was recently proposed toward the forthcoming spatial
division multiplexing (SDM) era, in which the optical layer is explicitly evolved to the …

This article reports on a proof of concept demonstration of a recently proposed spatial
channel network (SCN) that was conducted over an SCN testbed that comprises low-loss …

In the past few decades, the architecture of optical networks has undergone significant
evolution, from the earliest wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) optical networks to …

We review the spatial-channel network technology toward the spatial-division-multiplexing
era from the viewpoints of network and node architectures, physical performance, network …

Spatial Channel Cross-Connect (SXC) Architectures and Their Enabling Technologies for
Future Spatial Channel Networks (SCNs) Page 1 NeT3D.2.pdf Advanced Photonics …