GNPy: an open source application for physical layer aware open optical networks

A Ferrari, M Filer, K Balasubramanian, Y Yin… - Journal of Optical …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we describe the validation of GNPy. GNPy is an open source application that
approaches the optical layer according to a disaggregated paradigm, and its core engine is …

Provisioning in multi-band optical networks

N Sambo, A Ferrari, A Napoli, N Costa… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-band (MB) optical transmission promises to extend the lifetime of existing optical fibre
infrastructures, which usually transmit within the C-band only, with C+ L-band being also …

Fast and accurate optical fiber channel modeling using generative adversarial network

H Yang, Z Niu, S Xiao, J Fang, Z Liu… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, a new data-driven fiber channel modeling method, generative adversarial
network (GAN) is investigated to learn the distribution of fiber channel transfer function. Our …

Analysis of nonlinear fiber interactions for finite-length constant-composition sequences

T Fehenberger, DS Millar, T Koike-Akino… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In order to realize probabilistically shaped signaling within the probabilistic amplitude
shaping (PAS) framework, a shaping device outputs sequences that follow a certain …

Modeling and mitigation of fiber nonlinearity in wideband optical signal transmission

D Semrau, E Sillekens, P Bayvel… - Journal of Optical …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The adoption of open optical networks (OONs) requires the development of open and
effective network planning tools, enabling the use of multi-vendor or white-box transport …

Novel suboptimal approaches for hyperparameter tuning of deep neural network [under the shelf of optical communication]

MA Amirabadi, MH Kahaei… - Physical Communication, 2020 - Elsevier
Grid search is the most effective method for tuning hyperparameters in machine learning
(ML). However, it has high computational complexity, and is not appropriate when here are …

Accurate closed-form real-time EGN model formula leveraging machine-learning over 8500 thoroughly randomized full C-band systems

MR Zefreh, F Forghieri, S Piciaccia… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We derived an approximate non-linear interference (NLI) closed-form model (CFM), capable
of handling a very broad range of optical WDM system scenarios. We tested the CFM over …

The generalized droop formula for low signal to noise ratio optical links

A Bononi, JC Antona, M Lonardi… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a theoretical model that fully supports the recently disclosed generalized droop
formula (GDF) for calculating the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of constant-output power (COP) …

Machine learning methods for optical communication systems and networks

FN Khan, Q Fan, C Lu, APT Lau - Optical fiber telecommunications VII, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) is being hailed as a new direction of innovation to transform
future optical communication systems. Signal processing paradigms based on ML are being …

Fiber nonlinearity and optical system performance

A Bononi, R Dar, M Secondini, P Serena… - Springer Handbook of …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the impact of fiber nonlinear effects
on modern coherent wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems' performance. First …