Optimized design and challenges for C&L band optical line systems

V Lopez, B Zhu, D Moniz, N Costa… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical communications are the key enabler for the ever-increasing traffic growth as they
allow multiplexing a number of carriers onto a single optical fiber. However, network …

Optical transport network design beyond 100 Gbaud

J Pedro, N Costa, S Pato - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Optical line interface technology has been the key enabler to reduce the cost per bit
transported, thus cost-effectively scaling optical transport networks and mitigating or even …

Cost-effective strategies to scale the capacity of regional optical transport networks

J Pedro, N Costa, S Sanders - Journal of Optical Communications …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The different segments of optical transport networks—including metro, regional, and long-
haul—will have to scale to accommodate growing capacity requirements. In metro networks …

Benefits of counterpropagating Raman amplification for multiband optical networks

A Souza, N Costa, J Pedro, J Pires - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Multiband (MB) optical fiber transmission systems can unlock additional capacity in existing
optical fiber infrastructures, enabling them to keep up with the increase in traffic demand …

Designing transparent flexible-grid optical networks for maximum spectral efficiency

J Pedro - Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Higher-order modulation formats and spectral super-channels are key to maximizing
spectral efficiency (SE) in next-generation optical transport networks, thereby …

Optimized hybrid Raman/EDFA amplifier placement for DWDM mesh networks

J Pedro, N Costa - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The minimization of the number of expensive 3R regenerators required at intermediate
nodes is a key task when planning long-haul optical transport networks. Combining Raman …

On the impact of deploying optical transport networks using disaggregated line systems

J Santos, N Costa, J Pedro - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Based on fundamental software-defined networking principles, disaggregated solutions
have recently been proposed for optical transport networks. The first solution of such type …

Characterization of the optical spectrum as a service

K Kaeval, SL Jansen, F Spinty, K Grobe… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Encouraged by the emerging disaggregation trend in optical transport networks, operators
are willing to offer flexible and future-proof optical spectrum as a service (OSaaS) instead of …

On the efficiency of flexible ethernet client architectures in optical transport networks

A Eira, A Pereira, J Pires, J Pedro - Journal of Optical …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The data-center interconnection (DCI) market has been rising sharply for some time, leading
to the development of networking solutions tailored specifically for it. On the side of the …

Comparison of fast quality of transmission estimation methods for C+ L+ S optical systems

A Souza, N Costa, J Pedro, J Pires - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Due to the high potential of multi-band transmission (MBT) systems as a short-to medium-
term solution to the ever-increasing demand for fiber capacity, one of the recent areas of …