Optical switching in future fiber-optic networks utilizing spectral and spatial degrees of freedom

DM Marom, Y Miyamoto, DT Neilson… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Forthcoming capacity scaling requirements of optical networks and advances in optical fiber
communications beyond the omnipresent single-mode fiber operating over the conventional …

Evaluation of optical transport unit line-card integration in spatially and spectrally flexible optical networks in terms of device cost and network performance

W Zheng, M Yang, C Zhang, Y Zheng… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The explosive growth of internet traffic has accelerated the evolution of optical transport
networks, emphasizing the need to expand transmission capacity. To overcome the …

Dimensioning networks of ROADM cluster nodes

H Mehrvar, S Li, E Bernier - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Next-generation optical networks require high-degree, high-capacity reconfigurable optical
add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) nodes and intelligent network planning schemes. We …

Solving for scalability from multi-band to multi-rail core networks

R Schmogrow - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The internet heavily relies on optical networks to carry an increasingly growing amount of
traffic. This paper analyzes and explores different ways and architectures to efficiently scale …

Impact of Joint and Independent Switching Paradigms on Switching Capacity of Contention/-Less SDM-ROADM Designs

A Anchal, DM Marom - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We evaluate the switching capacity of reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM)
nodes for space division multiplexed (SDM) networks considering the joint and independent …

Deep-reinforcement-learning-based RMSCA for space division multiplexing networks with multi-core fibers [Invited Tutorial]

Y Teng, C Natalino, H Li, R Yang, J Majeed… - Journal of Optical …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
The escalating demands for network capacities catalyze the adoption of space division
multiplexing (SDM) technologies. With continuous advances in multi-core fiber (MCF) …

Power Efficiency Improvement in Elastic Optical Networks Using Ring Structure with Optimized Power Routing

DC Jaiswal, SK Sriwas, R Asthana - Journal of The Institution of Engineers …, 2024 - Springer
The power consumption in optical network is an important factor, and it should be minimum
to operate system efficiently. Flexible bandwidth allotment and efficient utilization of fiber …