Next generation mobile fronthaul and midhaul architectures

T Pfeiffer - Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Centralized processing is expected to bring about substantial benefits for wireless networks
both on the technical side and on the economic side. While this concept is considered an …

Multidimensional convergence in future 5G networks

M Ruffini - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future 5G services are characterised by unprecedented need for high rate, ubiquitous
availability, ultralow latency, and high reliability. The fragmented network view that is …

Long-reach wavelength-routed TWDM PON: technology and deployment

LB Du, X Zhao, S Yin, T Zhang, AET Barratt… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We present a long-reach wavelength-routed time-wavelength division multiplexing (TWDM)
passive optical network (PON) architecture (LRWR-PON) and its commercial …

Passive optical network based mobile backhaul enabling ultra-low latency for communications among base stations

J Li, J Chen - Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Low latency is of key importance for mobile networks to support emerging time-critical
applications, such as road traffic safety and efficiency. Meanwhile, a passive optical network …

Enabling technologies for low-latency service migration in 5G transport networks

J Li, L Chen, J Chen - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The fifth generation (5G) mobile communications system is envisioned to serve various
mission-critical services such as industrial automation, cloud robotics, and safety-critical …

Photonic gateway and protocol-independent end-to-end optical-connection provisioning in all-photonic metro-access converged network

S Kaneko, K Honda, T Kanai, J Kani… - IEEE Photonics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The All-Photonics Metro-Access Converged Network (APN) aims to achieve a flat and
simple architecture that even covers access areas and represents the evolution of optical …

SDN enabled dynamically reconfigurable high capacity optical access architecture for converged services

G Talli, F Slyne, S Porto, D Carey… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Dynamically reconfigurable time-division multiplexing (TDM) dense wavelength division
multiplexing (DWDM) long-reach passive optical networks (PONs) can support the reduction …

Experimental end-to-end demonstration of shared N: M dual-homed protection in SDN-controlled long-reach PON and pan-European core

S McGettrick, F Slyne, N Kitsuwan… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Seeking reduction of capital and operational costs on next-generation fiber networks is the
holy grail of network planning and deployment for all operators worldwide. In particular …

Optical physical layer SDN

Y Li, DC Kilper - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical system management software has been migrating toward software-defined
networking (SDN) methods and interfaces. The increased programmability of SDN promises …

Software defined networking for next generation converged metro-access networks

M Ruffini, F Slyne, C Bluemm, N Kitsuwan… - Optical Fiber …, 2015 - Elsevier
While the concept of Software Defined Networking (SDN) has seen a rapid deployment
within the data center community, its adoption in telecommunications network has …