AI-based modeling and monitoring techniques for future intelligent elastic optical networks

X Liu, H Lun, M Fu, Y Fan, L Yi, W Hu, Q Zhuge - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the development of 5G technology, high definition video and internet of things, the
capacity demand for optical networks has been increasing dramatically. To fulfill the capacity …

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 …

A closed-form approximation of the Gaussian noise model in the presence of inter-channel stimulated Raman scattering

D Semrau, RI Killey, P Bayvel - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An accurate, closed-form expression evaluating the nonlinear interference (NLI) power in
coherent optical transmission systems in the presence of inter-channel stimulated Raman …

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 …

Assessment on the in-field lightpath QoT computation including connector loss uncertainties

A Ferrari, K Balasubramanian, M Filer, Y Yin… - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Reliable and conservative computation of the quality of transmission (QoT) of transparent
lightpaths (LPs) is a crucial need for software-defined control and management of the …

Bandwidth variable transceivers with artificial neural network-aided provisioning and capacity improvement capabilities in meshed optical networks with cascaded …

X Zhou, Q Zhuge, M Qiu, M Xiang, F Zhang, B Wu… - Optics …, 2018 - Elsevier
We investigate the capacity improvement achieved by bandwidth variable transceivers
(BVT) in meshed optical networks with cascaded ROADM filtering at fixed channel spacing …

Modelling the delayed nonlinear fiber response in coherent optical communications

D Semrau, E Sillekens, RI Killey… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fiber nonlinearities, that lead to nonlinear signal distortion, are normally considered to be
the result of an instantaneous material response with respect to the optical field. However, in …

Spectral overlapping estimation based on machine learning for gridless Nyquist-wavelength division multiplexing systems

AE Pérez, NG González, JJG Torres - Optical Engineering, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We propose two methods based on machine learning algorithms to estimate the level of
spectral overlapping in a specific optical channel, without information of adjacent channels …

Optical filtering penalty estimation using artificial neural network in elastic optical networks with cascaded reconfigurable optical add–drop multiplexers

B Zhang, R Zhang, Q Zhang, X Xin - Optical Engineering, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
For future elastic optical networks, the narrow filtering effect induced by cascaded
reconfigurable optical add–drop multiplexers (ROADMs) is one of the major impairments. It …

Application of machine learning in elastic optical networks

Q Zhuge, W Hu - 2018 European Conference on Optical …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning (ML) techniques have been adopted in elastic optical networks to enable
automated operations and extract more capacity from the physical layer. We review and …