Opening

Jarosław Turkiewicz

Keynote: Coherent Technologies for the Edge

Dave Welch

Keynote: Towards Multi-Pbps Scale Backbone Optical Networking in Support of Future 6G Access Networks

Ioannis Tomkos

Invited: Optical Networked Systems to Scale-Up and Speed-Up Training of Distributed Deep Learning Models: Architectures, Technologies, and Control

Georgios Zervas

On Feature Selection in Short-Term Prediction of Backbone Optical Network Traffic

Aleksandra Knapinska, Katarzyna Poltorak, Dominika Poreba, Jan Miszczyk, Mateusz Daniluk, Krzysztof Walkowiak

An ML Approach for Crosstalk-Aware Modulation Format Selection in SDM-EONs

Shrinivas Petale, Suresh Subramaniam

If Not Here, There. Explaining Machine Learning Models for Fault Localization in Optical Networks

Oleg Karandin, Omran Ayoub, Francesco Musumeci, Yusuke Hirota, Yoshinari Awaji, Massimo Tornatore

Invited: Routed Optical Networking: An Alternative Architecture for IP+Optical Aggregation Networks

Valerio Viscardi, Dirk Schroetter, Moustafa Kattan

Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Metro Networks Exploiting Point-To-Multipoint Transceivers

Mohammad M. Hosseini, Joao Pedro, Antonio Napoli, Nelson Costa, Jaroslaw Prilepsky, Sergei Turitsyn

Capacity and Energy Consumption Comparison in Translucent Versus Transparent Multi-Band Designs

Rasoul Sadeghi, Bruno Correia, André Souza, Antonio Napoli, Nelson Costa, Joao Pedro, Vittorio Curri

A Filterless Design with Point-To-Multipoint Transceivers for Cost-Effective and Challenging Metro/Regional Aggregation Topologies

Johan Bäck, Antonio Napoli, Emilio Riccardi, Marco Quagliotti, Mario Porrega, Joao Pedro, Tobias Eriksson, Fady Masoud, Atul Mathur, Dave Welch

Tutorial: Security Threats in Software Defined Networks

Donna O'Shea

Invited: Secure Communications in Quantum Networks

Eleni Diamanti

Invited: Design and Applications of Quantum Secure Networks

Emilio Hugues-Salas

Eavesdropping G.652 vs. G.657 Fibres: A Performance Comparison

Stefan Karlsson, Rui Lin, Lena Wosinska, Paolo Monti

Quantum Bit Retransmission Using Universal Quantum Copying Machine

Masab Iqbal, Luis Velasco, Marc Ruiz, Antonio Napoli, Joao Pedro, Nelson Costa

Keynote: What Can Be Done to Make Optical Networks More Intelligent?

Polina Bayvel

Invited: Towards a Traffic-Optimal Large-Scale Optical Network Topology Design

Ruijie Luo, Robin Matzner, Georgios Zervas, Polina Bayvel

Invited: Efficient Network Traffic Prediction After a Node Failure

Róża Goścień, Aleksandra Knapinska

Disaster-Resilient Network Upgrade

Ferenc Mogyorósi, Alija Pašić

Resources Optimization for a Resilient Time-Shared Optical Network

Karcius Assis, Romerson Oliveira, Ekin Arabul, Rui Wang, Raul Almeida, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou

Invited: Towards Regeneration in Flexible Optical Network Planning

Saquib Amjad, Sai Kireet Patri, Carmen Mas-Machuca

Impact of Physical Topology Features on Performance of Optical Backbone Networks

Katsuaki Higashimori, Takeru Inoue, Takafumi Tanaka, Fumikazu Inuzuka, Takuya Ohara

Adaptive Multi-Path SnF Scheduling Method for Delay-Sensitive Transfers Across Inter-Datacenter Optical Networks

Xiao Lin, Shuo Ji, Shengnan Yue, Jun Li, Weiqiang Sun, Weisheng Hu

Ultra-Fast Optical Network Throughput Prediction Using Graph Neural Networks

Robin Matzner, Ruijie Luo, Georgios Zervas, Polina Bayvel

Adaptive Joint Optimization of IT Resources and Optical Spectrum Considering Operation Cost

Takashi Miyamura, Akira Misawa

Invited: Fixed/Wireless Heterogeneous Network Solutions for Future Industrial Services

Thomas Pfeiffer

Techno-Economics of LiFi in IoT Applications

Madeleine Kaufmann, Carmen Mas-Machuca, Marcel Müller, Daniel Behnke, Pieter Stobbelaar, Jean-Paul M. G. Linnartz, Maximilian Riegel, Dominic Schulz, Volker Jungnickel

Planning a Cost-Effective Delay-Constrained Passive Optical Network for 5G Fronthaul

Abdulhalim Fayad, Manish Jha, Tibor Cinkler, Jacek Rak

Cost Effective Hybrid FSO-Wireless Architecture for Broadband Access Network

Priyanka Singh, Akshita Gupta, Vivek Bohara, Anand Srivastava

On the Effectiveness of Small Multicast Switches in Next-Generation Optical Transport Networks

Joao Pedro, António Eira, Cátia Pinho

Quantum Limits on the Capacity of Multispan Links with Phase-Sensitive Amplification

Karol Lukanowski, Marcin Jarzyna, Konrad Banaszek

A Reinforcement Learning-Based Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for XGS-PON Networks

Abdullah Quran, Sebastian Troia, Omran Ayoub, Nicola Di Cicco, Massimo Tornatore

Impact of Modal Dispersion on the Performance of an SDM Optical Network

Nicola Sambo, Chiara Lasagni, Paolo Serena, Piero Castoldi, Alberto Bononi

Quantum Key Distribution Resource Sharing Schemes for Metropolitan Area Networks

Juan Carlos Hernandez-Hernandez, David Larrabeiti, Maria Calderon, Ignacio Soto, Bruno Cimoli, Hui Lui, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy

Outage Performance of Mixed RF-FSO Cooperative Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks

Yuanyuan Ma, Tiejun Lv, Han Liu

Invited: Network Automation for Disaggregated Optical Transport Networks

Achim Autenrieth

SDN Automation for Optical Networks Based on Open APIs and Streaming Telemetry

Jelena Pesic, Marina Curtol, Lahcen Abnaou, Abdelali El Imadi, Stefano Morganti

Tutorial: Photonic Switching Technologies, Architectures, and Integrated-Systems for Future Disaggregated and Optically Reconfigurable Data Centers

S. J. Ben Yoo

Invited: Optical Sensing in Urban Areas by Deployed Telecommunication Fiber Networks

Pierpaolo Boffi, Maddalena Ferrario, Ilaria Di Luch, Giuseppe Rizzelli, Roberto Gaudino

Invited: Optical Communications for Space Applications

David Mackey

Invited: A SDN-Operated MEC Node for Network Cybersecurity Assurance

Teodor Buchner

P4 Postcard Telemetry Collector in Packet-Optical Networks

Faris Alhamed, Davide Scano, Piero Castoldi, Francesco Paolucci, Filippo Cugini, Ilya Verschkov, Juan Jose Vegas Olmos

A MEC and UPF Compatible OLT for Time-Critical Mobile Services

Minqi Wang, Gael Simon, Luiz Anet Neto, Isabel Amigo, Loutfi Nuaymi, Philippe Chanclou

Invited: Prioritizing Deployments Achieving Targeted Network Performance Across a Multilayer Pb/s Network

Srivatsan Balasubramanian, Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay, Vinayak Dangui, Satyajeet Singh Ahuja, Varun Gupta, Grigory Pastukhov, Max Noormohammadpour, Alexander Nikolaidis, Ariyani Copley, Xueqi He, Jiachuan Tian, Jiajia Chen, Arash Vakili, Chiun Lin Lim, Guanqing Yan, Anand Gokul Mahalingam, Biao Lu, Debottym Mukherjee

Invited: Machine-Learning-Aided Dynamic Reconfiguration in Optical DC/HPC Networks

Sandeep Kumar Singh, CheYu Liu, S. J. Ben Yoo, Roberto Proietti

Invited: Machine Learning Applied to Inverse Systems Design

Uiara de Moura, Francesco Da Ros, Darko Zibar, Ann Margareth Brusin, Andrea Carena

Invited: Federated Learning for Optical Network Automation: A Data Ownership Perspective

Behnam Shariati

Transfer Learning Aided QoT Computation in Network Operating with the 400ZR Standard

Fehmida Usmani, Ihtesham Khan, Muhammad Umar Masood, Arsalan Ahmad, Muhammad Shahzad, Vittorio Curri

Tutorial: Re-Architecting Metro and Aggregation Networks with Coherent Interfaces for Beyond 5G

Paul Wright