Selective Placement of Hollow-Core Fibers for QKD and Classical Communication Coexistence

Giovanni Simone Sticca, Alessandro Gagliano, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Alberto Gatto, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore

Metaheuristic QKD Link-Session Scheduling in Switched Networks

Antonios Selentis-Boulntadakis, Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, George Kanellos

Performance Evaluation of Key Management Systems for Quantum Key Distribution Networks

Tommy van Duijn, Simon Rommel

Fair Federated Learning for Trustworthy Service Provisioning in Disaggregated Optical Networks

Saroj Panda, Tania Panayiotou, Sadananda Behera, Georgios Ellinas

Network Acceleration for AI Workloads in Telco Networks

Filippo Cugini, Ahmed Salah Tawfik Ibrahim, Abu Bakar Rana, Francesco Paolucci, Ashley Degl'Innocenti, Layal Ismail, Emilio Paolini, Andrea Sgambelluri, Piero Castoldi, Oscar González de Dios, Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios, Benedetta Picano, Juan Jose Vegas Olmos

Multiperiod Migration Planning of Multilayer Networks Subject to Deep Traffic Uncertainties

Prashasti Sahu, Ronald Romero Reyes, Arantxa Villavicencio Paz

Modelling Traffic Distributions Using Probabilistic Machine Learning and Extreme Value Theory

Akanksha Ahuja, Sam Nallaperuma, Albert Rafel, Andrew Lord, Seb Savory

Optimal Placement of Hollow Core Fibers in Mesh Optical Networks: Link- Versus Span-Based Models

Diogo Morão, Bruno Correia, Joao Pedro

ROADM Bypassing for Energy-Efficient EONs Capacity Upgrade

Mirko Zitkovich, Anjali Sharma, Carmen Mas-Machuca

Functional Split-Aware Design of Power-over-Fiber 6G O-RAN Fronthaul Networks

Luiz Gonzaga Santana dos Santos, Egemen Erbayat, Suresh Subramaniam, Gustavo Figueiredo

Profit Maximization Under Investment Budget and Optical Link Constraints in Open RAN

Ange Joel Nounga Njanda, Carlos Natalino, Karcius Assis

Benefits of Selective Hollow-Core Fiber Deployment for 6G X-Haul in Converged Metro-Access Networks

Ahtisham Ali, Muhammad Umar Masood, Sanwal Zeb, Andrea Rosso, Gulmina Malik, Riccardo Schips, Renato Ambrosone, Stefano Straullu, Antonino Nespola, Bruno Correia, Joao Pedro, Antonio Napoli, Alessandro Galardini, Vittorio Curri

Fixed Transport Network Cost Analysis Under 6G Traffic Scenarios and Technologies

Marc Ruiz, Miguel Carnero, Adrián Maeso, Luis Velasco

Quantifying and Improving SNR Prediction Accuracy Using Longitudinal Power Monitoring

Alix May, Camille Delezoide, Joana Girard-Jollet, Patricia Layec

Real-Time Vibration Anomaly Detection in Operational Metropolitan Optical Networks Using Machine Learning

Gulmina Malik, Muhammad Umar Masood, Renato Ambrosone, Ahtisham Ali, Mashboob Cheruvakkadu Mohamed, Stefano Straullu, Sai Bhyri, Gabriele Galimberti, Joao Pedro, Antonio Napoli, Walid Wakim, Vittorio Curri

Improvement of Correlation-Based Longitudinal Power Monitoring in 88 km Spans Using Machine Learning

Mohammad Asif Ibna Mustafa, Olaf Schulz, Magnus Fischer, Annika Dochhan, Stephan Pachnicke

Towards Generalizable ML-Based Event Recognition Using Phi-OTDR and Siamese Networks

Andrei Ribeiro, Fabrício Lobato, Joao Weyl Costa, Paolo Monti, Carlos Natalino

Impact of Filterless and Small ROADM Architectures in the Scalability of Metro-Aggregation Networks Leveraging Coherent Pluggable Optics

Federica Gatti, Joao Pedro, Nelson Costa, Luís Cancela

Integrated Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Communication in Coherent Passive Optical Network Transceiver Using Digital Subcarrier Multiplexing

Laurenz Ebner, Juan Morrone, Robert Emmerich, Abdelrahmane Moawad, Johannes Fischer, Ronald Freund

Impact of Fiber Dispersion on the Dynamic Range of a Static-Gain Burst-Mode Receiver for C Band 200G Upstream Coherent PON

Jad Sarkis, Robert Palmer, Giuseppe Talli, Maxim Kuschnerov, Valter Ferrero, Roberto Gaudino

Assessment of Coherent 100G PON Architectures

Ritanshi Agarwal, Carmen Mas-Machuca

Explanation-Based Runtime Verification for Trustworthy ML-Driven Optical Networks

Omran Ayoub, Carlos Natalino, Ali Al Housseini, Felix Foschum, Philipp Morger, Tiziano Leidi, David Hock, Paolo Monti

Risk-Aware Machine Learning-Based Approach for Lightpath QoT Estimation in Optical Networks

Hussein Jammal, Omran Ayoub, Andrea Bianco, Cristina Rottondi

Assessment of QoT Penalties Caused by Band Failures in Multi-Band Optical Line Systems

Giuseppina Maria Rizzi, Vittorio Curri

Topology-Aware Vs Feature-Based QoT Estimation in Multiband Optical Networks

Jana Eid, Franco Galante, Omran Ayoub, Giovanni Simone Sticca, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Andrea Bianco, Massimo Tornatore, Cristina Rottondi

Experimental Evaluation of QoT Uncertainty Reduction Techniques in Network Digital Twins

Ambashri Purkayastha, Camille Delezoide, Fabien Boitier, Patricia Layec, Cedric Ware, Mounia Lourdiane

Intent-Aware Reinforcement Learning Control for Point-to-Multipoint Light-Trees in Metro-Aggregation Networks

Polyzois Soumplis, Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, Konstantinos Yiannopoulos, Emmanouel Varvarigos

Dynamic PON Consolidation Using MEMS Optical Switches for Energy Efficient Optical Line Terminals Using Real Operator Data

Mirco Börner, Kristof Obermann, Carmen Mas-Machuca

Simplified ONU Design in 100Gbps C-Band PON Using Receiver-Informed Transmitter Learning

Safiya Dabwan, Nelson Castro, Stylianos Sygletos

Accurate PLI Modeling for Next Generation Ultra-Massive Network Management Using PCS Modulation

Yuxin Xu, Hongyu Zhu, Maite Brandt-Pearce

Closed-Form Statistical Modeling of PDL-Induced SNR Margins for Reliable Optical Networks

Enrico Miotto, Andrea D\'Amico, Emanuele Virgillito, Stefano Straullu, Toru Mano, Hideki Nishizawa, Vittorio Curri

Modelling and Analysis of Power Imbalance Impact on Digital Subcarrier Multiplexed Coherent PON

Safana Al zoubi, Roberto Gaudino

Joint Photonic Reservoir Computing and Demultiplexing Using Parallelly Coupled Micro-Ring Resonators for Eight-Channel Intra-DCN Application

Mohammad Seifi Laleh, Sebastian Kühl, Annika Dochhan, Silas Oettinghaus, Stephan Pachnicke

Optimized Source Placement for Multipartite State Distribution in Quantum Networks

Zheng Zhang, Qiaolun Zhang, Jiaheng Xiong, Alberto Gatto, Raouf Boutaba, Massimo Tornatore

Enhancing Key Availability and Efficiency in QKDNs via Decentralized Key Flooding

María Álvarez Roa, Simon Rommel, Sebastian Verschoor

Extending Control for a Lite-Coherent Transceiver Using TeraFlowSDN

Marc Lawson, Margita Radovic, Hussein Zaid, Waleed Akbar, Lluis Gifre, Christos Christofidis, Ioannis Tomkos, Ricard Vilalta, Raul Muñoz, Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst, Colja Schubert, Andrea Sgambelluri, Ronald Freund, Nicola Sambo

A Hybrid Optical Wireless Network Architecture with an Efficient QoS-Provisioning Transmission Strategy for Us-Scale Latency Data Centers

Georgios Drainakis, Peristera Baziana

Synchronized XGPON - WiFi Convergence in Fiber to the Room (FTTR) Networks

Kaustubh Venkatesh, Christian Bluemm, Cristian Bermudez Serna, Carmen Mas-Machuca

Spectrum Configuration Framework for Throughput Maximization in Open Systems with Roll-off-Based QoT Optimization

Peyman Pahlevanzadeh, Venkata Virajit Garbhapu, Agastya Raj, Dmitrii Briantcev, Daniel Kilper, Marco Ruffini

On-off-Keying with Variable Rate for Optical Wireless Communication Using ITU-T G.9960

Marco Ceran, Malte Hinrichs, Anselm Ebmeyer, Ronald Freund, Volker Jungnickel, Marcos Martinez Vazquez

Experimental Verification of Fast EGN Model for Multi-Span Metro-Access DSCM Systems

Tiago Filipe Santos Silvério, Giuseppe Parisi, Pablo Torres-Ferrera, Esteban Paz, Sasipim Srivallapanondh, Miquel Masanas, Luis Velasco, Antonio Napoli

Automated Deployment and Configuration of Key Management Systems in QKD Networks

Tommy van Duijn, Simon Rommel

Hollow-Core Fiber Upgrading for Carbon-Aware Workload Placement in Distributed Data Centers

Yanran Xiao, Wei Wang, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Qiaolun Zhang, Jiaheng Xiong, Jie Zhang, Massimo Tornatore

Gain Subsidence Method for Compensating Hole Burning from Wavelength Reconfiguration in Metro-Scale Networks

Sumaiya Ali, Dmitrii Briantcev, Shuang Xie, Daniel Kilper

Fuzzy Logic-Based Access Point Selection in Multi-Technology RF-LiFi Networks with NOMA

Aryanaz Attarpour, Dorsa Moadeli, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore

Failure-Aware and Probabilistic Post-Disaster Restoration in Elastic Optical Networks Using TVGs

Eonassis Santos, Juliana de Santi, Egemen Erbayat, Rujia Zou, Sabidur Rahman, Suresh Subramaniam, Gustavo Figueiredo

Analysis of CV-QKD Coexistence with Counter-Propagating C-Band Dense WDM Channels

Wasim Ahamed, Utku Akin, Jonas Berl, Mario Wenning, Chigo Okonkwo, Tobias Fehenberger

From Language to Fault Detection: Small Language Models for Optical Network Automation

Andrei Ribeiro, Raul Costa, Fabrício Lobato, Moisés Silva, Carlos Natalino, Ingrid Ramos, Joao Weyl Costa

Exposing Optical Network Control Capabilities to AI Agents Using Model Context Protocol and TeraFlowSDN

Ricard Vilalta, Daniel Adanza, Allen Abishek, Lluis Gifre, Pol Alemany, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martinez, Raul Muñoz

Coordinated Orchestration and Operation of Federated Learning Applications

Luis Velasco, Pol Gonzalez, Marc Ruiz

Cross-Domain Generalization in Optical Networks via Joint Contrastive and Classification Learning

Ali Al Housseini, Carlos Natalino, Paolo Monti, Omran Ayoub

Minimizing Spectrum Wastage in Optical Mesh Network by in-Network Superchanneling

Masahiro Nakagawa, Takeshi Seki, Hayashi Rie, Toshihiko Tamura

Building Physically Secure Subnetworks on Existing Optical Networks

Ramón Durán Barroso, Marco Villa, Noemí Merayo, Juan Carlos Aguado, Patricia Fernández, Rubén Lorenzo, Evaristo Abril, Ignacio de Miguel

Non-Disruptive Lightpath Passband Characterization Using Optical Frequency Combs

Mariano Devigili, Syed Ahmad, Tong Xie, Aleksandra Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, Daniel Kilper

Delay-Aware Time-Coordinated Nanosecond Optical Switching for Dynamically Reconfigurable Optical Networks

Ali Mehrpooya, Vaigai Yokar, Yiran Teng, Sen Shen, Wanxin Zhao, Arash Olianezhad, Sima Bahrani, Amin Emami, Ning Zhang, Shuangyi Yan, Dimitra Simeonidou

Performance Benchmarking of Optical DAC Architectures Under Realistic Electrical Driving

Stylianos Sygletos, Konstantinos Moschopoulos, Moshe Nazarathy, Ioannis Tomkos

Autonomous Control of Multi-Granular Optical Networks with Pluggable Transceivers for Adaptive and High-Capacity 6G X-Haul

Raul Muñoz, Waleed Akbar, Lluis Gifre, Varsha Lohani, Ana Larrañaga-Zumeta, Andrea Sgambelluri, Margita Radovic, Nicola Sambo, Ricard Vilalta, Sandra Lagen, Josep Fabrega, Pablo Armingol, Oscar González de Dios, Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios, Nikos Psaromanolakis, Georgios Katsikas, Ricardo Martinez, Ramon Casellas, Ioannis Tomkos

Engineering Trust in AI-Driven Optical Networks: Challenges in Moving from Monitoring to Autonomy

Carlos Natalino, Omran Ayoub, Paolo Monti

Planning Sensing-Enabled Submarine Optical Networks Under Cost and Coverage Constraints

Konstantinos Seklos, Panagiotis Kokkinos, Polyzois Soumplis, Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, Emmanouel Varvarigos

Online Discovery and Incremental Learning of Unknown Soft Failures in Optical Networks

Azarm Yeganehfallah, Emilio Paolini, Andrea Sgambelluri, Luca Valcarenghi

Enhancing 1+1 Fault Tolerance Protection for Elastic Optical Networks: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Patricia Morales, Jorge Bermúdez Cedeño, Jesus Chaffe, Hermann Pempelfort, Nicolás Jara

Joint Cross-Domain Monitoring and Optimization of Radio Access, Optical Access and Optical Transport Networks

Mihail Balanici, Abhishek Dandekar, Sepideh Kouhini, Varun Gowtham, Behnam Shariati, Johannes Fischer, Julius Schulz-Zander, Kai Habel, Marius Corici, Thomas Magedanz, Volker Jungnickel, Ronald Freund