Optical Network Robotic Automation Platform for Multi-Vendor Optical Transport Network: Accelerating Validation, Troubleshooting, and Proof of Concept Efforts

Linqi Xiao, Aparaajitha Gomathinayakam Latha, Balagangadhar Bathula, Tianliang Zhang, Andrea Fumagalli

Experimental Evaluation of Commercial OTN Transceivers Under Emulated Weak Turbulence

Carla Cantore, Giulio Cossu, Sujit Basu, Luca Oliviero, Andrea Sgambelluri, Nicola Sambo, Antonella D'Orazio, Ernesto Ciaramella

A New Visible Light Communication Receiver Combining Two Organic Photovoltaic Cells

Lisa Bouby, Gilles Chabriel, Jean Barrere, Sadok Ben Dkhil, Hassan Alkhatib, Marie Parmentier, Jean Jacques Simon

Analytical Model for Filtering Impact Estimation of Coherent Systems with Finite-Length Equalizer

Giuseppe Parisi, Pablo Torres-Ferrera, Giuseppe Rizzelli, Roberto Gaudino, Antonio Napoli

Dedicated Protection Based on Spatial-Temporal SRLG in Optical Satellite Networks

Xin Zhang, Wei Wang, Kexin Gao, Yajie Li, Yongli Zhao, Jie Zhang

Photonic Layer Security Transmission of 100 Gbit/Sec over 200 km of Populated Legacy WDM Network

Ido Attia, Gil Alin, Hamutal Shalom, Ohad Balasiano, Anna Chiadò Piat, Roberto Mercinelli, Emilio Riccardi, Maurizio Valvo, Eyal Wohlgemuth, Annachiara Pagano, Dan Sadot

Fast Link Recovery via PTP-Synchronized Nanosecond Optical Switching

Vaigai Yokar, Ali Mehrpooya, Yiran Teng, Sen Shen, Zhaozhou Wu, Klodian Bardhi, Shuangyi Yan, Dimitra Simeonidou

Smart Optical Fingerprint Analysis for Soft Failure Diagnosis in Transport Network

Abdennour Terki, Ahmed Triki, Mathieu Herviou, Maxime Laye, Bertrand Le Guyader, Sébastien Buis, Nicola Sambo

Experimental Characterization of Optical Switching Impairments in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Networks

Seyed Morteza Ahmadian, Chao Lei, Paolo Monti, Rui Lin

Optical Networking in Support of 5G and 6G Infrastructures

Anna Tzanakaki, Markos Anastasopoulos, Alexandros Manolopoulos

Encompassing Filtering Effects in Transceiver Models for Converged Metro-Access Networks

Andrea Rosso, Enrico Miotto, Emanuele Virgillito, Stefano Straullu, Francesco Aquilino, Andrea Castoldi, Raffaele Corsini, Vittorio Curri

Multi-Vendor OpenROADM Testbed Supporting the Live-Migration of a 5G gNB-CU-UP Container

Abhishek Bhattacharyya, Linqi Xiao, Aparaajitha Gomathinayakam Latha, Nathan Ellsworth, Muhammad Ridwanur Rahim, Gudepu Venkateswarlu, Andrea Fumagalli, Koteswararao Kondepu

Exploring Energy-Efficient PON Architectures for Rural Scenarios

Ritanshi Agarwal, Cristian Bermudez Serna, Carmen Mas-Machuca

Impact of Subcarrier-Routing Devices on the Performance of DSCM Coherent Systems Evaluated with Analytical Models

Alberto Otero-Casado, Pablo Torres-Ferrera, Christos Christofidis, Giuseppe Parisi, Dan Marom, Ioannis Tomkos, Paolo Monti, Antonio Napoli

Accelerating DML Training in OCS-Based DCNs

Xuexia Xie, Binjun Tang, Xiaoliang Chen, Zuqing Zhu

Federated Privacy-Preserving Strategy for Generalizing Soft-Failure Localization in Multi-Carrier Optical Networks

Forough Shirin Abkenar, Ramanuja Kalkunte, Venkata Virajit Garbhapu, Sifat Ferdousi, Yusuke Hirota, Sugang Xu, Masaki Shiraiwa, Aryanaz Attarpour, Massimo Tornatore, Yoshinari Awaji, Biswanath Mukherjee

WDM System Stimulated Raman Scattering Spectrum and Tilt Prediction Using CNN-Based Transfer Learning

Shuang Xie, Rishu Raj, Dmitrii Briantcev, Zehao Wang, Tingjun Chen, Daniel Kilper

Optical Networks for Distributed AI Training: Flow Completion Time and Training Time Analysis

Venkata Virajit Garbhapu, Gabriel Charlet, Yvan Pointurier

A Decentralized Federated Learning-Based Approach for Fault Detection in Optical Networks

Andrei Ribeiro, Fabrício Lobato, Moisés Silva, Carlos Natalino, Lena Wosinska, Luca Valcarenghi, Andrea Sgambelluri, Joao Weyl Costa

On the Benefits of Hollow-Core Fiber in Next-Generation Optical Networks

Memedhe Ibrahimi, Giovanni Simone Sticca, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore

Noise-Figure Assessment of an All-Optical- Switching Structure Based on an SOA-MZI Coupled with an Auxiliary SOA

Bárbara Dumas Feris, Jana Ramadan, Thierry Rampone, Pascal Morel, Ammar Sharaiha

Proactive Reconfiguration of Optical Transport Networks with Minimum Service Disruption Time

Malek Bekri, Ronald Romero Reyes

Potential of Hollow-Core Fibers to Reduce Number of in-Line Amplifiers in Optical Transport Networks

Bruno Correia, Joao Pedro

Experimental Validation on Using Optical Network-as-a-Sensor for Earthquake Early Warning

Hasan Awad, Rudi Bratovich, Stefano Straullu, Fehmida Usmani, Emanuele Virgillito, Francesco Aquilino, Roberto Proietti, Francesco Carpentieri, Hovsepyan Marianna, Stefano Gastaldello, Vittorio Curri

Network Data Based Transfer Learning Failure Prediction Agent Pre-Trained Using Digital Twin

Mashboob Cheruvakkadu Mohamed, Muhammad Umar Masood, Imran Chowdhury Dipto, Renato Ambrosone, Gulmina Malik, Stefano Straullu, Sai Kishore Bhyri, Gabriele Maria Galimberti, Joao Pedro, Antonio Napoli, Walid Wakim, Vittorio Curri

SAMA-IR: Comprehensive Input Refinement Methodology for Optical Networks with Field-Trial Validation

Yihao Zhang, Qizhi Qiu, Xiaomin Liu, Jiaping Wu, Lilin Yi, Weisheng Hu, Qunbi Zhuge

CTGANs for Generating Synthetic Traffic Matrices in Wide Area Networks

Alejandro García Navarro, Nataliia Koneva, Alfonso Sánchez-Macián, José Alberto Hernández, Oscar González de Dios

Reinforcement Learning with Graph Attention for Routing and Wavelength Assignment with Lightpath Reuse

Michael Doherty, Alejandra Beghelli

Strategies for Implementing ZR Technology in Meta's Backbone Network

Ruijie Luo, Onur Turkcu, Sandrine Pasqualini, Enrico Torrengo, Jeff Rahn, Alberto Mediavilla, Andrey Golovanov, Alexander Nikolaidis, Debottym Mukherjee

ML-Based Modeling of EDFA Pluggable Modules for OSNR Estimation

Mariano Devigili, Emilio Riccardi, Antonino Nespola, Roberto Morro, Stefano Straullu, Rocco D'Ingillo, Vittorio Curri, Luis Velasco, Fabrizio Granelli

Transceiver Count Reduction in Filterless Metro-Aggregation Networks Using DSCM

Carlos Castro, Joao Pedro, Marco Quagliotti, Emilio Riccardi, André Souza, Mohammad Hosseini, Mario Porrega, Chris Fludger, Antonio Napoli

Decentralized Optical Line Controller (OLC) for ROADM-Free IPoWDM Networks

Andrea Sgambelluri, José Alberto Hernández, Oscar González de Dios, Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios, Piero Castoldi, Filippo Cugini

Optimization Model for Dynamic Resource Allocation in DSCM Coherent PON

Safana Al zoubi, Sandra Arnaout, Md Arifur Rahman, Roberto Gaudino

Addressing Capacity Scaling and Programmability in Future Optical Networks

Laia Nadal, Luca Vettori, Josep Maria Fàbrega, Michela Svaluto Moreolo, Francisco Javier Vílchez, Ramon Casellas

Minimum-Cost Traffic Grooming in Metro Optical Networks with Co-Existing Muxponders and OTN Grooming Boards

Aryanaz Attarpour, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Francesco Musumeci, Andrea Castoldi, Giacomo Galbiati, Qiaolun Zhang, Massimo Tornatore

Cost-Efficient SDM/BDM Network Planning Based on Hierarchical Optical Cross-Connects

Saki Sakurai, Katsuaki Higashimori, Takuya Ohara

Disaggregated OTN-over-WDM vs. Private Line Emulation Based IP-over-WDM Core Networks: a Techno-Economic Comparison

Arantxa Villavicencio Paz, Ronald Romero Reyes, Thomas Bauschert, Achim Autenrieth, Jörg-Peter Elbers

On the Benefits of Programmable FON for Low-Cost OTN-over-WDM Metro Networks

Aryanaz Attarpour, Ehsan Etezadi, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Francesco Musumeci, Andrea Castoldi, Marija Furdek, Massimo Tornatore

ARM Architecture Optimizations for Line-Rate PQC Communications

Abraham Cano Aguilera, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Juan José Vegas Olmos, Jose Imaña

OptiNode: a ML Algorithm for Optimal Trusted Node Positioning in QKD Networks

Peter Horoschenkoff, Jasper Rödiger, Sascha Kegreiß

Machine Learning-Driven Attack and Fault Classification in CV-QKD Systems After Anomaly Detection

Masab Iqbal, Michela Svaluto Moreolo, Raul Muñoz, Laia Nadal

Comparative Cost Analysis of Prepare and Measure and Entanglement-Based QKD Networks

Vasileios Karavias, Emilio Hugues-Salas, Alejandra Beghelli, Andrew Lord, Mike Payne

Relayed vs. Switched QKD: a Comparison in Non- Uniform Ring Networks

Antonios Selentis-Boulntadakis, Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, George Kanellos

Joint Computing and Optical Network Resource Allocation Strategy for Pipeline Parallel Distributed Training

Mengru Cai, Xiaodong Liu, Shan Yin, Yian Li, Xueyu Fan, Shuyao Wang, Shanguo Huang

Networking Analysis of Fiber Cross-Connect and Stacked-WDM Architectures in Bandwidth Abundant Optical Networks

Ihtesham Khan, Mijail Szczerban, Thierry Zami, Sarvesh Bidkar, Colin Kelly, David Neilson, Roland Ryf, Jesse Simsarian

On Finding Empirical Upper Bound Models for Latency Guarantees in Packet-Optical Networks

Nataliia Koneva, Alfonso Sánchez-Macián, José Alberto Hernández, Farhad Arpanaei, Oscar González de Dios

Multi-DU Fronthaul Design Leveraging Power over Fiber

Egemen Erbayat, Gustavo Figueiredo, Shih-Chun Lin, Motoharu Matsuura, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Suresh Subramaniam

3MRA: Multi-Criteria Resource Assignment in Multiband Elastic Optical Networks

Tianxiang Li, Shrinivas Petale, Gustavo Figueiredo, Suresh Subramaniam

Creating and Tuning Multiband Optical Transmission Digital Twin Lightpath Models

Sadegh Ghasrizadeh Dezfouli, Nelson Costa, Marc Ruiz, Antonio Napoli, Joao Pedro, Luis Velasco

Nonlinear-Aware Design of Filterless Horseshoe-and-Spur Optical Networks

Mohammad Hosseini, Giuseppe Parisi, Joao Pedro, Pablo Torres-Ferrera, Antonio Napoli

On the SDN Control of Photonic Chips: Implementation on OpenROADM with Filtering for SBVT

Marc Lawson, Bashar Ali, Nicola Sambo, Andrea Sgambelluri, Mumtaz Ali, Michela Svaluto Moreolo, Ramon Casellas, Alejandro Santome, Alessio Giorgetti

Future Data Centers: Hardware-Offloaded Post-Quantum Secure Optical IPsec Tunnel for Confidential AI Training

Daniel Lawo, Rana Abu Bakar, Abraham Cano Aguilera, Filippo Cugini, Jose Imaña, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Juan José Vegas Olmos

SOP-Based Anomaly Detection Leveraging Machine Learning for Proactive Optical Restoration

Gulmina Malik, Muhammad Umar Masood, Imran Chowdhury Dipto, Mashboob Cheruvakkadu Mohamed, Stefano Straullu, Sai Kishore Bhyri, Gabriele Maria Galimberti, Joao Pedro, Antonio Napoli, Walid Wakim, Vittorio Curri

Proactive Service Restoration Under Continuous Security Attacks in Optical Networks

Tianhe Liu, Wei Wang, Yongli Zhao, Yajie Li, Fan Ouyang, Jie Zhang

Coherent Point-to-Multipoint as a Viable Techno-Economic Solution for Mobile Network Fronthaul

Andrea Marotta, Carlo Centofanti, Fabio Graziosi, Marco Quagliotti, Mauro Agus

The Role of Coherent Pluggable Operating at 400 Gb/s and Above: Towards Deterministic Latency

Nataliia Koneva, Farhad Arpanaei, Alfonso Sánchez-Macián, José Alberto Hernández, Oscar González de Dios

Influence of LOS and NLOS Components in an Indoor VLC-RSMA System

Tiago Amorim, Vinicius Silva, Roberto Di Renna

An All-Optical Metro Network Architecture and QoS-Aware Wavelength Allocation Study for Converged Fixed, Mobile, and Edge Computing Multi-Granular Traffic

David Georgantas, Zhaoyang Liu, Georgios Drainakis, Bitao Pan, Adonis Bogris, Peristera Baziana

Performance Evaluation of a Light-Tree Point-to-Multipoint Metro-Core Architecture in Correlated Traffic Scenarios

Polyzois Soumplis, Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, Panagiotis Kokkinos, Antonio Napoli, Mohammad Hosseini, Konstantinos Yiannopoulos, Emmanouel Varvarigos

QoS-Aware Service Restoration in 5G Optical Transport Networks

Zahra Sharifi Soltani, Arash Rezaee, Orlando Arias, Vinod Vokkarane

Off-Line Allocation and Scheduling in Switched Trusted-Relay QKD Networks

Juan Carlos Hernandez-Hernandez, David Larrabeiti, Maria Calderon, Ignacio Soto

Seamless Upgrade from C+L to C+L+S Bands in Optical Networks with Interim Lightpath Re-Allocation

Ruoxuan Gao, Ramanuja Kalkunte, Forough Shirin Abkenar, Sifat Ferdousi, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Massimo Tornatore, Biswanath Mukherjee

Exploring Performance Metrics and Scalability Challenges in a Three-Tiered Multi-Granular 10 Pb/s SDM/UWB Optical Node

Charalampos Papapavlou, Konstantinos Paximadis, D. Marom, Ioannis Tomkos

Multiband Elastic Optical Networks: Comprehensive Insights into Band Resource Management

Nicolás Jara, Jorge Bermúdez Cedeño, Patricia Morales, Hermann Pempelfort, Ricardo Olivares, Ariel Leiva

Channel-Based ICXT- and NLI-Aware Service Provisioning for Multi-Band over SDM Systems

Arash Rezaee, Farhad Arpanaei, Ryan McCann, Hami Rabbani, José Alberto Hernández, Maite Brandt-Pearce, Vinod Vokkarane

Routing, Band, Modulation and Spectrum Assignment with Dedicated Protection in Multiband- Elastic Optical Networks

Anjali Sharma, Christofer Vasquez, Carmen Mas-Machuca

Dynamic Service Provisioning and Control Relying on Time-Varying Telemetry-Driven QoT Digital-Twin

Renato Ambrosone, Ramon Casellas, Riccardo Schips, Alessio Giorgetti, Stefano Straullu, Francesco Aquilino, Antonino Nespola, Roberto Morro, Vittorio Curri

Topology Architect: Graph Generative Intelligence for Scalable Optical Network Topology Design

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

Network Automation Using NetDevOps in Optical Networks

Nikhil Dsilva, Vignesh Karunakaran, Achim Autenrieth, Jörg-Peter Elbers, Thomas Bauschert