A review of machine learning-based failure management in optical networks

D Wang, C Zhang, W Chen, H Yang, M Zhang… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
Failure management plays a significant role in optical networks. It ensures secure operation,
mitigates potential risks, and executes proactive protection. Machine learning (ML) is …

Building a digital twin for intelligent optical networks [Invited Tutorial]

Q Zhuge, X Liu, Y Zhang, M Cai, Y Liu… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
To support the development of intelligent optical networks, accurate modeling of the physical
layer is crucial. Digital twin (DT) modeling, which relies on continuous learning with real-time …

Demonstration of ML-assisted soft-failure localization based on network digital twins

KS Mayer, RP Pinto, JA Soares, DS Arantes… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In optical transport networks, failure localization is usually triggered as a response to alarms
and significant anomalous behaviors. However, the recent evolution of network control and …

Machine-learning-based soft-failure localization with partial software-defined networking telemetry

KS Mayer, JA Soares, RP Pinto… - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Soft-failure localization frameworks typically use if-else rules to localize failures based on
the received telemetry data. However, in certain cases, particularly in disaggregated …

Suspect fault screen assisted graph aggregation network for intra-/inter-node failure localization in ROADM-based optical networks

R Wang, J Zhang, S Yan, C Zeng, H Yu… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In optical networks, failure localization is essential to stable operation and service
restoration. Several approaches have been presented to achieve accurate failure …

A GaN based soft failure detection and identification framework for long-haul coherent optical communication systems

H Lun, M Fu, Y Zhang, H Jiang, L Yi… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid progress of 5G, the internet of things (IoT), high-definition online video, and cloud
computing have raised high requirements for the capacity of optical networks. To improve …

Domain adaptation and transfer learning for failure detection and failure-cause identification in optical networks across different lightpaths

F Musumeci, VG Venkata, Y Hirota, Y Awaji… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Optical network failure management (ONFM) is a promising application of machine learning
(ML) to optical networking. Typical ML-based ONFM approaches exploit historical monitored …

Machine-learning-based telemetry for monitoring long-haul optical transmission impairments: methodologies and challenges

H Lun, X Liu, M Cai, Y Zhang, R Gao, W Hu… - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Current management of optical communication systems is conservative, manual-based, and
time-consuming. To improve this situation, building an intelligent closed-loop control system …

Covert fault detection with imbalanced data using an improved autoencoder for optical networks

C Zhang, M Zhang, S Liu, Z Liu… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert faults are characterized by the performance parameters falling within the normal
range, without any observable abnormalities. These types of faults pose a significant risk as …

[PDF][PDF] Multi-Failure Localization in High-Degree ROADM-based Optical Networks using Rules-Informed Neural Networks

R Wang, Q Zhang, J Zhang, Z Gu… - IEEE JOURNAL ON …, 2025 - re.public.polimi.it
To accommodate ever-growing traffic, network operators are actively deploying high-degree
reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) to build large-capacity optical …