Software defined optical networks (SDONs): A comprehensive survey

AS Thyagaturu, A Mercian, MP McGarry… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging software defined networking (SDN) paradigm separates the data plane from
the control plane and centralizes network control in an SDN controller. Applications interact …

Machine learning techniques for optical performance monitoring and modulation format identification: A survey

WS Saif, MA Esmail, AM Ragheb… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The trade-off between more user bandwidth and quality of service requirements introduces
unprecedented challenges to the next generation smart optical networks. In this regard, the …

Elastic bandwidth allocation in flexible OFDM-based optical networks

K Christodoulopoulos, I Tomkos… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) has recently been proposed as a
modulation technique for optical networks, because of its good spectral efficiency, flexibility …

A survey on OFDM-based elastic core optical networking

G Zhang, M De Leenheer, A Morea… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a modulation technology that has
been widely adopted in many new and emerging broadband wireless and wireline …

Elastic spectrum allocation for time-varying traffic in flexgrid optical networks

M Klinkowski, M Ruiz, L Velasco… - IEEE journal on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Elastic flexgrid optical networks (FG-ON) are considered a very promising solution for next-
generation optical networks. In this article we focus on lightpath adaptation under variable …

Modulation format identification in fiber communications using single dynamical node-based photonic reservoir computing

Q Cai, Y Guo, P Li, A Bogris, KA Shore, Y Zhang… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present a simple approach based on photonic reservoir computing (P-RC) for
modulation format identification (MFI) in optical fiber communications. Here an optically …

Spectrum management in heterogeneous bandwidth optical networks

R Wang, B Mukherjee - Optical Switching and Networking, 2014 - Elsevier
As optical networks continue to evolve to support increasing bandwidth demands, lightpaths
will take on different spectrum spaces as opposed to the current uniform 50-GHz grid …

Optical networks for grid and cloud computing applications

C Develder, M De Leenheer, B Dhoedt… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolution toward grid and cloud computing as observed for over a decennium illustrates
the crucial role played by (optical) networks in supporting today's applications. In this paper …

Modulation format identification in heterogeneous fiber-optic networks using artificial neural networks

FN Khan, Y Zhou, APT Lau, C Lu - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We propose a simple and cost-effective technique for modulation format identification (MFI)
in next-generation heterogeneous fiber-optic networks using an artificial neural network …

A two-population based evolutionary approach for optimizing routing, modulation and spectrum assignments (RMSA) in O-OFDM networks

L Gong, X Zhou, W Lu, Z Zhu - IEEE Communications letters, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel two-population genetic algorithm (MPGA) to optimize the routing,
modulation and spectrum assignments (RMSA) in optical orthogonal frequency-division …