Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Article	Citations
Physical layer encryption-based secure slicing in 5G RAN with hybrid-trusted links	81
Large-scale and nonblocking OXC using a hybrid of WSSs and OCSs	75
Optical switching for data centers and advanced computing systems [Invited]	70
Environment-aware geometric shaping for digital FSO fronthaul networks	61
Quantum Key Distribution with Spectral Amplitude Coding OCDMA for Multiple Access Network	60
DRL-enabled cooperative free-space optical communication system with an elastic optical splitter	53
Cost-optimal network planning for converged optical X-haul in Beyond 5G networks	52
Efficient statistical QoT-aware resource allocation in EONs over the C+L-band: a multi-period and low-margin perspective	48
Generalized quantum-assisted digital signature service in an SDN-controlled quantum-integrated optical network	41
Benchmarking framework for resource allocation algorithms in multicore fiber elastic optical networks	40
Towards explainable artificial intelligence in optical networks: the use case of lightpath QoT estimation	39
Semi-supervised learning model synergistically utilizing labeled and unlabeled data for failure detection in optical networks	36
Scheme of carrier cooperation with coordinated scheduling for faster and lower-cost failure/disaster recovery	34
Reinforcement-learning-based path planning in multilayer elastic optical networks [Invited]	34
RECCL: optimizing collective algorithms for reconfigurable optical networks	33
Software defined networking agent demonstration to enable configuration and management of XGS-PON architectures	32
Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON	32
Packet-optical transport network for future radio infrastructure	31
Optical-Wireless Cooperative Control with Optical Path Switching for Taffic Steering in Open RAN	30
Building a digital twin of an EDFA for optical networks: a gray-box modeling approach	29
ZR 400  Gbit/s and 800  Gbit/s use cases, trials, deployments, and future prospects [Invited]	29
Routing problem for reducing significant outages in optical networks and its system analysis	29
Hybrid 3DMA for multi-user MIMO-VLC	29
Optical fiber anomaly detection through SRS-induced spectral tilt in C+L-band transmission systems	28
Disaggregated optical-layer switching for optically composable disaggregated computing [Invited]	28

Capacity scaling in metro-regional aggregation networks: the multiband S-BVT	28
Transport SDN architecture for multi-layer transport slicing	28
Real-time in-service ODN monitoring based on receiver-side DSP for next-generation PONs	28
Multilayer restoration in IP-Optical networks by adjustable robust optimization and deep reinforcement learning	27
ML approaches for OTDR diagnoses in passive optical networks—event detection and classification: ways for ODN branch assignment	27
Non-integer-oversampling digital signal processing for coherent passive optical networks	27
Optical network topology design to execute many tasks simultaneously in a disaggregated data center	26
Spectral segmentation-based RoFSO-channel’s mixed-RF-signal demodulation technique for the outdoor-optical 6G era network	26
End-to-end optimization of optical communication systems based on directly modulated lasers	25
Optimal placement of multi-wavelength integrated tunable transmitters in reconfigurable optical data center interconnection networks with multi-hop routing	25
QoT-aware multi-constraint routing in large-scale optical networks based on contraction hierarchies and propagation chains	24
On clustering coherent optics point-to-multipoint trees for cost-effective bandwidth assignment in MANs	24
Quantum key distribution in optical fibers: a comprehensive design view of the overall quantum layer beyond transmission	24
Machine learning enhancement of a digital twin for wavelength division multiplexing network performance prediction leveraging quality of transmission parameter refinement	23
Innovation and demonstration of optical service unit-based metro-optimized OTN technologies	23
Building a digital twin for intelligent optical networks [Invited Tutorial]	23
Progress of an all-photonic network for a 6G mobile network in the IOWN Global Forum [Invited]	23
Extended network applications of coherent pluggable transceivers [Invited]	23
Power-aware high-capacity elastic optical networks	22
Invariant convolutional neural network for robust and generalizable QoT estimation in fiber-optic networks	22
Probabilistic low-margin optical-network design with multiple physical-layer parameter uncertainties	21
Benefits of flexibility in current and future IM-DD based TDM-PON [Invited]	21
Architecture and performance evaluation of fiber-granularity routing networks with supplemental grooming by wavelength conversion	21
Multi-step migration of optical connections to minimize disruption time in flex-grid networks	21
Benefits of counterpropagating Raman amplification for multiband optical networks	21
Latitude- and time-zone-aware load balancing in optical satellite networks	20
Fully softwarized 10G-EPON by low-latency function chaining in container environments	20
Mitigation of the parallel-path effect for reliable monitoring of a passive optical network using standard optical time domain reflectometry	20
Live demonstration of an SDN-reconfigurable, FPGA-based TxRx for an analog-IFoF/mmWave radio access network in an MNO’s infrastructure	20
Joint RMSSA scheme and link load balancing for static SD-SCNs from model building to algorithm design	20
End-to-end service provisioning based on extended segment routing in multi-domain optical networks of F5G	19
Migration of elastic optical networks to the C + L-bands subject to a partial upgrade of the number of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers	19
Reinforcement learning aided geometric shaping and self-canceling coherent detection for a PAM4 FSO communication system	19
Machine learning models for alarm classification and failure localization in optical transport networks	19
DRAMA-PRO+: disaster recovery algorithm with mitigation awareness for protected translucent elastic optical networks	19
Cost analysis of ultrawideband transmission in optical networks	19
Noise-aware resource allocation with integrated key generation and consumption for CV-QKD over WDM networks	18
Generating realistic optical topologies for techno-economic studies using MoleNetwork	18
Efficient verification algorithm for topology and quality of optical fibers in optical-circuit-switched data center networks	18
Toward scalable passive optically powered fronthaul networks	18
End-to-end transport network digital twins with cloud-native SDN controllers and generative AI [Invited]	18
Iterative supervised learning approach using transceiver bit-error-rate measurements for optical line system optimization	18
Post-disaster cloud-service restoration through datacenter-carrier cooperation	18
Optical networking that exploits massive wavelength/spectrum and spatial parallelisms	18
On the performance of a relay assisted hybrid RF-NLOS UVC system with imperfect channel estimation	18
Real-time demonstration of industrial protocol applications by PHY softwarization for fully virtualized access networks	18
Real-time validation of downstream 50G/25G and 50G/100G flexible rate PON based on Miller encoding, NRZ, and PAM4 modulation	17
ReSAW: a reconfigurable and picosecond-synchronized optical data center network based on an AWGR and the WR protocol	17
Optimization of survivable filterless optical networks exploiting digital subcarrier multiplexing	17
The future of communications is massively parallel	17

Optical identification using physical unclonable functions	17
Optical switching will innovate intra data center networks [Invited Tutorial]	16
Network upgrade exploiting multi band: S- or E-band?	16
Dynamic resource allocation for multicast in SDM-EON: time-decoupled dynamic path cross talk and joint weight	16
Task scheduling strategy for mitigating cold start impact in serverless edge computing optical networks	16
Availability estimation of optical network links using a Bayesian model	16
Software-defined networking agent for integrating voice, data, and video services into XGS-PON architectures	16
On the detection, modeling, and mitigation of anomalous QoT fluctuations in optical networks	16
DNN-based optical performance monitoring and its application for soft failure localization by multipoint estimation	15
Real-time burst-mode digital signal processing for passive optical networks	15
Scalability analysis of machine learning QoT estimators for a cloud-native SDN controller on a WDM over SDM network	15
Efficient transport of enhanced CPRI fronthaul over PON [Invited]	15
Graph-based conflict-free MAC protocol and conflict analysis for a two-layer ultraviolet communication network	15
Demonstration of real-time jitter-buffered architecture that collects network information for deterministic optical communication	15
Outright fit resource allocation approach for advance reservation requests in elastic optical networks	15
What is beyond 50G: future standards of optical access networks [Invited]	14
Transceiver impairment robust and joint monitoring of PDL, DGD, and CD using frequency domain pilot tones for digital subcarrier multiplexing systems	14
Coherent optics for access from P2P to P2MP [Invited]	14
Layout design of densest weakly coupled multi-core fibers to minimize the network blocking rate	14
DNN distributed inference offloading scheme based on transfer reinforcement learning in metro optical networks	14
Multi-span optical power spectrum prediction using cascaded learning with one-shot end-to-end measurement	14
Operation of optical spectrum as a service in disaggregated and multi-operator environments [Invited]	14
Ultraviolet random access collaborative networking protocol based on time division multiple access	14
Field demonstration of commercial PONs for edge-cloud-based industrial scenarios: requirements, use cases, and proofs of concept	14
Introduction to the JOCN Special Issue on the Impact of Photonic Technologies on Future Optical Networks	14
Introduction to the JOCN Special Issue on Spatial Parallelism for Next-Generation High-Capacity Transport Networks	14
Automated fiber switch with path verification enabled by an AI-powered multi-task mobile robot	14
DSP-enhanced radio-over-fiber technologies for 5G-and-beyond wired-wireless convergence: publisher’s note	14
Enabling extended access aggregation with light-trees and point-to-multipoint coherent transceivers	14
Optimizing telemetry forwarding for distributed failure recovery in packet-optical networks	13
Design, prototyping, and polarity management of all-port flipped 19-core fiber splitters for broadcast-and-select-type spatial cross-connects	13
Sample-distribution-matching-based transfer learning for QoT estimation in optical networks	13
Demonstration of a three-node wavelength division multiplexed hybrid quantum-classical network through multicore fiber	13
User and resource allocation in latency constrained Xhaul via reinforcement learning	13
Mapping-finding input-parameter refinement paradigm for a dynamic multiband optical network digital twin: the Raman amplifier modeling case	13
Performance investigation on disaggregated artificial intelligence data centers beyond rack scale with optical switching	13
Polarity management of multicore fiber-based optical devices in unidirectional and bidirectional spatial channel networks	13
Raman amplifier design and launch power optimization in multi-band optical systems	13
Cost-effective QKD protocol upgrading for metropolitan quantum optical networks	13
Space optical communication system for space optical networks and deep space exploration	13
Introduction to the OFC 2022 Special Issue	13
SkipNet: an adaptive neural network equalization algorithm for future passive optical networking	13
Local and global optimization methods for optical line control based on quality of transmission	13
Traffic-aware and physically constrained optical network growth techniques	13
Load-balancing routing algorithms for service congestion avoidance in LEO optical satellite networks	13
Forthcoming optical x-haul infrastructure supporting 6G mobile network requirements	13
On the design of efficient fiber-wireless architectures to enable multigigabit visible light communication	13
Topology Bench: systematic graph-based benchmarking for core optical networks	12
Near-real-time 6G service operation enabled by distributed intelligence and in-band telemetry	12
Modeling and analysis of coherent metro + PON converged networks for ultra-high speed applications	12
50 ms optical-layer failure recovery via fast-switching wavelength-selective switches and segment-based shared protection	12
Data augmentation to improve performance of neural networks for failure management in optical networks	12
Scalability of integer linear programming path computation for functional block-based disaggregation supporting a flexible grid mechanism [Invited]	12
Pre- and post-processing techniques for reinforcement-learning-based routing and spectrum assignment in elastic optical networks	12
Connectivity analysis and user access design of ground-to-air ultraviolet communication networks	12
Performance trade-offs in reconfigurable networks for HPC	12
Scaling wavelength selective switches for multi-band and space-division-multiplexed networks	12
(OFC 2025) Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing Mechanism for QoT-Aware Dynamic Routing, Modulation and Spectrum Allocation in Multi-Band Flexible Optical Network	11
Storage-assisted optical upstream transport scheme for task offloading in multi-access edge computing	11
Protection against failure of machine-learning-based QoT prediction	11
Optical access networks to support future 5G and 6G mobile networks [Invited]	11
Experimental dataset for developing and testing ML models in optical communication systems	11
Quality-aware resource provisioning for multiband elastic optical networks: a deep-learning-assisted approach	11
Experimental evaluation of an SDN controller for open optical-circuit-switched networks	11
Bidirectional colorless WDM-PON RoF system with large spurious free dynamic range	11
DSP-based inter-channel interference monitoring in flexible wavelength-routed networks	11
Photonic Gateway accommodating all types of wavelength paths for digital-coherent and IM-DD user terminals in all-photonic metro-access converged networks	11
Holographic viewpoint rotation prediction-based resource-efficient holographic-type communication service provision in an EON-enabled NG-RAN	11
Real-time optical-wireless cooperative switching on wireless quality degradation for end-to-end video delay guarantee	11
Robust traffic grooming and infrastructure placement in OTN-over-DWDM networks	11
Hybrid radio-over-fiber transport system to support heterogeneous indoor mobile network environments	11
Coherent passive optical network: applications, technologies, and specification development [Invited Tutorial]	11
Fast WDM provisioning with minimal probing: the first field experiments for DC exchanges	11
Experimental demonstration of a multi-core fiber seeded comb optical network (MCF-SCON)	11
In-network stable radix sorter using many FPGAs with high-bandwidth photonics [Invited]	11
Scheduled lightpath demand provisioning in fiber space division multiplexing optical networks	11
Photonic device programmability in support of autonomous optical networks	11
Optical Home LAN innovations to meet past, current, and future needs [Invited]	11
Multilayer protection-at-lightpath for reliable slicing with isolation in optical metro-aggregation networks	11
AI/ML-as-a-Service for optical network automation: use cases and challenges [Invited]	11

Improving the accuracy of QoT estimation with insertion loss distribution evaluation for C + L band transmission systems	11
Potential failure cause identification for optical networks using deep learning with an attention mechanism	11
Digital-twin-assisted meta learning for soft-failure localization in ROADM-based optical networks	10
100  Gbps quantum-secured and O-RAN-enabled programmable optical transport network for 5G fronthaul	10
Applications of the OCATA time domain digital twin: from QoT estimation to failure management	10
Introduction to the ECOC 2023 Special Edition	10
Data transfer method combining erasure coding and cumulative decoding-status feedback: demonstration on an optical packet-switching network testbed	10
Power over fiber in radio access networks: 5G and beyond	10
Blockchain-based trust management collaborative system for transport multi-stakeholder scenarios	10
Ultra-high-capacity band and space division multiplexing backbone EONs: multi-core versus multi-fiber	10
Real-time orchestration of QoS-aware end-to-end slices across a converged Metro and Access network exploiting burst-mode technology	10
Evolutionary neuron-level transfer learning for QoT estimation in optical networks	10
Overview of SDN control of multiband over SDM optical networks with physical layer impairments [Invited Tutorial]	10
Demonstration of an SDN-enabled, resilient, rate-adaptable hybrid fiber/outdoor FSO/mmWave transport for a 6G X-haul architecture	10
Optimized design of horseshoe-and-spur filterless networks leveraging point-to-multipoint coherent pluggable transceivers	10
Beyond 100G three-dimensional flexible coherent PON with time, frequency, and power resource-allocation capabilities	10
Photonic WDM switches architecture for multi-band optical networks	10
Probabilistic path computation and frequency assignment to mitigate spectral fragmentation in elastic optical networks	10
Reliable and efficient RAR-based distributed model training in computing power network	10
Flexible-queue-management-based bandwidth allocation in higher-speed PONs	10
Toward higher-radix switches with co-packaged optics for improved network locality in data center and HPC networks [Invited]	9
OECS: a deep convolutional neural network accelerator based on a 3D hybrid optical-electrical NoC	9
DACON: a reconfigurable application-centric optical network for disaggregated data center infrastructures [Invited]	9
Practical methods for allocating and assessing resources in flexgrid networks	9
Dynamic, low-latency metro-access network architecture for time-sensitive applications using SOA-based optical switching and supervisory channel FPGA control	9
Cost-effective network capacity upgrade by heterogeneous wavelength division multiplexing density with bandwidth-variable virtual direct links	9
A broadcast-and-select ROADM architecture to support linear hub-ended trees using point-to-multipoint coherent transceivers [Invited]	9
Demonstration of continuous multiple access with homodyne and image-rejection heterodyne coherent receivers using directly modulated laser transmitters	9
Time-aware deterministic bandwidth allocation scheme in TDM-PON for time-sensitive industrial flows	9
Experimental demonstration of a metro area network with terabit-capable sliceable bit-rate-variable transceivers using directly modulated VCSELs and coherent detection	9
Experimental evaluation of low-latency features in optical access networks and home gateways	9
Development and verification of an on-board integrated optics scheme for a 50G/10G combo PON system	9
Introduction to the JOCN Special Issue on Advances in Multi-Band Optical Networks	9
Introduction to the ONDM 2021 special issue	9
Advanced architectures for high-performance quantum networking	9
Simplified coherent optical network units for very-high-speed passive optical networks	9
100-km entanglement distribution with coexisting quantum and classical signals in a single fiber	9
Mapping-varied modulation with labeling optimization for secure transmission in mode-division-multiplexed fiber-optic systems	9
Quantum network security dependent on the connection density between trusted nodes	9
Multiple attention mechanisms-driven component fault location in optical networks with network-wide monitoring data	9
Cost-effective and reliable multi-period optical network planning comparing capacity and topology upgrades	9
Introduction to the JOCN Special Issue on Intelligent Networks at the Edge	9
Machine-learning-based impairment-aware dynamic RMSCA in multi-core elastic optical networks	8
Multi-entity cooperation platform facilitating network-cloud recovery	8
Comparative study for evaluating the cost efficiency of 5G Ethernet mobile fronthaul networks	8
Faulty branch identification in passive optical networks using machine learning	8
Adaptive TFDM coherent PON: a flexible architecture with variable modulation formats and baud rates for next-generation optical access networks	8
Characterization of the optical spectrum as a service	8
Decentralized key distribution versus on-demand relaying for QKD networks	8
Design and deployment of optical x-haul for 5G, 6G, and beyond: progress and challenges [Invited]	8
Achieving QoS for bursty uRLLC applications over passive optical networks	8
Real-time capable, low-latency upstream scheduling in multi-tenant, SLA compliant TWDM PON	8
Higher-speed PONs based on data center technology and optics [Invited]	8
Amplified radio-over-fiber system linearization using recurrent neural networks	8
Simplified coherent TDM-PON in upstream burst-mode detection with enhanced DC leakage tolerance	8
(OFC 2025) TrustOPT: Trusted Online Optimization Strategy for Reliable Autonomous Optical Networks with Field-trial Demonstration	8
100G fine-granularity flexible-rate passive optical networks based on discrete multi-tone with PAPR optimization	7
Resource-efficient and QoS guaranteed 5G RAN slice migration in elastic metro aggregation networks using heuristic-assisted deep reinforcement learning	7
Experimental investigation on the fundamental physical-layer capabilities for converged metro–access architectures using coherent transceivers	7
Enhancing secret key distribution through advanced color modulation in visible light communication	7
PCA-assisted clustering approaches for soft-failure detection in optical networks	7
Reinforcement learning-based complex-valued space-time MIMO 2D-LSTM nonlinear equalizer for photonics-assisted THz indoor optical wireless access networks	7
Multi-wavelength transponders for high-capacity optical networks: a physical-layer-aware network planning study	7
Cluster-based unsupervised method for eavesdropping detection and localization in WDM systems	7
Real-time batch processing at a GPU-based edge with a passive optical network	7
Joint optimization of DNN model partitioning and slice delivery for distributed edge-cloud inference over optical networks	7
Longitudinal power profile monitoring telemetry enabling self-healing optical networks	7
Throughput optimization in hybrid C-C+L-band elastic optical networks enabled by hybrid modulation and wavelength/modulation conversion	7
Suspect fault screen assisted graph aggregation network for intra-/inter-node failure localization in ROADM-based optical networks	7
Performance analysis of an L-ary PPM MISO ground-to-satellite free-space laser link with an APD-based receiver over a Málaga turbulence channel in the presence of beam wander	7
Outage probability analysis of a vertical underwater wireless optical link subject to oceanic turbulence and pointing errors	7
Interpreting multi-objective reinforcement learning for routing and wavelength assignment in optical networks	7
Multi-protocol updating for seamless key negotiation in quantum metropolitan networks	7
Delay-aware and resource-efficient service function chain mapping in inter-datacenter elastic optical networks	7
SDN-enabled path computation element for autonomous multi-band optical transport networks	7
In-service virtualized central unit live migration with real-time network cooperative control	7
ML-assisted QoT estimation: a dataset collection and data visualization for dataset quality evaluation	7
FLCS-PON—an opportunistic 100  Gbit/s flexible PON prototype with probabilistic shaping and soft-input FEC: operator trial and ODN case studies	7
Prediction-model-assisted reinforcement learning algorithm for handover decision-making in hybrid LiFi and WiFi networks	7
Comparison and optimization of different routing methods for meshed QKD networks using trusted nodes	7
Advances in SDN control and telemetry for beyond 100G disaggregated optical networks [Invited]	6
Advanced optical transceiver and switching solutions for next-generation optical networks	6
Knowledge distillation technique enabled hardware efficient OSNR monitoring from directly detected PDM-QAM signals	6
Self-configuring metro-access network with OpenXR Pluggables and filter-less OADMs	6
Building operator-centric digital twins for optical transport networks: from data models to real applications	6
Spatio-temporal fragmentation-aware time-varying service provisioning in computing power networks based on model-assisted reinforcement learning	6
Minimizing the cost of hierarchical optical transport network traffic grooming boards in metro networks	6
Introduction to the GLOBECOM 2023 Optical Networks and Systems Symposium Special Issue	6
Efficient deployment of aerial relays in FSO-based backhaul networks	6
Integrated 800 Gb/s O-band WDM optical transceiver enabled by hybrid InP-polymer photonic integration	6
Upgrading strategies for long-haul quantum key distribution networks	6
4G to 6G: disruptions and drivers for optical access [Invited]	6
On establishing and task scheduling of data-oriented vNF-SCs in an optical DCI	6
Open-source data for QoT estimation in optical networks from Alibaba	6
Multi-OLT PON-based open access network for multi-service performance tuning via the Event-Horizon algorithm	6