OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Optical Communications and Networking is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Packet-optical transport network for future radio infrastructure	56
Zero touch provisioning compliant with authentications of IEEE PON packages A and B for SDN-enabled broadband access	52
Benchmarking framework for resource allocation algorithms in multicore fiber elastic optical networks	51
Optical switching for data centers and advanced computing systems [Invited]	49
Physical layer encryption-based secure slicing in 5G RAN with hybrid-trusted links	41
DRL-enabled cooperative free-space optical communication system with an elastic optical splitter	40
Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON	39
Software defined networking agent demonstration to enable configuration and management of XGS-PON architectures	38
Scheme of carrier cooperation with coordinated scheduling for faster and lower-cost failure/disaster recovery	34
Semi-supervised learning model synergistically utilizing labeled and unlabeled data for failure detection in optical networks	32
Reinforcement-learning-based path planning in multilayer elastic optical networks [Invited]	32
Generalized quantum-assisted digital signature service in an SDN-controlled quantum-integrated optical network	30
ZR 400 Gbit/s and 800 Gbit/s use cases, trials, deployments, and future prospects [Invited]	30
Efficient statistical QoT-aware resource allocation in EONs over the C+L-band: a multi-period and low-margin perspective	30
RECCL: Optimizing Collective Algorithms for Reconfigurable Optical Networks	28
Towards explainable artificial intelligence in optical networks: the use case of lightpath QoT estimation	28
Security enhanced dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm against degradation attacks in next generation passive optical networks	27
Innovation and demonstration of optical service unit-based metro-optimized OTN technologies	27
FPGA-based network microburst analysis system with efficient packet capturing	27
Capacity scaling in metro-regional aggregation networks: the multiband S-BVT	27
Quantum key distribution in optical fibers: a comprehensive design view of the overall quantum layer beyond transmission	26
Extended network applications of coherent pluggable transceivers [Invited]	26
Disaggregated optical-layer switching for optically composable disaggregated computing [Invited]	26
(ECOC 2024) Real-time In-service ODN Monitoring based on receiver-side DSP for next generation PONs	26
Hybrid 3DMA for multi-user MIMO-VLC	26

Optical network topology design to execute many tasks simultaneously in a disaggregated data center	25
On clustering coherent optics point-to-multipoint trees for cost-effective bandwidth assignment in MANs	24
Multilayer restoration in IP-Optical networks by adjustable robust optimization and deep reinforcement learning	24
High-port-count optical circuit switches for intra-datacenter networks [Invited Tutorial]	23
Building a digital twin of an EDFA for optical networks: a gray-box modeling approach	23
Routing problem for reducing significant outages in optical networks and its system analysis	23
Non-integer-oversampling digital signal processing for coherent passive optical networks	23
Machine learning enhancement of a digital twin for wavelength division multiplexing network performance prediction leveraging quality of transmission parameter refinement	22
ML approaches for OTDR diagnoses in passive optical networks—event detection and classification: ways for ODN branch assignment	22
Transport SDN architecture for multi-layer transport slicing	22
Invariant convolutional neural network for robust and generalizable QoT estimation in fiber-optic networks	21
Power-aware high-capacity elastic optical networks	21
Building a digital twin for intelligent optical networks [Invited Tutorial]	21
End-to-end optimization of optical communication systems based on directly modulated lasers	21
Probabilistic low-margin optical-network design with multiple physical-layer parameter uncertainties	21
Benefits of counterpropagating Raman amplification for multiband optical networks	20
Joint RMSSA scheme and link load balancing for static SD-SCNs from model building to algorithm design	19
Architecture and performance evaluation of fiber-granularity routing networks with supplemental grooming by wavelength conversion	19
Latitude- and time-zone-aware load balancing in optical satellite networks	19
Multi-step migration of optical connections to minimize disruption time in flex-grid networks	19
Optical networking that exploits massive wavelength/spectrum and spatial parallelisms	18
Reliable and scalable Kafka-based framework for optical network telemetry	18
Live demonstration of an SDN-reconfigurable, FPGA-based TxRx for an analog-IFoF/mmWave radio access network in an MNO’s infrastructure	18
Benefits of flexibility in current and future IM-DD based TDM-PON [Invited]	18
Reinforcement learning aided geometric shaping and self-canceling coherent detection for a PAM4 FSO communication system	18
Optical switching will innovate intra data center networks [Invited Tutorial]	18
Mitigation of the parallel-path effect for reliable monitoring of a passive optical network using standard optical time domain reflectometry	18
On the performance of a relay assisted hybrid RF-NLOS UVC system with imperfect channel estimation	17
QoT assessment of the optical spectrum as a service in disaggregated network scenarios	17
Optimization of survivable filterless optical networks exploiting digital subcarrier multiplexing	17
End-to-end service provisioning based on extended segment routing in multi-domain optical networks of F5G	16
Achieving high budget classes in the downstream link of 50G-PON	16
ReSAW: a reconfigurable and picosecond-synchronized optical data center network based on an AWGR and the WR protocol	16
Fully softwarized 10G-EPON by low-latency function chaining in container environments	16
Deterministic latency networks: the enabler of edge data center synchronous operation [Invited]	16
Real-time demonstration of industrial protocol applications by PHY softwarization for fully virtualized access networks	15
Intent-based networking and its application to optical networks [Invited Tutorial]	15
Dynamic resource allocation for multicast in SDM-EON: time-decoupled dynamic path cross talk and joint weight	15
Noise-aware resource allocation with integrated key generation and consumption for CV-QKD over WDM networks	15
Iterative supervised learning approach using transceiver bit-error-rate measurements for optical line system optimization	15
Real-time validation of downstream 50G/25G and 50G/100G flexible rate PON based on Miller encoding, NRZ, and PAM4 modulation	15
Machine learning models for alarm classification and failure localization in optical transport networks	15
Optical identification using physical unclonable functions	15
Migration of elastic optical networks to the C + L-bands subject to a partial upgrade of the number of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers	14
Coherent optics for access from P2P to P2MP [Invited]	14
Simplified digital coherent-based beyond-100G optical access systems for B5G/6G [Invited]	14
Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition for the design of filterless optical networks	14
Cost analysis of ultrawideband transmission in optical networks	14
The future of communications is massively parallel	14
End-to-end transport network digital twins with cloud-native SDN controllers and generative AI [Invited]	14

Software-defined networking agent for integrating voice, data, and video services into XGS-PON architectures	13
Operation of optical spectrum as a service in disaggregated and multi-operator environments [Invited]	13
Graph-based conflict-free MAC protocol and conflict analysis for a two-layer ultraviolet communication network	13
Multi-span optical power spectrum prediction using cascaded learning with one-shot end-to-end measurement	13
Availability estimation of optical network links using a Bayesian model	13
Dimensioning access link capacity for time-varying traffic with mixed packet streams and circuit connections	13
Outright fit resource allocation approach for advance reservation requests in elastic optical networks	13
Transceiver impairment robust and joint monitoring of PDL, DGD, and CD using frequency domain pilot tones for digital subcarrier multiplexing systems	13
Efficient transport of enhanced CPRI fronthaul over PON [Invited]	13
Network upgrade exploiting multi band: S- or E-band?	12
Scalability analysis of machine learning QoT estimators for a cloud-native SDN controller on a WDM over SDM network	12
What is beyond 50G: future standards of optical access networks [Invited]	12
DNN-based optical performance monitoring and its application for soft failure localization by multipoint estimation	12
Automated fiber switch with path verification enabled by an AI-powered multi-task mobile robot	12
Introduction to the JOCN Special Issue on Spatial Parallelism for Next-Generation High-Capacity Transport Networks	12
In Memoriam: Jane M. Simmons, 1963–2021	12
On the detection, modeling, and mitigation of anomalous QoT fluctuations in optical networks	12
Demonstration of real-time jitter-buffered architecture that collects network information for deterministic optical communication	12
Design and control of highly spectrally efficient photonic networks enabled by fiber-granular routing on overlaid ring-shaped topologies	11
Introduction to the JOCN Special Issue on the Impact of Photonic Technologies on Future Optical Networks	11
Forecasting loss of signal in optical networks with machine learning	11
Enabling extended access aggregation with light-trees and point-to-multipoint coherent transceivers	11
Ultraviolet random access collaborative networking protocol based on time division multiple access	11
DSP-enhanced radio-over-fiber technologies for 5G-and-beyond wired-wireless convergence: publisher’s note	11
Local and global optimization methods for optical line control based on quality of transmission	10
Cost-effective QKD protocol upgrading for metropolitan quantum optical networks	10
Layout design of densest weakly coupled multi-core fibers to minimize the network blocking rate	10
User and resource allocation in latency constrained Xhaul via reinforcement learning	10
Scalability of integer linear programming path computation for functional block-based disaggregation supporting a flexible grid mechanism [Invited]	10
DNN distributed inference offloading scheme based on transfer reinforcement learning in metro optical networks	10
Introduction to the OFC 2022 Special Issue	10
Raman amplifier design and launch power optimization in multi-band optical systems	10
Load-balancing routing algorithms for service congestion avoidance in LEO optical satellite networks	10
Demonstration of a three-node wavelength division multiplexed hybrid quantum-classical network through multicore fiber	10
Performance trade-offs in reconfigurable networks for HPC	10
Mapping-finding input-parameter refinement paradigm for a dynamic multiband optical network digital twin: the Raman amplifier modeling case	9
Topology Bench: systematic graph-based benchmarking for core optical networks	9
On the design of efficient fiber-wireless architectures to enable multigigabit visible light communication	9
Polarity management of multicore fiber-based optical devices in unidirectional and bidirectional spatial channel networks	9
Experimental dataset for developing and testing ML models in optical communication systems	9
DSP-based inter-channel interference monitoring in flexible wavelength-routed networks	9
Near-real-time 6G service operation enabled by distributed intelligence and in-band telemetry	9
Space optical communication system for space optical networks and deep space exploration	9
Connectivity analysis and user access design of ground-to-air ultraviolet communication networks	9
Sample-distribution-matching-based transfer learning for QoT estimation in optical networks	9
Photonic Gateway accommodating all types of wavelength paths for digital-coherent and IM-DD user terminals in all-photonic metro-access converged networks	9
Scaling wavelength selective switches for multi-band and space-division-multiplexed networks	9
Pre- and post-processing techniques for reinforcement-learning-based routing and spectrum assignment in elastic optical networks	9
Data augmentation to improve performance of neural networks for failure management in optical networks	9
SkipNet: an adaptive neural network equalization algorithm for future passive optical networking	9
Optimizing telemetry forwarding for distributed failure recovery in packet-optical networks	9
Design, prototyping, and polarity management of all-port flipped 19-core fiber splitters for broadcast-and-select-type spatial cross-connects	9
Improving the accuracy of QoT estimation with insertion loss distribution evaluation for C + L band transmission systems	9
AI/ML-as-a-Service for optical network automation: use cases and challenges [Invited]	9
In-network stable radix sorter using many FPGAs with high-bandwidth photonics [Invited]	8
Optimized design of horseshoe-and-spur filterless networks leveraging point-to-multipoint coherent pluggable transceivers	8
Coherent passive optical network: applications, technologies, and specification development [Invited Tutorial]	8
Bidirectional colorless WDM-PON RoF system with large spurious free dynamic range	8
Potential failure cause identification for optical networks using deep learning with an attention mechanism	8
Real-time optical-wireless cooperative switching on wireless quality degradation for end-to-end video delay guarantee	8
Storage-assisted optical upstream transport scheme for task offloading in multi-access edge computing	8
Robust traffic grooming and infrastructure placement in OTN-over-DWDM networks	8
Photonic device programmability in support of autonomous optical networks	8
Photonic WDM switches architecture for multi-band optical networks	8
Experimental Evaluation of an SDN Controller for\\ Open Optical-circuit-switched Networks	8
Quality-aware resource provisioning for multiband elastic optical networks: a deep-learning-assisted approach	8
Modeling and analysis of coherent metro + PON converged networks for ultra-high speed applications	8
Hybrid radio-over-fiber transport system to support heterogeneous indoor mobile network environments	8
Protection against failure of machine-learning-based QoT prediction	8
Digital-twin-assisted meta learning for soft-failure localization in ROADM-based optical networks	8
100 Gbps quantum-secured and O-RAN-enabled programmable optical transport network for 5G fronthaul	8
Blockchain-based trust management collaborative system for transport multi-stakeholder scenarios	8
Experimental demonstration of a multi-core fiber seeded comb optical network (MCF-SCON)	8
Multilayer protection-at-lightpath for reliable slicing with isolation in optical metro-aggregation networks	8
Fast WDM provisioning with minimal probing: the first field experiments for DC exchanges	8
Optical access networks to support future 5G and 6G mobile networks [Invited]	8
Real-time orchestration of QoS-aware end-to-end slices across a converged Metro and Access network exploiting burst-mode technology	8
Reconfiguring multicast sessions in elastic optical networks adaptively with graph-aware deep reinforcement learning	8