Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) are a promising optical technology to deal with the ever-
increasing traffic and the vast number of connected devices of the next generation of the …

As next-generation networks begin to take shape, the necessity of Optical Transport
Networks (OTNs) in helping achieve the performance requirements of future networks is …

Due to the development of broadband access technologies including FTTx and 5G, the
traffic in metro and core networks is forecasted to be more dynamic. To support this …

The wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology is widely used in optical
communication networks that provide bandwidth up to 10 Tbps, but these networks are …

Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) increase the transport capacity of standard optical
networks, and have been proposed as a short-term solution to satisfy the dynamic demands …

Traffic grooming (TG) has been proposed in two ways as electrical and optical grooming to
efficiently utilize spectrum and transponders due to omitting guard bands between adjacent …

The constantly increasing traffic volume triggers the fast development of new optimization
methods for backbone optical networks. Operators seek new ways to improve several …

Metropolitan optical networks are undergoing major transformations to continue being able
to provide services that meet the requirements of the applications of the future. The arrival of …

During the last few years, there have been concentrated efforts toward intent-driven
networking. While relying upon Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Intent-Based …

With the increase in global wireless traffic, the use of large-scale satellite networking to
provide ubiquitous access is one of the essential trends of future 6G network development …