Moving the network to the cloud: The cloud central office revolution and its implications for the optical layer

M Ruffini, F Slyne - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) have
recently changed the way we operate networks. By decoupling control and data plane …

Improving scalability in traffic engineering via optical topology programming

M Nance-Hall, P Barford, KT Foerster… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel framework, GreyLambda, to improve the scalability of traffic engineering
(TE) systems. TE systems continuously monitor traffic and allocate network resources based …

Optical physical layer SDN

Y Li, DC Kilper - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical system management software has been migrating toward software-defined
networking (SDN) methods and interfaces. The increased programmability of SDN promises …

Greyfiber: A system for providing flexible access to wide-area connectivity

R Durairajan, P Barford, J Sommers… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
Access to fiber-optic connectivity in the Internet is traditionally offered either via lit circuits or
dark fiber. Economic (capex vs. opex) and operational considerations (latency, capacity) …

Fighting fire with light: Tackling extreme terabit ddos using programmable optics

MN Hall, G Liu, R Durairajan, V Sekar - Proceedings of the Workshop on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a clear and present threat to both today's
and future network infrastructures. Attacks are constantly growing in sophistication with new …

Softwarized dynamic optical switching network suppressing transient optical power in link failures

H Furukawa, M Shiraiwa, H Harai, N Wada - Photonics in Switching, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Softwarized Dynamic Optical Switching Network Suppressing Transient Optical Power in Link
Failures Page 1 PTu2D.2.pdf Advanced Photonics Congress (IPR, Networks, NOMA, PS …

AI-based control for edge cloud optical networks

S Zhu, J Yu, T Adams, DC Kilper - 2019 Asia Communications …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Next generation edge cloud optical networks promise higher capacity and lower latency.
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) based control systems provide attractive capabilities to …

Development of three-stage burst-mode EDFA with flat gain-spectrum over full C-band for core/metro networks

Y Goto, Y Hirota, R Man, KS Tsang… - 49th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We newly developed a three-stage burst-mode EDFA with flattened gain over full C-band
that is tuned for core/metro networks with long spans and broadband signals. The gain …

Softwarized, Elastic and Agile Optical Networks for Dynamic Environmental Change and Failure Recovery

H Harai - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Softwarized, Elastic and Agile Optical Networks for Dynamic Environmental Change and Failure
Recovery Page 1 M3A.4.pdf OFC 2018 İ OSA 2018 Softwarized, Elastic and Agile Optical …

Hardware-supported softwarized and elastic optical networks

H Harai, H Furukawa, Y Hirota - 2018 International Conference …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present elasticity and agility in softwarized optical network construction, service
continuation, and service update. Programmability among multiple network protocols and …