With the ability to provide worldwide communication coverage, satellite networks are drawing greater attention. The translucent optical payload enables the implementation of IP-over-WDM satellite optical networks (SONs), which can achieve great bandwidth capacity while providing the flexibility of IP routing. The rechargeable battery is the sole energy support for satellites in the eclipse region. Unrestrained discharge will accelerate battery aging and shorten the satellite operation period, causing extremely high expenditure costs. Satellite movement causes time-scheduled energy supply and traffic fluctuation, complicating the problem of energy consumption in IP-over-WDM SONs. This paper studies green traffic grooming (GTG) in IP-over-WDM SONs from the perspective of battery lifetime consumption (BLC). A grooming graph is designed to implement GTG with the physical impairment constraint in IP-over-WDM SONs, and battery-aware GTG (BA-GTG) and time-aware GTG (TA-GTG) are proposed by taking battery information and time information as prior knowledge. Numerical results indicate that BA-GTG and TA-GTG, especially the latter, can effectively reduce BLC. In addition, multiple link configurations are set in performance comparison to evaluate the effect of the physical impairment on battery efficiency in IP-over-WDM SONs.
卫星网络具有覆盖全球的通信能力,因此受到越来越多的关注。半透明光学有效载荷可实现 IP-over-WDM 卫星光网络(SON),在提供 IP 路由灵活性的同时,还能实现极大的带宽容量。可充电电池是日食区卫星的唯一能源支持。无节制放电会加速电池老化,缩短卫星运行周期,造成极高的支出成本。卫星移动会造成定时能源供应和流量波动,使 IP-over-WDM SON 的能耗问题更加复杂。本文从电池寿命消耗(BLC)的角度研究了 IP-over-WDM SON 中的绿色流量疏导(GTG)。通过将电池信息和时间信息作为先验知识,提出了电池感知 GTG(BA-GTG)和时间感知 GTG(TA-GTG)。数值结果表明,BA-GTG 和 TA-GTG,尤其是后者,能有效降低 BLC。此外,在性能比较中还设置了多种链路配置,以评估 IP-over-WDM SON 中物理损伤对电池效率的影响。
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Quality of transmission (QoT) prediction is a fundamental function in optical networks. It is typically embedded within a digital twin and used for operational tasks, including service establishment, service rerouting, and (per-channel or per-amplifier) power management to optimize the working point of services and hence to maximize their capacity. Inaccuracy in QoT prediction results in additional, unwanted design margins. A key contributor to QoT inaccuracy is the uncertain knowledge of fiber insertion loss, e.g., the attenuation due to connector losses at the beginning or at the end of each fiber span, as such loss cannot be directly monitored. Indeed, insertion losses drive the choice of the launch power in fiber spans, which in turn drive key physical effects, including the Kerr and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) effects, which affect services’ QoT. It is thus important to estimate (and detect possibly anomalous) fiber insertion losses at each span. We thereby propose a novel active input refinement (AIR) technique using active probing to estimate insertion losses in C and C + L systems. Here, active probing consists of adjusting amplifier gains span by span to slightly alter SRS. The amount of adjustment must be sufficient to be measurable (such that insertion losses can be inferred from the measures) but small enough to have a negligible impact on running services in a live network. The method is validated by simulations on a European network with 30 optical multiplex sections (OMSs) in C and C + L configurations and by lab experiments on a C-band network, demonstrating that AIR significantly improves insertion loss estimation, network QoT optimization, and QoT prediction compared with other state-of-the-art monitoring techniques. This work underscores the critical role of accurate estimation of QoT inputs in enhancing optical network performance.
传输质量(QoT)预测是光网络的一项基本功能。它通常嵌入在数字孪生中,用于业务任务,包括业务建立、业务重路由和(每通道或每放大器)功率管理,以优化业务的工作点,从而最大限度地提高其容量。QoT 预测不准确会导致额外的、不必要的设计余量。造成 QoT 不准确的一个关键因素是对光纤插入损耗的不确定了解,例如,由于连接器损耗而在每条光纤的起始端或末端造成的衰减,因为这种损耗无法直接监测。事实上,插入损耗决定了光纤跨距中发射功率的选择,而发射功率又决定了关键的物理效应,包括影响服务 QoT 的克尔效应和受激拉曼散射(SRS)效应。因此,估算(并检测可能异常的)各跨距光纤插入损耗非常重要。因此,我们提出了一种新颖的主动输入细化(AIR)技术,利用主动探测来估算 C 和 C + L 系统中的插入损耗。在这里,主动探测包括逐跨调整放大器增益,以轻微改变 SRS。调整量必须足以进行测量(以便从测量结果中推断出插入损耗),但又要小到对实时网络中的运行服务影响可以忽略不计。该方法通过在一个欧洲网络上以 C 和 C + L 配置对 30 个光复用部分(OMS)进行模拟验证,并通过在 C 波段网络上进行实验室实验,证明与其他最先进的监控技术相比,AIR 能显著改善插入损耗估计、网络 QoT 优化和 QoT 预测。这项工作强调了准确估计 QoT 输入对提高光网络性能的关键作用。
{"title":"Digital-twin-based active input refinement for insertion loss estimation and QoT optimization in C and C + L networks","authors":"Xin Yang;Chenyu Sun;Gabriel Charlet;Massimo Tornatore;Yvan Pointurier","doi":"10.1364/JOCN.537734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.537734","url":null,"abstract":"Quality of transmission (QoT) prediction is a fundamental function in optical networks. It is typically embedded within a digital twin and used for operational tasks, including service establishment, service rerouting, and (per-channel or per-amplifier) power management to optimize the working point of services and hence to maximize their capacity. Inaccuracy in QoT prediction results in additional, unwanted design margins. A key contributor to QoT inaccuracy is the uncertain knowledge of fiber insertion loss, e.g., the attenuation due to connector losses at the beginning or at the end of each fiber span, as such loss cannot be directly monitored. Indeed, insertion losses drive the choice of the launch power in fiber spans, which in turn drive key physical effects, including the Kerr and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) effects, which affect services’ QoT. It is thus important to estimate (and detect possibly anomalous) fiber insertion losses at each span. We thereby propose a novel active input refinement (AIR) technique using active probing to estimate insertion losses in C and C + L systems. Here, active probing consists of adjusting amplifier gains span by span to slightly alter SRS. The amount of adjustment must be sufficient to be measurable (such that insertion losses can be inferred from the measures) but small enough to have a negligible impact on running services in a live network. The method is validated by simulations on a European network with 30 optical multiplex sections (OMSs) in C and C + L configurations and by lab experiments on a C-band network, demonstrating that AIR significantly improves insertion loss estimation, network QoT optimization, and QoT prediction compared with other state-of-the-art monitoring techniques. This work underscores the critical role of accurate estimation of QoT inputs in enhancing optical network performance.","PeriodicalId":50103,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Optical Communications and Networking","volume":"16 12","pages":"1261-1274"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142736533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We propose a pointer network-based joint routing, modulation format, and spectrum allocation (PtrNet-RMSA) scheme to optimize the network capacity in elastic optical networks (EONs). Specifically, for a service request, EON spectra are first split into multiple spectrum window planes (SWPs), regarding various numbers of contained frequency slots (FSs). Then, over each SWP, a lightpath with an optimal estimated quality of transmission (QoT) is generated using a PtrNet-based routing agent. Further, different modulation formats are verified for the generated lightpath over the considered SWP, with respect to a calculated QoT threshold, to check whether a specific preforward error correction (FEC) requirement can be satisfied. Finally, two heuristic approaches, first fit and highest fit, are applied in the joint RMSA to select an optimal lightpath of an SWP and modulation format. To evaluate the efficiency of the PtrNet-RMSA scheme, extensive simulations were conducted in EONs with dynamic traffic. Results show that the proposed PtrNet-RMSA scheme can significantly improve the network capacity with various network topologies, compared with two benchmarks.
{"title":"Modulation-adaptive resource allocation integrating ML-based routing and QoT estimation for elastic optical network planning","authors":"Yuansen Cheng;Shifeng Ding;Chun-Kit Chan","doi":"10.1364/JOCN.536592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.536592","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a pointer network-based joint routing, modulation format, and spectrum allocation (PtrNet-RMSA) scheme to optimize the network capacity in elastic optical networks (EONs). Specifically, for a service request, EON spectra are first split into multiple spectrum window planes (SWPs), regarding various numbers of contained frequency slots (FSs). Then, over each SWP, a lightpath with an optimal estimated quality of transmission (QoT) is generated using a PtrNet-based routing agent. Further, different modulation formats are verified for the generated lightpath over the considered SWP, with respect to a calculated QoT threshold, to check whether a specific preforward error correction (FEC) requirement can be satisfied. Finally, two heuristic approaches, first fit and highest fit, are applied in the joint RMSA to select an optimal lightpath of an SWP and modulation format. To evaluate the efficiency of the PtrNet-RMSA scheme, extensive simulations were conducted in EONs with dynamic traffic. Results show that the proposed PtrNet-RMSA scheme can significantly improve the network capacity with various network topologies, compared with two benchmarks.","PeriodicalId":50103,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Optical Communications and Networking","volume":"16 12","pages":"1249-1260"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142736345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shin Kaneko;Yasutaka Kimura;Ryo Igarashi;Naotaka Shibata;Takahiro Suzuki;Masamichi Fujiwara;Jun-Ichi Kani;Tomoaki Yoshida
Emerging use cases with demanding bandwidth and latency requirements, as well as the challenge of reducing power consumption, are driving the need for evolution in optical network architectures. An all-photonics metro-access converged network (APN) aims to actualize a flat architecture by expanding dense wavelength-division-multiplexing (DWDM) metro networks into access areas. The APN flexibly and dynamically provides optical connectivity between any two points, even across the boundaries between access and metro areas according to individual application requirements and traffic-load status. To actualize and further evolve the APN concept, several technical challenges regarding access nodes, defined as Photonic Gateways (GWs), still remain. From an access node functionality perspective, first, the Photonic GW should forward various types of optical paths. Unlike reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers in current metro networks, which are specifically designed to cross-connect DWDM signals, the Photonic GW needs to handle various lights and optical signals, including short-reach applications and emerging non-communication use cases. Second, the Photonic GW should provide remote control channels to user terminals (UTs) in a more scalable and cost-effective manner within the node-footprint and power-consumption constraints. Remote and in-channel UT control is required to place flexibly the endpoints of a wavelength path, i.e., UT, beyond the control-plane network. Then, from the controller perspective, the physical connectivity between the newly connected UT and the access-side port of the Photonic GW should be autonomously identified for plug-and-play operation. Since UTs are widely distributed within an access area, there is a need for an initial connection method that does not require timing adjustments to connect to the APN between newly connected UTs. This paper presents an extension to the APN architecture that allows the Photonic GW to increase the types of accommodable optical paths and to enhance the scale of remote UT control. This paper also proposes an advanced initial connection method that works even when multiple UTs are simultaneously connected to the APN. The extension to the APN architecture and the initial connection method are verified through experiments based on a Photonic GW prototype that fully complies with the extended APN architecture and comprises four functionally disaggregated units, 100-Gb/s C-band DWDM digital coherent UTs, and 25-Gb/s O-band non-DWDM intensity modulation and direct detection UTs. A 10-gigabit-capable symmetric passive optical network is adopted for remote UT control. The proposed initial connection method eliminates the connection interval of 6 s or more between newly connected UTs and achieves guard time-free operation.
带宽和延迟要求苛刻的新兴用例以及降低功耗的挑战正在推动光网络架构的发展。全光子城域接入融合网络(APN)旨在通过将密集波分复用(DWDM)城域网扩展到接入区域来实现扁平化架构。APN 可灵活、动态地提供任意两点之间的光连接,甚至可根据个别应用需求和流量负载状态跨越接入区和城域网之间的界限。要实现并进一步发展 APN 概念,接入节点(定义为光子网关 (GW))仍面临着一些技术挑战。从接入节点功能的角度来看,首先,光子网关应转发各种类型的光路径。与当前城域网中专门为交叉连接 DWDM 信号而设计的可重构光分插复用器不同,光子网关需要处理各种光信号,包括短距离应用和新兴的非通信用例。其次,光子全球网络应在节点占地面积和功耗限制范围内,以更具可扩展性和成本效益的方式为用户终端(UT)提供远程控制通道。需要进行远程和信道内 UT 控制,以便灵活地将波长路径的端点(即 UT)置于控制平面网络之外。然后,从控制器的角度来看,新连接的 UT 与光子全球网接入侧端口之间的物理连接应能自主识别,以便即插即用。由于 UT 在接入区域内分布广泛,因此需要一种无需调整时序的初始连接方法来连接新连接的 UT 之间的 APN。本文对 APN 架构进行了扩展,使光子全球网能够增加可容纳的光路类型,并提高远程 UT 控制的规模。本文还提出了一种先进的初始连接方法,即使多个 UT 同时连接到 APN 也能正常工作。本文通过基于光子 GW 原型的实验验证了 APN 架构的扩展和初始连接方法,该原型完全符合扩展 APN 架构,包括四个功能分解单元、100-Gb/s C 波段 DWDM 数字相干 UT 和 25-Gb/s O 波段非 DWDM 强度调制和直接检测 UT。远程 UT 控制采用万兆能力的对称无源光网络。所提出的初始连接方法消除了新连接 UT 之间 6 秒或更长的连接间隔,实现了无守卫时间操作。
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