Flexibly Scalable Energy Efficient Networking

Project Information

FLEX-SCALE

Grant agreement ID: 101096909

DOI

10.3030/101096909

EC signature date 22 November 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 4 873 551,25

EU contribution

€ 4 612 555,50

Coordinated by

PANEPISTIMIO PATRON
Greece

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (12)

D3.1 Design of multigranular SDM/UWB optical switch node

This report will present the various architectures of the MG switch node that have been considered outlining their relative pros and cons in terms of functionality vs implementation complexity as well as the final choice that has been made along with the details of the trade-offs that have led to that choice.

D1.2 Data Management Plan

Report on the overall plan about the data collection and processing, and about what methodologies and standards will be followed for the curation and preservation of data.

D2.1 6G network requirements

This deliverable will describe the 6G requirements and will define the KPI adopted to measure the performance of the FLEX-SCALE network.

D4.1 Definition of monolithic plasmonic platform specifications and process flow

Definition of device performance specifications, optical and electrical interfaces, fabrication process flow.

D2.2 Network architecture

This deliverable will describe the network architecture and sub-systems.

D5.1 Preliminary design of sustainable transport SDN control enablers for 6G

This report will identify and provide a preliminary design of the key technical enabling technologies required for the 6G sustainable transport SDN control, based on the network architecture and algorithms requirements defined in WP2, and the preliminary node and transceivers designs defined in WP3/WP4.

D4.2 Design and demonstration of passive optical components

Components for efficient routing and coupling of light. Examples include: polarization rotator-combiners, broadband splitters, broadband photonic-plasmonic couplers, broadband dual-polarization edge-couplers.

D6.1 Demonstration plan & test scenarios

Deliverable describing the plan for the demonstrations in WP6 and the test bed preparation activities.

D5.2 Final design and preliminary implementation of sustainable transport SDN control enablers for 6G

This report will present the final design of the 6G sustainable transport SDN control framework and the early implementation of the enablers for SDN control and telemetry of packet and optical transport networks

D1.4 Project Quality Handbook

Report on quality assurance procedures and risk management plan; initial (a), interim update (b) and final (c).

D7.2 Annual Report: Y1

Annual report on Communication, exploitation and dissemination – Year 1.

D1.3 Project Management Handbook

Report on technical management; initial (a), interim update (b) and final (c).

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

D7.1 Website

Report on overall dissemination and communication plan (including website setup and social media activities)

Publications

Conference proceedings (21)

Dynamic Management of IP Virtual Network Topology over Multi-Granular (Wavelength and Waveband) Optical Networks

Author(s): """R. Muñoz, V. Lohani, C. Manso, Ll. Gifre, R. Casellas, A. Sgambelluri, N. Sambo, M. Enrico, H. Zaid, C.Schmidt-Langhorst, J. Vilchez, C. Schubert, R. Freund, R. Vilalta, R. Martínez, J.M. Fàbrega """
Published in: ECOC 2024, 2024
Publisher: ECOC

"""Single-Carrier 2.56 Tb/s (3-mode x 128-GBd x DP-16QAM) Transmission over a 53.7 km Few Mode Fiber"""

Author(s): Nicolas Braig-Christophersen, Ruben S. Luis, Aymeric Arnould, Robert Emmerich,Fabian Chowanek, Benjamin J. Puttnam, Kazuhiko Aikawa, Juan Carlos Alvarado Zacarias,Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Ruby S. B. Ospina, Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst, Hideaki Furukawa,Georg
Published in: ECOC 2024, 2024
Publisher: ECOC

140 GBd S-C-L-Band Transmission System Enabled by TFLN Coherent Driver Modulator and InP Coherent Receiver Engine, R

Author(s): Robert Emmerich 1 ; Jonas Gläsel 1 ; Alexander Schindler 2 ; Patrick Runge 1 ; Colja Schubert 1 ; Martin Schell 1 ; Ronald Freund 1 ; 1 Fraunhofer Heinrich
Published in: 2024 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2024
Publisher: ECOC

Optical DACs for Ultra-High-Speed Green Photonic Interconnects

Author(s): Moshe Nazarathy; Ioannis Tomkos
Published in: 2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2023, ISSN 2161-2064
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207379

Maximizing the Transport Capacity of Optical Multi-Band WDM Systems Through Power Optimization

Author(s): Konstantinos Fanourios NikolaouDimitris UzunidisDimitris UzunidisFarhad ArpanaeiFarhad Arpanaei Ioannis Tomkos ET AL
Published in: Conference: 2024 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ONDM61578.2024.10582621

Non Intrusive Optical Performance Monitoring in Fiber Optic Networks Using Coherent Receivers as Spectrum Analyzers

Author(s): J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, J. Vılchez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, M. Ali, R. Munoz
Published in: ICTON 2024, 2024
Publisher: ICTON

Exploiting GNN and DRL for Online Service Provisioning Over Elastic Optical Networks

Author(s): Carlos Hernández-Chulde; Ramon Casellas; Ricardo Martínez; Ricard Vilalta; Raul Muñoz
Published in: 2024 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ONDM61578.2024.10582766

Hierarchical Energy-aware Monitoring Framework for Sustainability of Packet-Optical Networks

Author(s): W. Akbar, J. Vilchez, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta and L. Gifre
Published in: 2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2024
Publisher: IEEE

Control of Packet over Multi-Granular Optical Networks combining Wavelength, Waveband and Spatial Switching For 6G transport

Author(s): Raul Muñoz; V. Lohani; R. Casellas; R. Martínez; R. Vilalta
Published in: 2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2024, ISBN 979-8-3503-7758-3
Publisher: IEEE

PIC-Based 1×N Flexible WaveBand-Selective Switch

Author(s): Dan M. Marom, Chris G. H. Roeloffzen, Ioannis Tomkos
Published in: 2023 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC), 2023, ISSN 2166-8892
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PSC57974.2023.10297160

128 GBaud Coherent Receiver Engine with Flat Frequency Response

Author(s): Jonas Gläsel, Alexander Schindler, Hendrik Boerma, Thanh T. Tran, Felix Ganzer, Duy P. Nguyen, Billy Allen, Patrick Runge, and Martin Schell
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024, 2024, ISBN 978-1-957171-32-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2024.W1K.7

"""Challenges and Innovations of Transport Networks to Support 6G Use-Cases"""

Author(s): """I.Tomkos, D.Uzunidis, C. Christofidis, K. Moschopoulos, Ch. Papapavlou, K. Trantzas, D.M. Marom and R. Munoz"""
Published in: ICTON 2024, 2024
Publisher: ICTON
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647904

Single Carrier net 400 Gbit/s IM/DD over 400 m Fiber enabled by Plasmonic Mach-Zehnder Modulator

Author(s): Laurenz Kulmer; Tobias Blatter; Manuel Kohli; Yannik Horst; Stefan M. Koepfli; Juerg Leuthold
Published in: OFC 2024, 2024, ISBN 979-8-3503-7758-3
Publisher: IEEE

256 GBd Single-Carrier Transmission over 100km SSMF by a Plasmonic IQ Modulator

Author(s): Laurenz Kulmer, Yannik Horst, Marcel Destraz, Tobias Blatter, Stefan M. Koepfli, Juerg Leuthold
Published in: ECOC 2023, 2023, ISSN 2432-6380
Publisher: ECOC 2023

Challenges in Scalling Transceiver Bit Rate to 1.6Tbps and Beyond

Author(s): Konstantinos MoschopoulosStylianos SygletosElias GiacoumidisElias Giacoumidis Ioannis Tomkos ET AL.
Published in: Conference: 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2024, ISSN 2835-9038
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP60683.2024.10636372

"""Experimental Demonstration of a Correlation-Avoidance CMA for Blind Space-Division Multiplexed MIMO Equalization"""

Author(s): Pamir Oezsuna, Aymeric Arnould, Nicolas Braig-Christophersen, Emil Spoiden, Robert Emmerich, Ruben S. Luis, Benjamin J. Puttnam, Kazuhiko Aikawa, Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst, Colja Schubert, Ronald Freund, Georg Rademacher
Published in: ECOC 2024, 2024
Publisher: ECOC

Spatially-Diverse Point-to-MultiPoint Optical Distribution Network for Enhanced 6G Fronthaul

Author(s): Christos Christofidis, Georgios Gorgias, Haris Georgopoulos, Konstantinos Moschopoulos, Dan M. Marom, Ioannis Tomkos
Published in: 2023 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC), 2023, ISSN 2166-8892
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PSC57974.2023.10297167

"""Plasmonic Ring Resonator Modulator Demonstrating IM/DD >400G per lane"""

Author(s): """Tobias Blatter, Laurenz Kulmer, Chenrui Xu, Marcel Destraz, Horst Yannik,Benedikt Baeuerle and Juerg Leuthold """
Published in: ECOC 2024, 2024
Publisher: ECOC

The Role of Optical Networking in the 6G Era

Author(s): I. Tomkos; D. Uzunidis; K. Moschopoulos; C. Christofodis; Ch. Papapavlou; K. Paximadis; R. Muñoz; D. M. Marom; M. Nazarathy
Published in: OFC 2023, 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-7758-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2024.Tu3B.1

Intra-Data Center Optical Identification

Author(s): Nicola Andriolli; Pantea Nadimi Goki; Stella Civelli; Luca Potì
Published in: 2023 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC), 2023, ISSN 2166-8892
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PSC57974.2023.10297155

TeraFlowSDN controlling SDM and wideband optical networks

Author(s): A. Sgambelluri; N. Sambo; M. Ismaeel; L. Gifre; C. Manso; M. Enrico; J.M. Fabrega; R. Vilalta; R. Munoz
Published in: OFC 2024, 2024, ISBN 979-8-3503-7758-3
Publisher: IEEE

Peer reviewed articles (5)

ACS Photonics

Author(s): Dominik Bisang*Yannik HorstMaurus ThürigKiran MenacheryStefan M. KoepfliManuel KohliEva De LeoMarcel DestrazValentino TedaldiNino Del MedicoClaudia HoessbacherBenedikt BaeuerleWolfgang HeniJuerg Leuthold*
Published in: ACS Photonics, 2024, ISSN 2330-4022
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00507

Optical Systems Identification through Rayleigh Backscattering

Author(s): Pantea Nadimi Goki, Thomas Teferi Mulugeta, Roberto Caldelli, Luca Potì
Published in: Sensors, 2023, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s23115269

QoT-aware tree selection, routing, modulation, and spectrum assignment for filterless EONs over the C + L-band

Author(s): Mohammad Sadegh Ghasrizadeh, Farhad Arpanaei, and Hamzeh Beyranvand
Published in: Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2024, ISSN 1943-0639
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.501624

Optical identification using physical unclonable functions

Author(s): Pantea Nadimi Goki, Stella Civelli, Emanuele Parente, Roberto Caldelli, Thomas Teferi Mulugeta, Nicola Sambo, Marco Secondini, and Luca Potì
Published in: Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2023, ISSN 1943-0639
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.489889

Characterization of C-Band Coherent Receiver Front-Ends for Transmission Systems Beyond S-C-L-Band

Author(s): Robert Emmerich, Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst, Colja Schubert, Ronald Freund
Published in: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2023, ISSN 1941-0174
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2023.3312697