There have been many different announcements about multilayer wide area network (WAN) virtualization and management demonstrations that control both the IP layer and optical layer of service provider ...

A new version of Cisco’s Routed Optical Networking promises to simplify complex, multilayer networks by converging the IP and optical layers and minimizing the functional overlap. The software is ...

Research on ONNs began as early as the 1960s. To clearly illustrate the development history of ONNs, this review presents the evolution of related research work chronologically at the beginning of the ...

Broadcom Inc. today debuted two new chips, the Sian3 and Sian2M, that data center operators can use to power their optical networks. Optical networks are often used to link together the servers in ...

Continuing our look at the work of the IOWN project, we find out what use cases the next evolved generation of the infrastructure will support and which firms are likely to gain.

Researchers have developed a fiber neural network system that performs intelligent processing of optical communication signals directly in the light domain. This approach integrates optical ...

Microsoft has teamed up with Ciena to create a blueprint to help operators shore up their optical infrastructure with zero-trust. The nine-page blueprint details a survivability-by-design approach to ...

Generalized Multi-protocol Label Switching extends net intelligence from the network edge through the core and back to the edge under a unified control plane. Carriers are seeking to gain efficiencies ...

In the latest part of its Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) project, designed to meet the growing needs of the hyper-connected business world of the future, NTT Corporation (NTT) has ...