We are delighted to announce a recent publication in the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking:
Farhad Arpanaei, José Manuel Rivas-Moscoso, Iván de Francesca, José Alberto Hernández, Alfonso Sánchez-Macián, Mahdi Ranjbar Zefreh, David Larrabeiti, and Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios,
“Enabling seamless migration of optical metro-urban networks to the multi-band: unveiling a cutting-edge 6D planning tool for the 6G era,” J. Opt. Commun. Netw., vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 463–480 (2024).
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.505490
Highlights:
- Presented a novel 6D-MAN tool that supports seamless migration of metro-urban optical networks to multi-band architectures.
- Demonstrated how strategic deployment of L-band equipment, alongside C-band, allows extended network capacity with minimal infrastructure changes.
- Simulation outcomes show:
- 60% reduction in fiber length
- 45% decrease in required new fiber-pair links
- Long-term OPEX savings of ~71% and total cost reductions of 17–27% over a decade
This research significantly advances the design of next-generation, high-capacity, cost-efficient optical networks—critical to the deployment of reliable 6G services in dense urban environments.