We are pleased to announce our contribution at ECOC 2025:
João Pedro, Bruno Correia & Diogo Morão, “Optimal Placement of Hollow-Core Fiber Spans to Realize Cost-Effective and High-Capacity Optical Transport Networks.”
🔗 Access the paper: https://doi.org/10.50008/2025/41616
Highlights:
- Introduces a methodology for selective deployment of hollow-core fiber (HCF) spans within a mesh optical transport network to maximise capacity gains while minimising HCF usage.
- Demonstrates capacity and cost benefits of incremental upgrade strategies—showing that full HCF deployment may not always be needed to achieve significant performance improvements.
- Provides actionable guidance for network operators considering HCF as part of next-generation backbone upgrades aligned with the Allegro project’s vision.