In the ALLEGRO approach, AI/ML agents are designed as intelligent software entities responsible for managing and optimizing specific services. These agents are built with a modular architecture to ensure agility, security, and seamless integration. 🔍 Key Components:...
ALLEGRO Project: Transport Network Slicing for 5G & Beyond
As 5G services evolve and diversify, network slicing emerges as a foundational technology—enabling transport networks to deliver customized, on-demand, and performance-assured services across multiple domains and layers. In the ALLEGRO architecture, Transport Network...
ALLEGRO Project: Smart Orchestration for Multidomain Optical Networks
In today’s complex networking environments, efficient end-to-end service delivery demands multisegment and multidomain orchestration. Within the ALLEGRO project, we are pioneering a comprehensive framework to manage intent-based requests across multiple...
Dynamic Optical Line Control with the OMS Controller
In modern optical networks, real-time control and visibility of the Optical Multiplex Section (OMS) are crucial. Within the ALLEGRO architecture, the OMS Controller plays a pivotal role by managing amplifier operational settings and line performance between ROADMs. 🧠...
Automated Light path Deployment with LP-VE in ALLEGRO
As networks grow denser and more dynamic, automation becomes essential. In the Horizon Europe ALLEGRO project, we’ve developed the Lightpath Validation Engine (LP-VE) to enable fully automated, QoT-aware optical lightpath deployment using a Physical Layer Digital Twin...
Digital Twin as-a-Service in ALLEGRO: Enabling Smarter Optical Network Control
As part of the Horizon Europe ALLEGRO project, we’re redefining how optical networks are monitored, managed, and optimized — by integrating a Physical Layer Digital Twin (DT) as-a-Service into the network control architecture. 🔍 What is it?The DT is a real-time,...
Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs) in ALLEGRO
In the ALLEGRO project, we’re pushing the boundaries of dynamic optical networking by advancing the modeling and understanding of disaggregated ROADMs—the core enablers of flexible, scalable, all-optical routing. 📡 What do ROADMs do?They add/drop and transparently...
Modeling Fiber Propagation in High-Capacity Optical Networks
In the ALLEGRO project, we're advancing how we understand and model fiber propagation for next-generation flexible, high-speed optical networks. 📡 The Challenge:While DSP-based receivers effectively compensate for linear impairments in fiber, nonlinear interference...
Characterizing Flexible Coherent Transceivers in ALLEGRO
In the ALLEGRO project, we focus on the deep characterization of flexible transceivers (TRXs) to enhance next-generation coherent optical networks. 🧠How It Works:Flexible TRXs based on dual-polarization coherent technologies modulate signals using I/Q modulators...
ALLEGRO Project: Transmission Modelling for High-Fidelity Optical Performance
At the heart of ALLEGRO’s Physical Layer Digital Twin (PHY-DT) lies a robust Transmission Modelling framework—crucial for accurately predicting and optimizing the Quality of Transmission (QoT) across transparent WDM light-paths. 📡 The Challenge:Modelling light...