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Prospects and research issues in multi-dimensional all optical networks

多维全光网技术研究与展望

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Research into all optical network (AON) technology has been ongoing over the past decade, and new features are constantly being developed. The advantages of AON include large-bandwidth provisioning, lowlatency transmission and low energy consumption. The basic concept underlying AON is transmission of data signals entirely through the optical domain from source to destination nodes, with no optical-electrical-optical (O-E-O) conversion at intermediate nodes. The technologies used to implement AON have undergone a series of evolutions, which encompass time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), and space division multiplexing (SDM). Multi-dimensional AON (MD-AON), which leads the trend of AON’s future architecture, provides a vibrant state for emerging applications such as cloud computing and Internet of Things (IoT). In this article, we review the evolution of AON architectures based on the different all optical switching and multiplexing technologies (i.e., TDM, FDM, and SDM), which is one of the main areas of focus in this article. The other main area is detailed discussion of implementations such as data plane and control plane technologies as well as resource optimization technologies for realizing AON. We also introduce several AON testbeds with their compositions and functions, and some potential application scenarios that can be implemented based on these testbeds

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全光网技术是光通信领域的技术前沿与研究热点, 受到了学术界和工业界的广泛关注, 其优势在于能够提供大带宽、 低时延、 安全、 节能的服务保证。 全光网的基本定义是信号从源节点到目的节点的传输和交换过程全部在光域进行, 中间节点不进行 “光-电-光” 处理。 针对这一特征, 本文从 “时、 频、 空” 三个维度回顾了全光网技术的发展, 分析了每种技术的特点与优势, 提出了多维全光交换网络的体系结构, 并从数据平面、 控制平面和应用平分别描述了多维全光网的关键使能技术。 同时也对当前国内外先进的全光网络创新平台进行了介绍与分析, 展望了针对数据中心互联, 网络虚拟化, 资源按需提供等方面的全光网创新应用。

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Ji, Y., Zhang, J., Zhao, Y. et al. Prospects and research issues in multi-dimensional all optical networks. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 59, 101301 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-016-0324-7

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