Self-configuring metro-access network with OpenXR Pluggables and filter-less OADMs

We present a proof-of-concept (PoC) of a metro-access optical network that uses automatically reconfigurable OpenXR Pluggables and filter-less optical add-drop multiplexers (OADMs) over a chain of access nodes connected to two metro nodes in a horseshoe topology. Each OADM consists of optical splitters and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), whose gains are individually managed by an open-source network controller. Two sets of XR Pluggables were stacked operating both in point-to-point (P2P) and point-to-multipoint (P2MP) configurations. We conducted physical-layer experiments and evaluated control plane aspects to assess the performance of the proposed network.

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Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Published
2025-05-08
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https://doi.org/10.1364/jocn.553757
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2
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Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
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Abstract

We present a proof-of-concept (PoC) of a metro-access optical network that uses automatically reconfigurable OpenXR Pluggables and filter-less optical add-drop multiplexers (OADMs) over a chain of access nodes connected to two metro nodes in a horseshoe topology. Each OADM consists of optical splitters and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), whose gains are individually managed by an open-source network controller. Two sets of XR Pluggables were stacked operating both in point-to-point (P2P) and point-to-multipoint (P2MP) configurations. We conducted physical-layer experiments and evaluated control plane aspects to assess the performance of the proposed network.

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