Optical Fiber Communication Conference

Demonstration of a Resilient and Quantum-Secured Time-Shared Optical Network with Multi-Level Programmability

Romerson Deiny Oliveira, E. Arabul, RuiJie Wang, George Theodore Kanellos, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra E. Simeonidou

Published Jan 1, 2022• 3 citations

Abstract

We have successfully implemented a multilevel programmable network resilience and security for Time-Shared Optical Networks (TSON). A SDN controller enables flexible control of FPGA-based network coding and encryption/decryption cores for secured and resilient TSON.

DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2022.m3z.5

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