International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN)

Fiber Eavesdropping Detection with Anti-Interference in Coherent Optical Transmission

Yuyuan Liang, Yuang Li, Shuang Wei, Haokun Song, Yajie Li, Jie Zhang

Published Jul 28, 2025• 1 citation

Abstract

To detect fiber eavesdropping under interference scenarios, we propose a detection scheme based on the analysis of SOP and EVM parameters. Leveraging deep learning, the proposed scheme achieves 98.95% detection accuracy with strong anti-interference capability.

DOI: 10.1109/icocn67308.2025.11145398

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