Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Aims & Scope

Advances in all aspects of optical networking science, technology, and engineering, including both theoretical and practical contributions. JOCN is a joint publishing effort of Optica Publishing Group and IEEE. Subareas of interest include the architecture and design of optical networks, optical network survivability and security, software-defined optical networking, elastic optical networks, data and control plane advances, network management related innovation, and optical access networks. Enabling technologies and their applications are suitable topics only if the results are shown to directly impact optical networking beyond simple point-to-point networks. Specific topics of interest include the following: Architecture and design of optical networks Flexgrid, elastic networks, multi-band and multi-fiber networks Multi-layer or multi-domain networks including higher layers such as IP and transport protocols, or including applications such as 5G/6G Network control & management related innovation including software-defined optical networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), monitoring and analytics, intent-based networks. Network sensing technology and architectures Optical access networks including passive optical networks (PON), free-space, optical wireless communication Short-range optical networks within buildings, including offices, factories and homes Short-reach optical networks on and between servers, boards or chips. Space optical networks including inter-satellite and satellite-ground Quantum optical networks and associated technology Optical network survivability and security Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in optical networks Data center networks for Cloud and Edge Computing Network convergence, including access, metro, 5G/6G mobile and distributed edge computing Optical networks applied to distributed computing architectures, including for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI clusters Disaggregated networks including optical technologies Neuromorphic and photonic reservoir computing using optical networks

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