GCO - Grup de Comunicacions Òptiques

 

The Optical Communications Group (GCO) is part of the Signal Theory and Communications Department (TSC). Our key research areas involve Optical Fiber Technologies, Raman Spectroscopy and High-Speed Networking.

Our experience is related to optical wavelength domain transport and access networks (WDM, HDWDM, SCM), broadband fiber transmission, sources and receivers, all-optical amplification, optical heterodyne detection, wavelength stabilization and monitoring, transparent WDM network architectures and management, optical linear and non-linear distortions, polarization/PMD treatment and network quality monitoring.

The group is integrated in the Advanced Broadband Communications Centre (CCABA) -CCABA is the acronym of ''Centre de Comunicacions Avançades de Banda Ampla''. The CCABA was set up in January 1994 with the aim of consolidating a multi-disciplinary research group: the Integrated Broadband Communications research group, the Optical Communications, the Radio Communications and the Broadband Communications groups. The UPC supports this research centre and its laboratory was partially funded by the Spanish Education Ministry (CICYT) and by Research Commission of the Catalan Government (CIRIT) under several grants. In the EC IV Framework Programme the UPC participated in the Spanish National Host through the network platform of the CCABA.

The GCO laboratories are fully equipped with broadband instrumentation for WDM and high bit rate opto-electronic system design and characterization, as well as long haul fiber link measurements and IP-ATM-SDH-WDM networking.

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Enviaments recents

  • Periodic defragmentation in elastic optical networks 

    Comellas Colomé, Jaume; Vicario, L.; Junyent Giralt, Gabriel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    The main weakness of Elastic Optical Networks (EON) stems from spectrum fragmentation. An analysis of periodic defragmentation in EONs under dynamic traffic conditions is carried out. The effects of different defragmentation ...

  • Flexible fog computing and telecom architecture for 5G networks 

    Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo; Ruiz Ramírez, Marc (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    We review a novel, secure, highly distributed and ultra-dense fog computing infrastructure, which can be allocated at the extreme edge of a wired/wireless network for a Telecom Operator to provide multiple unified, ...

  • Learning from the optical spectrum: failure detection and identification [Invited] 

    Behnam Shariati, Mohammad; Ruiz Ramírez, Marc; Comellas Colomé, Jaume; Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018-07-23)
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    The availability of coarse-resolution cost-effective Optical Spectrum Analyzers (OSA) allows its widespread deployment in operators’ networks. In this paper, we explore several machine learning approaches for soft-failure ...

  • Grade of service in UDWDM-PON with statistical wavelength subscribing 

    Segarra Mullerat, Josep; Sales Zaragoza, Vicente; Prat Gomà, Josep Joan (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    The Grade of Service (GoS) or ONU rejection probability in coherent UDWDM-PONs with ONU lasers under limited tunability is evaluated. Each active ONU is assigned an exclusive wavelength channel, which is managed by heuristic ...

  • Monitoring and data analytics: Analyzing the optical spectrum for soft-failure detection and identification 

    Shariati, Mohammad Behnam; Vela, Alba P.; Ruíz Martín, María Dolores; Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    Failure detection is essential in optical networks as a result of the huge amount of traffic that optical connections support. Additionally, the cause of failure needs to be identified so failed resources can be excluded ...

  • Machine learning for network automation: Overview, architecture, and applications [invited tutorial] 

    Rafique, Danish; Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    Networks are complex interacting systems involving cloud operations, core and metro transport, and mobile connectivity all the way to video streaming and similar user applications. With localized and highly engineered ...

  • Real-time 10Gbps polarization independent quasicoherent receiver for NG-PON2 access networks 

    Altabas, Jose Antonio; Silva Valdecasa, Guillermo; Suhr, Lau F.; Lázaro Villa, José Antonio; Garces, Ignacio; Tafur Monroy, Idelfonso; Jensen, J.B. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018-11-09)
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    In this paper, we propose and test experimentally a real-time 10 Gbps polarization independent quasicoherent receiver for NG-PON2 access networks. The proposed 10 Gbps quasicoherent receiver exhibits a sensitivity of -35.2 ...

  • Real-time spectrum surveillance in filterless optical networks 

    Shariati, Mohammad Behnam; Ruíz Martín, María Dolores; Sgambelluri, Andrea; Cugini, Filippo; Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    A monitoring system exploiting data analytics and cost-effective optical spectrum analyzers with under 1.2GHz resolution is proposed. Its performance is demonstrated in a filterless network experimental test-bed. The system ...

  • Spectrally and spatially flexible optical networks: recent developments and findings 

    Shariati, Mohammad Behnam; Klonidis, Dimitrios; Marom, Dan M.; Comellas Colomé, Jaume; Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo; Tomkos, Ioannis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    Space division multiplexing (SDM) has been proposed as the ultimate solution to address the capacity crunch of optical transport networks. The efficient utilization of SDM requires some forms of spatial integration which ...

  • 5G connected vehicles supported by optical fiber access 

    Lázaro Villa, José Antonio; Coves Garrido, Massiel; Sarmiento Hernández, Samael; Altabas, Jose Antonio; Lerin, Adolfo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    Future autonomous vehicle will require a high level of computation, communication, sensing and fast response actuation. Communication among vehicles, and vehicles to infrastructure, accessing to remote systems and services ...

  • Toward multilayer disaggregated node telemetry and local decision making 

    Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo; Gifré Renom, Lluís; Izquierdo Zaragoza, José Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    A generic node agent supporting disaggregated node telemetry is presented. Data collection close to devices enable making local decisions, leveraging SDN controllers for network-wide operations. The agent is demonstrated ...

  • CASTOR: An architecture to bring cognition to transport networks 

    Velasco Esteban, Luis Domingo; Gifré Renom, Lluís; Izquierdo Zaragoza, José Luis; Julián Moreno, Guillermo; López de Vergara Méndez, Jorge E. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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    CASTOR architecture to enable cognitive networking is demonstrated. Extended nodes make local decisions, whilst a centralized system beside the network controller makes network-wide decisions. Interaction with ONOS, Net2Plan, ...

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