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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Recent Submissions
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Out-of-field generic ML training with in-field specific adaptation to facilitate ML deployments
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
Conference report
Open AccessA two-phase strategy to facilitate ML algorithm deployment in real networks is demonstrated: out-of-field training uses data from simulation and testbed experiments with generic equipment whereas in-field adaptation is ... -
Optical signal tracking for robust PAM4 deployment in filterless metro network scenarios
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
Conference report
Open AccessHighly accurate and reliable optical signal tracking is proposed that estimates sub-GHz laser drift failures by analyzing spectra acquired by cost-effective coarse-granular OSAs. Its application on PAM4 systems in filterless ... -
Self-learning approaches for real optical networks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
Conference report
Open AccessSelf-learning approaches to facilitate the deployment of ML algorithms in real networks are analyzed and their performance evaluated through an illustrative use case. Results show large benefits of collective self-learning ... -
Fault management based on machine learning
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
Conference report
Open AccessMachine Learning (ML) brings many benefits for network operation. In this paper, basic ML concepts and its integration into existing network control and management planes are reviewed. Case studies covering fault management ... -
Large eddy simulation and laboratory experiments on the decay of grid wakes in strongly stratified flows
(2009-07-27)
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Open AccessA detailed analysis of the flow structure resulting from the combination of turbulence and internal waves is carried out and visualized by means of the Schlieren method on waves in a strongly stratified fluid at the ... -
Autonomic NFV network services on top of disaggregated optical metro networks
(2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyControl and orchestration of metro network to support dynamic provisioning and reconfiguration of services based on Virtual Network Functions are demonstrated through a CDN example. Interaction among CASTOR MDA, OSM and ... -
The dichotomy of distributed and centralized control: METRO-HAUL, when control planes collide for 5G networks
(2019-07)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyAutomating the provisioning of 5G services, deployed over a heterogeneous infrastructure (in terms of domains, technologies, and management platforms), remains a complex task, yet driven by the constant need to provide ... -
Learning life cycle to speed up autonomic optical transmission and networking adoption
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-04-05)
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Open AccessAutonomic optical transmission and networking requires machine learning (ML) models to be trained with large datasets. However, the availability of enough real data to produce accurate ML models is rarely ensured since new ... -
Experimental demonstration of machine-learning-aided QoT estimation in multi-domain elastic optical networks with alien wavelengths
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
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Open AccessIn multi-domain elastic optical networks with alien wavelengths, each domain needs to consider intradomain and interdomain alien traffic to estimate and guarantee the required quality of transmission (QoT) for each lightpath ... -
Autonomic transmission through pre-FEC BER degradation prediction based on SOP monitoring
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyAn Autonomic Transmission Agent based on machine-learning is proposed for excessive bit-error-rate prediction resulting from real-time analysis of state-of-polarization (SOP). The accuracy and speed of the agent enables ... -
Scientific, artistic and documentary investigation of a Picassian anonymous oil painting
(2017)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyAn anonymousoilpainting(The Comedians)with several and relevant Picassian features has been investigated in a global manner includingIRreflectometric analysis, non destructive pigment analysis with Raman ... -
Inter-core crosstalk impact on migration planning from elastic optical networks to spectrally-spatially flexible optical networks
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyWe study inter-core crosstalk (ICXT) impact on migration planning toward spectrally-spatially flexible optical networks considering 22-core multi-core fiber. Results reveal that 55-70% of links need to be upgraded when ...
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