Demonstration of an autonomous, software controlled living optical network that eliminates the need for pre-planning

A “living network” is demonstrated, that, unlike today's static planning, adapts to varying network conditions, and allows operation close to performance limits. An autonomously operating test-bed shows feasibility with an allocated margin of only 1.5 dB.

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