Pre-Emptive Detection and Localization of Failures Towards Marginless Operations of Optical Networks

Operating optical networks much closer to their physical capacity is very tempting but necessarily requires much improvement on the way failures are handled. In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate the ability of the ORCHESTRA solution for early detection and localization of failures, to proactively mitigate their impact and thus guarantee smooth operation without traffic interruption.

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