Optical Network Digital Twin -- Practical Use Cases and Architecture

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Auteurs principaux: Nishizawa, Hideki, Mano, Toru, Anazawa, Kazuya, Matsumura, Tatsuya, Sasai, Takeo, Namiki, Masatoshi, Briantcev, Dmitrii, Ambrosone, Renato, Rouzic, Esther Le, Melin, Stefan, Gonzalez-de-Dios, Oscar, Fernandez-Palacios, Juan Pedro, Zhang, Xiaocheng, Akahoshi, Keigo, Grammel, Gert, D'Amico, Andrea, Borraccini, Giacomo, Ruffini, Marco, Kilper, Daniel, Curri, Vittorio
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author Nishizawa, Hideki
Mano, Toru
Anazawa, Kazuya
Matsumura, Tatsuya
Sasai, Takeo
Namiki, Masatoshi
Briantcev, Dmitrii
Ambrosone, Renato
Rouzic, Esther Le
Melin, Stefan
Gonzalez-de-Dios, Oscar
Fernandez-Palacios, Juan Pedro
Zhang, Xiaocheng
Akahoshi, Keigo
Grammel, Gert
D'Amico, Andrea
Borraccini, Giacomo
Ruffini, Marco
Kilper, Daniel
Curri, Vittorio
author_facet Nishizawa, Hideki
Mano, Toru
Anazawa, Kazuya
Matsumura, Tatsuya
Sasai, Takeo
Namiki, Masatoshi
Briantcev, Dmitrii
Ambrosone, Renato
Rouzic, Esther Le
Melin, Stefan
Gonzalez-de-Dios, Oscar
Fernandez-Palacios, Juan Pedro
Zhang, Xiaocheng
Akahoshi, Keigo
Grammel, Gert
D'Amico, Andrea
Borraccini, Giacomo
Ruffini, Marco
Kilper, Daniel
Curri, Vittorio
contents With the widespread adoption of AI, machine-to-machine communications are rapidly increasing, reshaping the requirements for optical networks. Recent advances in Gaussian noise modeling for digital coherent transmission have raised expectations for digital-twin-based operation. However, unlike digital twins in wireless communication, which are already well established, significant barriers remain for commercialization in optical networks. This paper discusses the evolving requirements of optical networks in the AI era and proposes a practical Optical Network Digital Twin architecture enabling dynamic and Quality of Transmission aware operation beyond conventional management. Representative use cases, including operator-driven optimization, user-operator collaboration, and multi-operator interconnection, are presented, along with the architectural framework and key challenges toward practical deployment.
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spellingShingle Optical Network Digital Twin -- Practical Use Cases and Architecture
Nishizawa, Hideki
Mano, Toru
Anazawa, Kazuya
Matsumura, Tatsuya
Sasai, Takeo
Namiki, Masatoshi
Briantcev, Dmitrii
Ambrosone, Renato
Rouzic, Esther Le
Melin, Stefan
Gonzalez-de-Dios, Oscar
Fernandez-Palacios, Juan Pedro
Zhang, Xiaocheng
Akahoshi, Keigo
Grammel, Gert
D'Amico, Andrea
Borraccini, Giacomo
Ruffini, Marco
Kilper, Daniel
Curri, Vittorio
Systems and Control
With the widespread adoption of AI, machine-to-machine communications are rapidly increasing, reshaping the requirements for optical networks. Recent advances in Gaussian noise modeling for digital coherent transmission have raised expectations for digital-twin-based operation. However, unlike digital twins in wireless communication, which are already well established, significant barriers remain for commercialization in optical networks. This paper discusses the evolving requirements of optical networks in the AI era and proposes a practical Optical Network Digital Twin architecture enabling dynamic and Quality of Transmission aware operation beyond conventional management. Representative use cases, including operator-driven optimization, user-operator collaboration, and multi-operator interconnection, are presented, along with the architectural framework and key challenges toward practical deployment.
title Optical Network Digital Twin -- Practical Use Cases and Architecture
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06368