Artificial Intelligence in Optical Communication Networks

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is titled “Artificial Intelligence in Optical Communication Networks”. AI is concerned with intelligent behaviour in artifacts. Deep learning and generative AI are two of the most recent innovations in artificial intelligence. AI has a wide range of applications in communication networks. AI technologies can significantly enhance the performance, efficiency, and reliability of optical networks by optimizing network operations, predicting and preventing failures, processing signals, and intelligently managing resources. AI-driven approaches enable more efficient data routing, wavelength assignment, and adaptive network control mechanisms, which are crucial for handling the exponential growth in data traffic and ensuring high-speed reliable communication.

This Special Issue calls for papers on AI in optical communication networks. It welcomes research articles that present novel theories, algorithms, systems, and applications surrounding AI in optical networks and encourages submissions from multiple disciplines, including artificial intelligence, optical networks, sensors, electrical engineering, computer sciences, information systems, and telecommunications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• AI-based optical network design and optimization;
• Predictive maintenance in optical networks;
• Fault detection, identification, localization, and recovery in optical networks;
• AI for advanced modulation formats and signal processing in optical communications;
• Machine learning for resource allocation and routing in optical networks;
• AI for optical sensors and networks;
• Intelligent control mechanisms;
• Machine learning for optical performance monitoring and optimization;
• Machine learning applications in optical networks;
• Optical signal processing and performance enhancement.

Dr. Yibeltal Chanie Manie
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. AI is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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