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Integration of Optical and Satellite Communication Systems into 5G Edge Networks

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Communication and Network".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1732

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Hamzeh Khalili

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Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Barcelona, Spain
Interests: 5G and B5G; 6G; SDN/NFV; cloud-native; passive optical networking; integration of NTN to TN; MANO; edge computing

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on the optical and satellite communication systems with cloud-native technology and AI/ML in the context of 5G edge networks. The rapid growth of mobile data traffic and the increasing demand for advanced applications, such as personalized media mobility, disaster recovery, factories of the future, and autonomous vehicles, require fundamental changes in network infrastructures, architecture, management, and orchestration. The advent of 5G aims to address these challenges by providing high data rates, low latency, on-demand resource allocation, network scaling, and automation.

The convergence of heterogeneous technologies, including optical fiber, satellite systems, cloud-native technology, and AI/ML, plays a vital role in realizing the vision of 5G. Cloud-native technologies enable the development and deployment of scalable and resilient services, while AI/ML techniques enhance network intelligence, optimization, and predictive capabilities.

This Special Issue invites research contributions that explore the integration of optical and satellite communication systems with cloud-native technology and AI/ML in 5G networks. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Optical and satellite communication technologies in 5G edge networks;
  • Cloud native architectures and containerization in 5G infrastructure;
  • Orchestration and management of optical and satellite resources in cloud native environments;
  • AI/ML techniques for network optimization, prediction, and anomaly detection in 5G edge networks;
  • Integration of AI/ML models with optical and satellite communication systems;
  • Edge computing and distributed AI in satellite, optical and 5G networks;
  • Quality of service (QoS) management and resource allocation with AI/ML in 5G;
  • Security and privacy considerations in integrated optical-satellite-cloud-native-ML environments;
  • Satellite-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G networks;
  • Applications, testbed, and experiments of emerging 5G.

Dr. Hamzeh Khalili
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-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Photonics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • optical networks
  • B5G
  • vertical
  • use cases
  • AI
  • cloud-native
  • MEC
  • SDN/NFV
  • NTN

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High-Efficiency 4 × 4 × 10 Gbps Orbital Angular Momentum Modes Incorporated into Satellite–Ground–Underwater Optical Wireless System under Diverse Turbulences
by Meet Kumari and Satyendra K. Mishra
Photonics 2024, 11(4), 355; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11040355 - 12 Apr 2024
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With their unique capability to deal with a considerable geographic area, satellite–ground–underwater optical wireless communication (OWC) systems are an appealing alternative to meet the ever-increasing demand for end-to-end broadband services. Using four different Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) modes, an orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing method [...] Read more.
With their unique capability to deal with a considerable geographic area, satellite–ground–underwater optical wireless communication (OWC) systems are an appealing alternative to meet the ever-increasing demand for end-to-end broadband services. Using four different Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) modes, an orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing method was developed to enhance the spectral efficiency and system capacity of the satellite–ground–underwater OWC system. At an aggregate throughput of 160 Gbps, LG[0,0], LG[0,2], LG[0,4], and LG[0,8] were realized. Various atmospheric conditions, water types, and scintillation effects were used to evaluate the performance of two separate OWC links for satellite-to-ground and ground-to-underwater communication. A maximum OWC range of 21,500–30,000 km has been obtained under weak-to-strong turbulence for satellite-to-ground scenarios, and a range of 12–27 m underwater for ground-to-underwater scenarios under various scintillation effects. At LG[0,0], in pure sea, the maximum gain is −75.02 dB, the noise figure is 75.02 dB, the output signal is −78.32 dBm, and the signal-to-noise ratio is 21.67 dB. In comparison with other works in the literature, this system shows a superior performance. Full article
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Realization of 4 × 200 Gbps 4-QAM OFDM-OWC System Using Higher Order OAM Modes for HAP-to-Satellites Scenario
by Meet Kumari and Satyendra K. Mishra
Photonics 2024, 11(4), 294; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11040294 - 25 Mar 2024
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Recently, there has been an increase in interest in using optical wireless communication (OWC) links on high-altitude platforms (HAPs) for satellite applications. We implement an orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system using an OWC link. A space-to-air scenario [...] Read more.
Recently, there has been an increase in interest in using optical wireless communication (OWC) links on high-altitude platforms (HAPs) for satellite applications. We implement an orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system using an OWC link. A space-to-air scenario is considered in which transmission pointing errors, geometric loss, turbulence, and additional link losses are taken into account to extend the transmission range, system capacity, and throughput. At 200 Gbps per channel data rate, four different OAM modes are implemented with higher order Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) modes of [0,0], [0,13], [0,40], and [0,80]. An aggregate 800 Gbps data rate can deliver a maximum OWC range of 3300–5000 km for all channels. The maximum received power over the 1000 km range is −19.34 to −32.59 dBm with an additional gain of 0–2.5 dB. It is also possible to obtain a better performance over large distances of 500–3500 km with an error vector magnitude of 2.98–17.5%. Furthermore, a high gain of −40.80 dB, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 55.21 dB, and an optical SNR of 67.25 dB can be achieved for varied transmitter pointing errors of 0.1 rad. As compared to other literature, this system exhibits a superior performance. Full article
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