ONDM 2019 will address cutting-edge research in established areas of optical networking as well as their adoption in support of a wide variety of new services and applications. This involves the most recent trends in networking including 5G and beyond, Internet of things, big data and network data analytics, cloud/edge computing, content delivery, autonomic networking, Artificial Intelligence assisted networks, visible light networks, quantum secured networks, etc. that drive the need for increased capacity, efficiency, flexibility and adaptability in the functions that the network can perform. These can be achieved developing new disaggregated optical network architectures, exploiting and integrating novel multidimensional photonic technology solutions as well as adopting open hardware and software platforms such as software defined networking (SDN), and network function virtualization (NFV) to allow support of new business models and opportunities. The scope of the conference includes but is not limited to the following topics:
Novel and multidimensional optical network architectures
Optical network control, management and orchestration including SDN and NFV solutions
Slicing, virtualization and multi-tenancy techniques for optical networks
Optical networking supporting low latency and high bandwidth network function virtualization
Optical and wireless network convergence, including radio-over-fiber access networks
Optical networks in support of intra- / inter-data center connectivity and cloud/edge computing
Artificial Intelligence and data analytics techniques for optical networks
Advances in optical network modelling and optimization
Routing and spectrum assignment in fixed and flex-grid optical networks
Novel optical node designs including disaggregation and open optical line systems
Optical networks exploiting photonic integrated circuits
Visible light communications and networks
Energy efficiency in optical networks
Optical network availability, resilience, survivability, security and privacy
Optical networking in support of vertical industries
Field trials and interoperability demonstrations of optical networks
Techno-economic studies of optical networks