OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Optical Communications and Networking is 28. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON	78
ZR 400 Gbit/s and 800 Gbit/s use cases, trials, deployments, and future prospects [Invited]	76
Software defined networking agent demonstration to enable configuration and management of XGS-PON architectures	58
Packet-optical transport network for future radio infrastructure	57
Reinforcement-learning-based path planning in multilayer elastic optical networks [Invited]	54
Avoid Routing Polarization for OCS-based GPU Clusters	52
Demonstration of an intensity-modulation- and coherent-detection-based 200 Gb/s PON with a 40 dB power budget over a 20 km SSMF enabled by an MLSD and many-to-one mapping-based DP-PS-PAM4	46
Operating Envelope Analysis of Cross-domain Real-time Control across Network and Edge-Computing Resources for Highly Reliable Services	45
QoT-Aware Dynamic Resource Allocation and Grooming in Multi-Band Space-Division Multiplexing Networks	42
Optical switching for data centers and advanced computing systems [Invited]	42
Scheme of carrier cooperation with coordinated scheduling for faster and lower-cost failure/disaster recovery	39
Dynamic routing and wavelength assignment in optical networks: from capacity limits to flow-based control	37
Environment-aware geometric shaping for digital FSO fronthaul networks	36
Benchmarking framework for resource allocation algorithms in multicore fiber elastic optical networks	36
Uncertainty-guided Bayesian continual learning for robust nonlinear impairment estimation in evolving optical networks	36
Physical layer encryption-based secure slicing in 5G RAN with hybrid-trusted links	36
RECCL: optimizing collective algorithms for reconfigurable optical networks	35
Efficient statistical QoT-aware resource allocation in EONs over the C+L-band: a multi-period and low-margin perspective	33
Optical-wireless cooperative control with optical path switching for traffic steering in Open RAN	33
AutoONBench: a benchmark for large language model agents in autonomous optical networks	32
Semi-supervised learning model synergistically utilizing labeled and unlabeled data for failure detection in optical networks	32
Quantum key distribution with spectral amplitude coding OCDMA for a multiple access network	31
DRL-enabled cooperative free-space optical communication system with an elastic optical splitter	30
SDN-enabled flexible CV-QKD for coexistence with programmable transceivers	30
Generalized quantum-assisted digital signature service in an SDN-controlled quantum-integrated optical network	30

Large-scale and nonblocking OXC using a hybrid of WSSs and OCSs	29
Task placement and traffic interleaving for cross-datacenter LLM training over optical networks	29
Extended network applications of coherent pluggable transceivers [Invited]	28
Capacity scaling in metro-regional aggregation networks: the multiband S-BVT	28
Quantum key distribution in optical fibers: a comprehensive design view of the overall quantum layer beyond transmission	28
Towards explainable artificial intelligence in optical networks: the use case of lightpath QoT estimation	28
Cost-optimal network planning for converged optical X-haul in Beyond 5G networks	28
Optimal placement of multi-wavelength integrated tunable transmitters in reconfigurable optical data center interconnection networks with multi-hop routing	28