Artificial Intelligence (AI) Methods in Optical Networks: A Comprehensive Survey
It surveys existing AI applications in optical networking, identifying opportunities and challenges, but is incremental as it does not introduce new methods or results.
This paper provides a comprehensive review of how artificial intelligence techniques are applied to enhance optical communication systems and networks, covering areas such as transmission performance, network control, and management.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an extensive scientific discipline which enables computer systems to solve problems by emulating complex biological processes such as learning, reasoning and self-correction. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the application of AI techniques for improving performance of optical communication systems and networks. The use of AI-based techniques is first studied in applications related to optical transmission, ranging from the characterization and operation of network components to performance monitoring, mitigation of nonlinearities, and quality of transmission estimation. Then, applications related to optical network control and management are also reviewed, including topics like optical network planning and operation in both transport and access networks. Finally, the paper also presents a summary of opportunities and challenges in optical networking where AI is expected to play a key role in the near future.