Evolution of Optical Networking in Support of 6G

C. Christofidis; D. Uzunidis; K. Moschopoulos; C. Papapavlou; V. Tsourtis; K. Trantzas; J. M.Rivas Moscoso; D. M. Marom; R. Munoz; M. Nazarathy; I. Tomkos

doi:10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263053

Evolution of Optical Networking in Support of 6G

C. Christofidis
, D. Uzunidis
, K. Moschopoulos
, C. Papapavlou
, V. Tsourtis
, K. Trantzas
, J. M.Rivas Moscoso
, D. M. Marom
, R. Munoz
, M. Nazarathy
, I. Tomkos

The Institute of Applied Physics

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Abstract

We present a scalable 6G X-haul optical network architecture integrating programmable photonic sub-systems, controlled by an advanced management and orchestration platform that enables intelligent, energy-efficient, and trusted coordination across disaggregated multi-domain transport network segments to support E2E-Network Slicing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331595319
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263053
State	Published - 2025
Event	2025 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2025 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 28 Sep 2025 → 2 Oct 2025

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Name	2025 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2025

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Conference	2025 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2025
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	28/09/25 → 2/10/25

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Christofidis, C., Uzunidis, D., Moschopoulos, K., Papapavlou, C., Tsourtis, V., Trantzas, K., Moscoso, J. M. R., Marom, D. M., Munoz, R., Nazarathy, M., & Tomkos, I. (2025). Evolution of Optical Networking in Support of 6G. In 2025 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2025 (2025 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2025). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11263053

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Evolution of Optical Networking in Support of 6G. / Christofidis, C.; Uzunidis, D.; Moschopoulos, K. et al.
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