ONDM 2021 : International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling

The scope of the conference includes but is not limited to the following topics:

Advances in optical network modelling and optimization
Routing and spectrum assignment in fixed and flex-grid optical networks
Optical network availability, resilience, survivability, security and privacy
Multi-layer (e.g. IP over optical) networking
Optical networks exploiting photonic integrated circuits
Visible light communications and networks
Optical and wireless network convergence, including radio-over-fibre access networks
Optical networks in 5G and beyond: backhaul, midhaul and fronthaul networking
Novel and multidimensional optical network architectures; multi-mode/few-modes optical networks
Novel optical node designs including disaggregation and open optical line systems
Optical networks in support of intra-/inter-data centre connectivity and cloud/edge computing
Optical network control, management and orchestration including SDN and NFV solutions
Slicing, service chaining, virtualization and multi-tenancy techniques for optical networks
Optical networking supporting low latency and high bandwidth network function virtualization
Orchestration and control of IT and network resources in optical data-centre networks
Artificial Intelligence and data analytics techniques for optical networks
Novel network telemetry and real-time monitoring technologies for optical networks
Energy efficiency in optical networks
Transporting Power over Fibre
The hollow fibre revolution in network design
Optical networking in support of vertical industries
Field trials and interoperability demonstrations of optical networks
Techno-economic studies of optical networks