CNIT Research Featured in the Three Final SEASON Project Demos to Be Presented at OFC 2026
CNIT is proud to announce that all three final demonstration papers developed within the SEASON project have been accepted for publication and presentation at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2026, Los Angeles, March 2026), the world’s most prestigious international conferences in optical communications and networking.
This outstanding result highlights the scientific excellence and technological relevance of the SEASON project, as well as the strong collaborative effort among academic and industrial partners. CNIT has actively contributed to all three accepted demos, playing a key role in their design, implementation, and experimental validation.
SEASON is a Horizon Europe SNS project (G.A. 101096120) that aims to design, implement, and validate a next-generation, energy-efficient, and resilient optical network architecture, leveraging advanced space- and multi-band transmission technologies, software-defined networking, and end-to-end orchestration to support beyond-5G and 6G services.
The accepted OFC 2026 demonstration papers are:
- End-to-End Orchestration across Multi-Core Fiber (MCF) Infrastructure: Field Trial of Spatial Passive Optical Networks (PON) and Metro Convergence with O-RAN for AR/VR Services with Edge Offload
This demo presents the world’s first field trial of an energy-aware converged architecture integrating spatial PON, metro networks, and 5G O-RAN, enabling dynamic resource orchestration to support immersive AR/VR services with reduced power consumption. - Dynamic Control of Multi-Technology Optical Access Networks with PON and Coherent P2MP
This work demonstrates a unified SDN-orchestrated access and aggregation network where legacy PON systems and coherent point-to-multipoint (P2MP) optics coexist on the same physical infrastructure, enabling flexible, on-demand service provisioning across heterogeneous optical technologies. - Demonstration of Self-Healing in IPoWDM Network with Dual Protection Using MultiBand over Space Division Multiplexing (MBoSDM) and NetDevOps Solutions in Support of 6G
This demo showcases an autonomous self-healing IPoWDM network based on multi-band and space-division multiplexing (MBoSDM), achieving rapid service recovery through NetDevOps-based automation and dual protection mechanisms, addressing key reliability requirements for future 6G services.
For more information about the SEASON project and its activities, please visit the project website and follow SEASON on LinkedIn.