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100-km entanglement distribution with coexisting quantum and classical signals in a single fiber

July 5, 2024
Author(s)
Anouar Rahmouni, Paulina Kuo, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Ivan Burenkov, Yicheng Shi, Jabir Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, Nijil Lal Cheriya Koyyottummal, Dileep Reddy, Mheni Merzouki, Lijun Ma, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver T. Slattery, Thomas Gerrits
The development of prototype metropolitan-scale quantum networks is underway and entails transmitting quantum information via single photons through deployed optical fibers spanning several tens of kilometers. Among the major challenges in metropolitan

An Adaptable AI Assistant for Network Management

July 3, 2024
Author(s)
Amar Abane, Abdella Battou, Mheni Merzouki
This paper presents a network management AI assistant built with Large Language Models. It adapts at runtime to the network state and specific platform, leveraging techniques like prompt engineering, document retrieval, and Knowledge Graph integration. The

Enhancing Network Data Plane Analysis with Native Graph Database

July 3, 2024
Author(s)
Amar Abane, Abdella Battou, Mheni Merzouki
As modern networks grow in complexity, ensuring their reliability and security becomes increasingly vital. Data plane analysis is a key process for verifying network behavior, but traditional data plane analysis tools face challenges in extensibility

Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection using Large Language Models

June 15, 2024
Author(s)
Zineb Maasaoui, Abdella Battou, Mheni Merzouki, Ahmed LBATH
In the context of modern networks where cyber-attacks are increasingly complex and frequent, traditional Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) often struggle to manage the vast volume of data and fail to detect novel attacks. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence

An Adaptable AI Assistant for Network Management

April 12, 2024
Author(s)
Amar Abane, Abdella Battou, Mheni Merzouki
This paper presents a network management AI assistant built with Large Language Models. It adapts at runtime to the network state and specific platform, leveraging techniques like prompt engineering, document retrieval, and Knowledge Graph integration. The

A Data Collection Platform for Network Management

April 2, 2024
Author(s)
Amar Abane, Abdella Battou, Abderrahim Amlou, Tao Zhang
Network management relies on extensive monitoring of network state to analyze network behavior, design optimizations, plan upgrades, and conduct troubleshooting. Network monitoring collects various data from network devices through different protocols and

Automated Network Programmability Using OpenConfig YANG Models and NETCONF Protocol

April 2, 2024
Author(s)
Abderrahim Amlou, Amar Abane, Mheni Merzouki, Lydia Ait Oucheggou, Zineb Maasaoui, Abdella Battou
This paper introduces a microservice-based architecture designed to enable automation of network programmability and management. Amid the complexity of today's networks and the diversity of equipment, achieving efficient and reliable network

NIST Multi-Domain Knowledge Planes for Service Federation for 5G & Beyond Public Working Group: Applications to Federated Autonomic/Autonomous Networking

March 13, 2024
Author(s)
Robert B. Bohn, Tao Zhang, Abdella Battou, Ranganai Chaparadza, Taesang Choi, Baek-Young Choi, Hisham Kholidy, SeungKyu Go, Moonkook Park, Sejun Song
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Transformational Networks and Services group of NIST's Communication Technology Laboratory's Smart Connected Systems Division, has formed

A Smart Network Repository Based on Graph Database

January 25, 2024
Author(s)
Amar Abane, Abdella Battou, Mheni Merzouki, Tao Zhang
To address the increasing complexity of network management and the limitations of data repositories in handling the various network operational data, this paper proposes a novel repository design that uniformly represents network operational data while

Suppressing communication errors using quantum-enabled forward error correction

September 28, 2023
Author(s)
Ivan Burenkov, FNU Nur Fajar Rizqi Annafianto, Jabir Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov
Scalable optical communication requires error identification and correction to protect and recover information from channel and detection noise. Forward error correction protects information transmitted with optical pulses by amending errors using

Experimental demonstration of local area entanglement distribution between two distant nodes, coexisting with classical synchronization

May 12, 2023
Author(s)
Anouar Rahmouni, Paulina Kuo, Yicheng Shi, Jabir Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, Nijil Lal Cheriya Koyyottummal, Ivan Burenkov, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mheni Merzouki, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver T. Slattery, Thomas Gerrits
We successfully demonstrated polarization entanglement distribution and classical time synchronization using a high-accuracy precision time protocol between two quantum nodes located 250 meters apart using a single fiber simultaneously carrying both

Sub-200 ps Quantum Network Node Synchronization over a 128 km Link White Rabbit Architecture

May 12, 2023
Author(s)
Wayne McKenzie, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mark Morris, Gerald Baumgartner, Anouar Rahmouni, Paulina Kuo, Oliver T. Slattery, Bruce Crabill, Mheni Merzouki, Abdella Battou, Thomas Gerrits
We show sub-200 ps synchronization between quantum networks nodes that are separated by two 64 km deployed fiber links, providing a 128 km link architecture. The architecture employs one grandmaster and two boundary White Rabbit system clocks and shows

Synchronization and Coexistence in Quantum networks

March 27, 2023
Author(s)
Ivan Burenkov, Alexandra Semionova, FNU Hala, Thomas Gerrits, Anouar Rahmouni, DJ Anand, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Oliver T. Slattery, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov
We investigate the coexistence of clock synchronization protocols with quantum signals in a common single-mode optical fiber. By measuring optical noise between 1500 nm to 1620 nm we demonstrate a potential for up to 100 quantum DWDM channels coexisting

Multiverse: Quantum Optical Network Management

March 19, 2023
Author(s)
Abdella Battou
This paper presents the software-defined management system of DC-QNet, a quantum network testbed deployed across multiple distant sites. The system uses a network management system (NMS) to manage the optical network, the classical IP network, and the

Versatile quantum-enabled telecom receiver

March 2, 2023
Author(s)
FNU Nur Fajar Rizqi Annafianto, Jabir Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, Ivan Burenkov, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov
We experimentally demonstrate a quantum-measurement-based receiver for a range of modulation schemes and alphabet lengths in a telecom C-band. We attain symbol error rates below the shot noise limit for all the studied modulation schemes and the alphabet

Network Security Traffic Analysis Platform - Design and Validation

January 20, 2023
Author(s)
Zineb Maasaoui, Anfal Hathah, Hasnae Bilil, Van Sy Mai, Abdella Battou, ahmed lbath, Veton KEPUSKA
Real-time traffic management and control have become necessary in today's networks due to their complexity and cybersecurity risks. With the increase in internet use, threats are more present and require real-time detection and analysis to prevent

White Rabbit-assisted quantum network node synchronization with quantum channel coexistence

May 7, 2022
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Ivan Burenkov, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Anouar Rahmouni, DJ Anand, FNU Hala, Oliver T. Slattery, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov
We show that the Ethernet-based time transfer protocol 'White Rabbit' can synchronize two distant quantum-networked nodes to within 4 ps, enabling HOM interference at >90 % visibility using 17.6 ps FWHM single-photons coexisting with White Rabbit.