AuthorsT. Dreibholz, S. Bjørnstad and J. Ali
TitleA Scalable Infrastructure for Continuous State of Polarisation Monitoring for Revealing Security and Vulnerability Impacts in Optical Networks
AfilliationCommunication Systems
Project(s)The Center for Resilient Networks and Applications, GAIA, Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, NorNet, SMIL: SimulaMet Interoperability Lab
StatusPublished
Publication TypeProceedings, refereed
Year of Publication2023
Conference NameProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Telecommunications (ConTEL)
Date Published07/2023
Publisher IEEE
Place PublishedGraz, Steiermark/Austria
KeywordsHardware, Infrastructure, Monitoring, Software, State of Polarisation
Abstract

Optical networks are spanning the world. They are the main medium for carrying all types of data-traffic. From a vulnerability and security perspective, it is therefore the most important part of the network to protect against any physical impacts that may cause disruptions or security incidents. In this paper, we demonstrate and describe a scalable, low-cost monitoring system based on detecting the state of polarisation in the fibre cables. We give examples on how any direct movement of fibre-cables or fibre-cords as well as indirect vibrations on the cable can be detected, and how basic characteristics in the patterns can be used for recognition of these events.

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