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In this work we demonstrate for the first time that it is possible to transfer simultaneously an ultra-stable optical frequency and a precise and accurate timing over 540 km using a public telecommunication optical fiber networks with…

Through the last decade, we have witnessed a surge of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and with that a greater need to choreograph their actions across both time and space. Although these two problems, namely time synchronization and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-11-13 Amr Alanwar , Henrique Ferraz , Kevin Hsieh , Rohit Thazhath , Paul Martin , Joao Hespanha , Mani Srivastava

Optical clocks provide ultra-precise frequency references that are vital for international metrology as well as for tests of fundamental physics. To investigate the level of agreement between different clocks, we simultaneously measured the…

Optical two-way time and frequency transfer is an enabling technology that has applications ranging from fundamental investigations of relativity to the operation of global navigation satellite systems. While fiber frequency combs have…

Phase compensated optical fiber links enable high accuracy atomic clocks separated by thousands of kilometers to be compared with unprecedented statistical resolution. By searching for a daily variation of the frequency difference between…

We developed an all-optical link system for making remote comparisons of two distant ultra-stable optical clocks. An optical carrier transfer system based on a fiber interferometer was employed to compensate the phase noise accumulated…

Accurate time synchronization is essential for Internet of Things (IoT) systems, where multiple distributed nodes must share a common time base for coordinated sensing and data fusion. However, conventional synchronization approaches suffer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Ziyao Zhou , Tiancheng Cao , Chen Shen , Jiaqi Zhang , Yuting Liu , Hen-Wei Huang

Multi-node optical clock networks will enable future studies of fundamental physics and enable applications in quantum and classical communications as well as navigation and geodesy. We implement the first ever multi-node optical clock…

Optical fibers offer significant advantages in both power delivery and distributed sensing. In remote areas where stable power supply is not easy to access, the distributed optical fiber sensing (DOFS) which offers long distance monitoring…

Free space optical (FSO) communication channels are typically used to transmit high-speed data between sites over the air. Here we repurpose an FSO digital communication system and use it directly for two-way time transfer. We demonstrate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-22 Isaac Khader , Hugo Bergeron , Laura C. Sinclair , William C. Swann , Nathan R. Newbury , Jean-Daniel Deschênes

In this paper we introduce a new 2D modulation technique called OTFS (Orthogonal Time Frequency & Space) that transforms information carried in the Delay-Doppler coordinate system to the familiar time-frequency domain utilized by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-11 Anton Monk , Ronny Hadani , Michail Tsatsanis , Shlomo Rakib

In fiber optic sensing, time delays induced by polarization mode dispersion can distort signals in systems relying on phase or intensity variations for measurement, degrading performance, especially in long distance, high-precision…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-08 Wei-Qian Zhao , Zi-Fu Su , Ya-Fei Yu , Jin-Dong Wang

In the 6G era, space-air-Ground integrated networks (SAGIN) are anticipated to deliver global coverage, necessitating support for a diverse array of emerging applications in high-mobility, hostile environments. Under such conditions,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Weijie Yuan , Shuangyang Li , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanhao Cui , Jiamo Jiang , Haijun Zhang , Pingzhi Fan

The bistatic Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is poised to become a key application for next generation communication networks (e.g., B5G/6G), providing simultaneous sensing and communication services with minimal changes to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-15 Yi Wang , Keke Zu , Luping Xiang , Martin Haardt , Kun Yang

Platform motion poses significant challenges to high-precision optical time and frequency transfer. We give a detailed description of these challenges and their solutions in comb-based optical two-way time and frequency transfer (O-TWTFT).…

We present the first experimental demonstration over a 43-km-long urban fiber network of a local two-way optical frequency comparison, which does not require any synchronization of the measurements. It was combined with a regular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Won-Kyu Lee , Fabio Stefani , Anthony Bercy , Olivier Lopez , Anne Amy-Klein , Paul-Eric Pottie

A distributed integrated sensing and communication (D-ISAC) system offers significant cooperative gains for both sensing and communication performance. These gains, however, can only be fully realized when the distributed nodes are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-13 Kawon Han , Kaitao Meng , Christos Masouros

A precise fiber-based time and frequency dissemination scheme for multiple users with a tree-like branching topology is proposed. Through this scheme, ultra-stable signals can be easily accessed online anywhere along the fiber without…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-23 Wei Chen , Qin Liu , Nan Cheng , Dan Xu , Fei Yang , Youzhen Gui , Haiwen Cai

The distribution and the comparison of an ultra-stable optical frequency and accurate time using optical fibres have been greatly improved in the last ten years. The frequency stability and accuracy of optical links surpass well-established…

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are envisioned to provide a global coverage for the intelligent digital society of the near future, ranging from traditional terrestrial to non-terrestrial networks, where reliable communications…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Zhiqiang Wei , Weijie Yuan , Shuangyang Li , Jinhong Yuan , Ganesh Bharatula , Ronny Hadani , Lajos Hanzo