AI-Enabled Optical Communication Networks for 6G Telecommunication and Beyond

The development of 5G to 6G wireless networks requires the use of infrastructure that is ultrareliable, capacitive, and low-latency communication. The 6G systems will most likely build on optical communication which has high bandwidth and scalability. Nevertheless, optical device and data heterogeneity, and large volumes of information generated by photonic transceivers has been a major challenge of real time monitoring, resource allocation, and network optimization. Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides the potential way out of such issues by providing predictive analytics, adaptive control, and intelligent decision-making. The current paper summarizes recent optical communication technologies in 6G, demonstrates the potential of AI to improve its performance, and suggests a new AIassisted architecture of optical fronthaul and transport networks. The suggested approach has lower latency, high energy efficiency, and high throughput levels in comparison to traditional systems through simulationbased evaluation. The findings stress that AI implementation together with the optical communication technologies will play a critical role in bringing the vision of 6G and beyond to reality.