Scientists from Nokia Bell Labs, Politecnico di Torino and Fondazione LINKS presented results related to the SENSEI project during the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) 2026, that was held in Los Angeles in March.

• Nokia Bell Labs team presented a paper titled “Laser-Stabilized Fiber Sensing on Terrestrial Field-Deployed Cable for Enhanced Sensitivity”, highlighting results on Coherent MIMO-DFS (Multiple Input Multiple Output-Distributed Fiber Sensing) using Stabilized lasers where they showed that it is feasible to perform sensing over 80kms of deployed fiber cable with high sensitivity and detect signatures from traffic.

• Politecnico di Torino and Fondazione LINKS presented a live demonstration: an open-source real-time telemetry plane unifying SOP-based fiber sensing with optical telemetry and network orchestration. Queue-backed streaming feeds an ML-aided classifier for early alerts, enabling proactive restoration. Paper information: Open-Source Telemetry Plane for Integrating Optical Sensing with Network Orchestration: ML-Aided Alerts for Proactive Restoration
  Presenting Author: RENATO AMBROSONE 
  Session Title: Demo Zone and ML Challenge: 2026 Schedule | OFC