# Transformer-Based Prognostics: Enhancing Network Availability by Improved Monitoring of Optical Fiber Amplifiers

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28081 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.28081/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 2 of its 5 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 30 Mar 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Attention Is All You Need](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1706.03762/) (2017)
- [Dual Aspect Self-Attention based on Transformer for Remaining Useful Life Prediction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.15842/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We enhance optical network availability and reliability through a lightweight transformer model that predicts optical fiber amplifier lifetime from condition-based monitoring data, enabling real-time, edge-level predictive maintenance and advancing deployable AI for autonomous network operation.