Photonic services enables real-time applications over long distances

The paper introduces photonic service as a new type of multi-domain, end-to-end network service, that besides traditional data transmission enables also non-data or real-time communication, e.g. the remote control and sharing of different, typically unique, devices. We proved the concept of photonic services on a specialized metrology application — comparison of time scales, where time offset between atomic clock is measured over distance of 560km.