Managing the life cycle of network configurations, including the generation, update,
transition and diagnosis of the configurations, is the primary task of network operators and a …

Automated management of a physical network's lifecycle is critical for large networks. At
Google, we manage network design, construction, evolution, and management via multiple …

Network operators often need to adapt the configuration of a network in order to comply with
changing routing policies. Evolving existing configurations, however, is a complex task as …

As emerging network technologies and softwareization render networks more flexible, the
question arises of how to exploit these flexibilities for optimization. Given the complexity of …

Network configuration updates are a routine necessity, and must be performed in a way that
minimizes transient effects caused by intermediate states of the network. This challenge is …

The paper describes work in our project funded by the DARPA Dynamic Coalitions program
to design, develop, and demonstrate a system for automatically managing security policies …

Network configurations are constantly changing, and each change poses a risk of
catastrophic network outages. Consequently, the networking community has put significant …

Programmable networks brought by Software Defined Networks (SDN) are perceived by
operators as cornerstone to reduce the time to deploy new services, to augment the flexibility …

With the rise of software defined networks (SDNs), there is a growing interest in dynamic and
centralized traffic engineering, where decisions about forwarding paths are taken …

Current networks require ad-hoc operating procedures by expert administrators to handle
changes. These configuration management operations are costly and error prone. Active …