This document presents provisioning strategies for emerging hybrid optical networks. The
idea is to make use of policy-based management that guides the behavior of a network …

The aim of this work is to present provisioning strategies for GMPLS-enabled Hybrid
Photonic Networks (HPN). Contributing to network flexibility, the paper presents extensions …

Carriers, as well as industry, are moving towards intelligent transmission networks by adding
the capability of dynamically requesting bandwidth from a multivendor network. This …

As more intelligence and control mechanisms are added into optical networks, the need for
the deployment of a reliable and secure management system using efficient control …

This tutorial is an introduction to control and management; focusing on main drivers, key
benefits and functional/protocol architectures. It covers multi-domain and multi-layer …

The combination of software-defined networking (SDN) and optics, ie, a software-defined
optical network (SDON), offers combined benefits that include flexible SDN control and large …

We will present here a new network service model that allows users or/and applications to
adapt the network to their applications. This notion of adaptability adds a new dimension to …

Multi-layer orchestration for application-centric networking Page 1 Multi-layer orchestration
for application-centric networking Ori Gerstel Sedona Systems, Raanana, Israel orig@sedonasys.com …

Fast provisioning capabilities enabled by signalling intelligence and automated switching
flexibility are becoming fundamental features of next generation networks based on optical …

Software‐defined networking is finding its way into optical networks. Here, it promises a
simplification and unification of network management for optical networks allowing …