This article presents an automated sale and delivery of optical services with the guaranteed
quality of service (QoS) using the multi-agent system (MAS) for QoS management which is …

This article proposes a Service Level Agreement applied to the optical domain (O-SLA),
which is expected to be the near and long term network technology thanks, among other …

Application-centric networking proposes a novel approach to provision connectivity services
in transport networks based on application-specific requirements. By exploiting this …

Marcus Brunner Hussein Mouftah Mehmet Ulema ptical networking has undergone an
impressive change in recent years. The capacity per fiber has dramatically increased in …

The introduction of intelligence for management and control of optical networks based on
internet protocol and the quality of service (QoS) are key issues for the evolution of the next …

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 …

This article proposes a service level agreement applied to the optical domain (O-SLA),
which is expected to be the near-and long-term network technology of the great bandwidth …

Optical transport service providers need control and optimization strategies for wavelength
management, network provisioning, restoration and protection, allowing them to define and …

In order to facilitate convergence of networks and services, this article investigates a new
hybrid and integrated QoS control scheme that combines electrical IP layer features with …

This paper deals with the implementation of the ASON/GMPLS CARISMA network, located
in the premises of the Optical Communications Group of UPC. It is composed by ROADM …