Software defined optical networks (SDONs): A comprehensive survey

AS Thyagaturu, A Mercian, MP McGarry… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging software defined networking (SDN) paradigm separates the data plane from
the control plane and centralizes network control in an SDN controller. Applications interact …

Integrated NFV/SDN architectures: A systematic literature review

MS Bonfim, KL Dias, SFL Fernandes - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2019 - dl.acm.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are new
paradigms in the move towards open software and network hardware. While NFV aims to …

Comprehensive survey on T-SDN: Software-defined networking for transport networks

R Alvizu, G Maier, N Kukreja… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Paradoxically, with an ever-increasing traffic demand, today transport-network operators
experience a progressive erosion of their margins. The alarms of change are set, and …

Traffic load balancing using software defined networking (SDN) controller as virtualized network function

S Ejaz, Z Iqbal, PA Shah, BH Bukhari, A Ali… - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SDN and NFV are collaboratively recognized as the most promising bearing for flexible
programmability of network control functions and protocols with dynamic usage of network …

Control, management, and orchestration of optical networks: evolution, trends, and challenges

R Casellas, R Martínez, R Vilalta… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automating the provisioning of telecommunications services, deployed over a
heterogeneous infrastructure (in terms of domains, technologies, and management …

End-to-end SDN orchestration of IoT services using an SDN/NFV-enabled edge node

R Vilalta, A Mayoral, D Pubill, R Casellas… - Optical fiber …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
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W2A.42.pdf OFC 2016 © OSA 2016 End-to-End SDN Orchestration of IoT Services Using an …

The ADRENALINE testbed: An SDN/NFV packet/optical transport network and edge/core cloud platform for end-to-end 5G and IoT services

R Muñoz, L Nadal, R Casellas… - … on Networks and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation of mobile networks (5G) and the internet of Things (IoT) impose very
stringent requirements to the optical transport networks. On the one hand, high flexibility …

Experimental demonstration of multi-dimensional resources integration for service provisioning in cloud radio over fiber network

H Yang, J Zhang, Y Ji, Y He, Y Lee - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) becomes a promising scenario to accommodate high-
performance services with ubiquitous user coverage and real-time cloud computing in 5G …

Integrated SDN/NFV orchestration for the dynamic deployment of mobile virtual backhaul networks over a multilayer (packet/optical) aggregation infrastructure

R Martínez, A Mayoral, R Vilalta, R Casellas… - Journal of Optical …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Future 5G networks will bring important challenges to network operators, such as the traffic
load increase mainly due to the proliferation of mobile broadband communications. This will …

Evolution of access network sharing and its role in 5G networks

N Afraz, F Slyne, H Gill, M Ruffini - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper details the evolution of access network sharing models from legacy DSL to the
most recent fibre-based technology and the main challenges faced from technical and …