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 …

Survey on network virtualization hypervisors for software defined networking

A Blenk, A Basta, M Reisslein… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a promising paradigm for making the
control of communication networks flexible. SDN separates the data packet forwarding …

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 …

Solutions for future mobile fronthaul and access-network convergence

J Kani, J Terada, KI Suzuki, A Otaka - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The trend in broadband access services is shifting from the fixed to the mobile. Accordingly,
the role of the optical access network systems is changing from the fiber-to-the-home/fiber-to …

TelcoFog: A unified flexible fog and cloud computing architecture for 5G networks

R Vilalta, V López, A Giorgetti, S Peng… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose the TelcoFog architecture as a novel, secure, highly distributed, and ultra-dense
fog computing infrastructure, which can be allocated at the extreme edge of a wired/wireless …

Research challenges in nextgen service orchestration

LM Vaquero, F Cuadrado, Y Elkhatib… - Future Generation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fog/edge computing, function as a service, and programmable infrastructures, like software-
defined networking or network function virtualisation, are becoming ubiquitously used in …

On end-to-end approach for slice isolation in 5G networks. Fundamental challenges

Z Kotulski, T Nowak, M Sepczuk… - … on computer science …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are several reports and white papers which attempt to precise 5G architectural
requirements presenting them from different points of view, including techno-socio-economic …

Single and multi-domain adaptive allocation algorithms for VNF forwarding graph embedding

PTA Quang, A Bradai, KD Singh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) will simplify deployment and management of network
and telecommunication services. NFV provides flexibility by virtualizing the network …

Towards constructive approach to end-to-end slice isolation in 5G networks

Z Kotulski, TW Nowak, M Sepczuk, M Tunia… - EURASIP Journal on …, 2018 - Springer
Although 5G (fifth generation) networks are still in the realm of ideas, their architecture can
be considered as reaching a forming phase. There are several reports and white papers …

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 …