In the context of the fifth generation of mobile technology (5G), multiple technologies will
converge into a unified end-to-end system. For this purpose, software defined networking …

A multidomain optical transport network composed of heterogeneous optical transport
technologies (eg, flexi/fixed-grid optical circuit switching and optical packet switching) and …

Automating the provisioning of telecommunications services, deployed over a
heterogeneous infrastructure (in terms of domains, technologies, and management …

Software Defined Networking offers network programmability through open Application
Programming Interfaces (API) and OpenFlow is the most prominent SDN protocol today …

Software-defined networking (SDN) enables programmable SDN control and management
functions at a number of layers, allowing applications to control network resources or …

A common Transport API is proposed for joint cloud/network orchestration, allowing
interworking of heterogeneous control planes to provide provisioning/recovery of QoS …

Emerging cloud-based applications, running in geographically distributed data centers
(DCs), generate new dynamic traffic patterns which claim for a more efficient management of …

Future 5G networks will run into the massive spread of applications with diverse and
stringent requirements in terms of latency, reliability and security. Current multi-layer …

The growth of intra data center communications, cloud computing and multimedia content
applications force transport network providers to allocate resources faster, smarter and …

Emerging use cases, such as the orchestration of heterogeneous domains or the
interconnection of remote data centers, require the design of new network control …