The increasing demand for diverse emerging applications has resulted in the
interconnection of multi-access edge computing (MEC) systems via metro optical networks …

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) applications has led to the interconnection of
multiaccess edge computing (MEC) systems through metro optical networks. To cater to …

The emerging 5G applications and the connectivity of billions of devices have driven the
investigation of multi-domain heterogeneous converged optical networks. To support …

The commercialization of 5G and the explosive emergence of new applications stimulate the
exponential growth of network traffic and diversification of services. It is promising to …

Optical network virtualization has recently been studied extensively as a promising solution
to share physical infrastructure resources among different users and applications. Virtual …

Network virtualization has become a key solution for meeting the exploding needs of users
and applications because of the growing demand for high performance-applications and …

Network virtualization facilitates the deployment of diversified services and flexible resource
management in elastic optical networks (EONs). However, due to the explosive growth of …

Elastic Optical Network (EON) virtualization has recently emerged as an enabling
technology for 5G network slicing. A fundamental problem in EON slicing (known as Virtual …

The 5G telecommunication ecosystem is expected to dynamically support new and various
applications from the industrial and the service sectors that are very heterogeneous in terms …

Recent innovations in network virtualization and elastic optical networks enable the flexible
deployment of optical networks. However, the spectrum fragmentation and virtual optical …