In the upcoming 5G networks and following the emerging software-defined
networking/network function virtualization (SDN/NFV) paradigm, demanded services will be …

This work addresses the relatively long setup latency and complicated network control and
management caused by on-demand virtual network function service chain (vNF-SC) …

Due to the emergence of cloud computing and various cloud services which are remote and
geographically distributed, datacenters interconnected by optical networks have attracted …

We present the SPN OS, a Network-as-a-Service orchestration platform for NFV/SDN
integrated service provisioning across multiple datacenters over packet/optical networks …

Software-defined networking (SDN) with optical transport techniques enables network
operators and data center (DC) operators to provide their resources dynamically on user's …

Data center networks are considered to make use of the computing and storage resources in
data centers, which include intra-datacenter and inter-datacenter networks. Both of them will …

To meet the increasing traffic demands characterized by large bandwidth and high
burstiness, more traffic has been moving to inter-datacenter elastic optical networks (inter …

With the increasing conflict between population growth and limited environmental resources,
building intelligent and efficient data transmission networks is crucial to cleaner production …

The new 5G paradigm seeks for a scalable architecture that is able to efficiently manage the
increasing volume of traffic generated by smart devices to be processed in a distributed …

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 …