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 …

It is expected that in 5G networks billions of smart devices will generate huge aggregated
volumes of data that will be processed in distributed cloud/fog infrastructure. To this end, it is …

This paper presents the developed extensions to the NFV MANO framework for the control of
SDM/WDM-enabled fronthaul and packet-based backhaul transport networks to deploy NFV …

Network virtualization is an emerging technique that enables multiple tenants to share an
underlying physical infrastructure, isolating the traffic running over different virtual …

Leaving the current 4th generation of mobile communications behind, 5G will represent a
disruptive paradigm shift integrating access networks, ultra-high capacity access/metro/core …

5G networks will impose network operators to accommodate services demanding
heterogeneous and stringent requirements in terms of increased bandwidth, reduced …

Network architectures compliant with the Software Defined Networking (SDN) design
paradigm, are expected to provide extreme flexibility for service orientation and allow for …

Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) have emerged
as the most promising candidates for improving network function and protocol …

In this paper, we describe the integration of Software Defined Networking (SDN) in the
mobile backhaul as a disruptive approach to streamline the transport network. In this work …

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 …