The combination of elastic optical networks (EONs) and software-defined networking (SDN)
leads to SD-EONs, which bring a new opportunity for enhancing programmability and …

To improve the network scalability, a large elastic optical network is typically segmented into
multiple autonomous domains, where each domain possesses high autonomy and privacy …

Multidomain elastic optical networks (MD-EONs) help to improve network scalability, extend
service coverage, and facilitate good interoperability to orchestrate administrative domains …

It is known that software-defined elastic optical networks (SD-EONs) facilitate optical
networking that provides better network programmability, more powerful manageability, and …

We propose a distributed control scheme utilizing spectral fragmentation-aware RMSA and
flexible active/passive reservation mechanism for dynamic multi-domain software-defined …

Spectrum fragmentation is a critical issue in elastic optical networks, which leads to
inefficient spectrum utilization and high blocking probability. Spectrum defragmentation is …

Spectrum defragmentation in elastic optical networks can be considered to conduct
rearrangement of the deployed lightpaths, which can achieve some optimization objectives …

Driven by a broker-based OpenFlow control plane, we report the first field trial of software-
defined heterogeneous wireline-wireless-optical multi-domain networks connecting UC …

This work investigates the service provisioning in multi-domain software-defined elastic
optical networks (SDEONs) by taking advantage of the centralized network control and …

Elastic optical networks (EONs) provide fine band-width allocation granularity and enable
scalable network management. In this paper, we review the strategies to alleviate spectrum …