Emerging mega-trends (eg, mobile, social, cloud, and big data) in information and
communication technologies (ICT) are commanding new challenges to future Internet, for …

The emerging software defined networking (SDN) paradigm separates the data plane from
the control plane and centralizes network control in an SDN controller. Applications interact …

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

Paradoxically, with an ever-increasing traffic demand, today transport-network operators
experience a progressive erosion of their margins. The alarms of change are set, and …

A control plane is a key enabling technique for dynamic and intelligent end-to-end path
provisioning in optical networks. In this paper, we present an OpenFlow-based control plane …

Software-defined network (SDN)/OpenFlow research and development have attracted the
attention of many researchers and companies. The key idea of an SDN is to split the network …

We propose and discuss the extension of software-defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow
principles to optical access/aggregation networks for dynamic flex-grid wavelength circuit …

Software defined networking (SDN) and flexible grid optical transport technology are two key
technologies that allow network operators to customize their infrastructure based on …

Software defined networking and OpenFlow, which allow operators to control the network
using software running on a network operating system within an external controller, provide …

Provides a comprehensive and updated account of WDM optical network systems Optical
networking has advanced considerably since 2010. A host of new technologies and …