Software-Defined Optical Network
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Communication and Network".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 2873
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high-speed network; Software-Defined Network; fiber optic networks; optical green computing; NGN and optical networks-based infrastructure over cloud computing
Interests: NGN; SDN; C-RAN and P2P over EPON and fault tolerance; IoT; ML&DL
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
SDN is a dynamic, controllable, cost-effective, and adaptive new network architecture, making it appropriate for today's high-bandwidth applications. However, embracing a new and future paradigm as an alternative to the well-established and mature legacy networking paradigm requires a great deal of time, money, and technical skill. The key accomplishments thus far have been the result of the work of a variety of stakeholders, including academic researchers and collaborative research initiatives, standardization bodies, vendors, industrial partnerships, and open-source projects. Thus, numerous challenges must be resolved on the ground before SDN implementation can be deemed superior. The recent advances in SDN programmable optical device technologies have enabled software-defined optical networks (SDONs) that are agilely and dynamically distributed and reconfigured. The development of SDON and NFV paradigms has transformed traditional communication designs into a new networking era with various benefits such as global visibility and control, enhanced network management, improved network security, and dynamic resource allocation. Furthermore, the SDON is fueling innovation in adjacent areas such as Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Security, Internet of Things/Tactile Internet, and 5G/6G networks. As a result, this is a highly productive period for study.
This Special Issue on “Software-Defined Networks in optical network/Datacenter, IoT environments” aims to reflect recent developments in software-defined networks in optical and transport networks, and to present new advances in software-defined networks that enable the development of future SDON, Cloud datacenter, and IoT networks. This Special Issue will feature original, unpublished, and groundbreaking research focusing on a broad range of problems associated with SDN/Optical networks. This issue is related to optical communication and modern technologies/applications. Potential submission topics include (but are not limited to) any of the following areas:
- SDN control-plane architectures for optical and transport networks;
- SDN and NFV network hybrid architecture;
- SDN/NFV solutions for advanced network monitoring and management;
- Integration of SDN in hybrid Fixed Mobile Converge networks;
- SDN network performance, evaluation, and benchmarks in optical networks;
- SDN-based intelligent networks in optical networks;
- SDN energy-saving techniques in optical networks;
- SDN-based Emerging Multimedia Streaming Services;
- SDN-based security for optical networks;
- Machine learning and deep learning applications in SDN-based optical networks.
Prof. Dr. I-Shyan Hwang
Dr. Andrew Tanny Liem
Dr. Carlos Natalino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SDON
- network cloudification
- fixed mobile converge
- intelligent network
- SDN security
- NFV
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