Optical Network Automation

Dear Colleagues,

Next-generation optical transport networks will face more and more demanding requirements, not only from the point of view of higher traffic volumes but mainly from the perspective of the very nature of these traffic volumes. The evolution of internet usage (e.g., emergence of cloud services, growth of mobile communications, rise of HDTV over the internet) is yielding to a complexified traffic with an increasing access diversity and augmented traffic dynamicity. 

As a consequence, higher levels of network automation will be necessary to cope with these challenges. The scope of this Special Issue covers any kind of work helping to promote this shift from reactive autonomous to actual adaptive networks which monitor networks, extract knowledge from the monitoring data, and change hardware infrastructure and software control in accordance with this knowledge.

Dr. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo
Guest Editor

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