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 …

Techniques from artificial intelligence have been widely applied in optical communication
and networks, evolving from early machine learning (ML) to the recent deep learning (DL) …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …

We propose a bi-directional gated recurrent unit neural network based nonlinear equalizer
(bi-GRU NLE) for coherent optical communication systems. The performance of bi-GRU NLE …

This paper proposes DeepRMSA, a deep reinforcement learning framework for routing,
modulation and spectrum assignment (RMSA) in elastic optical networks (EONs) …

This paper tries to solve the location-constrained virtual network embedding (LC-VNE)
problem efficiently. We first investigate the complexity of LC-VNE, and by leveraging the …

Band division multiplexing technology is a promising medium-term transitional solution to
deal with the traffic flood, by leveraging the existing optical fiber transmission infrastructure …

It is known that by leveraging programmable data plane, in-band network telemetry (INT)
can be realized to provide a powerful and promising method to collect realtime network …

It is known that by incorporating network function virtualization (NFV) in inter-datacenter
(inter-DC) networks, service providers can use their network resources more efficiently and …

This work addresses the relatively long setup latency and complicated network control and
management caused by on-demand virtual network function service chain (vNF-SC) …