Based on the concept of infrastructure as a service, optical network virtualization can
facilitate the sharing of physical infrastructure among different users and applications. In this …

An important challenge in network virtualization is the process of assigning physical
resources to virtual network requests, where virtual node resources represent the demands …

Due to the accelerated evolution of application services, the sharing of physical network
infrastructure among different users and applications can be facilitated by optical network …

The recent decade has witnessed an evolution toward virtualization of everything for the IT
industry. Resources, from utility resources to networking components and functions, are …

The combination of software-defined networking (SDN) and optics, ie, a software-defined
optical network (SDON), offers combined benefits that include flexible SDN control and large …

The efficient allocation of network resources is key to the overall performance and the quality
of services provided. Thanks to their high data rates, optical networks are the cornerstone of …

Optical network virtualization enables multiple virtual optical networks constructed for
different infrastructure users (renters) or applications coexist over a physical infrastructure …

In this paper, we study the problem of survivable impairment-constrained virtual optical
network mapping in flexible-grid optical networks (SIC-VONM). The objective is to minimize …

Optical Network Virtualization has gained attention in recent years mainly from industry due
to its direct application to Optical Data Centers. One of the main challenges involved in …

Optical network virtualization presents the necessary technologies to provide the specified
set of network requirements, while providing the necessary isolation between network slices …