Comprehensive Survey on T-SDN: Software-Defined Networking for Transport Networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 2232-2283

  Alvizu, Rodolfo ^a   Maier, Guido ^a   Kukreja, Navin ^a   Pattavina, Achille ^a   Morro, Roberto ^b   Capello, Alessandro ^b   Cavazzoni, Carlo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GMPLS; network controller; network function virtualization; network programmability; network virtualization; OpenFlow; optical transport network; orchestration; Software defined networking; software defined optical networking; transport API; transport SDN

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUALIZATION;

GMPLS; NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION; OPENFLOW; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS; OPTICAL NETWORKING; OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS; ORCHESTRATION; PROGRAMMABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TRANSPORT API; TRANSPORT SDN; TUTORIALS;

NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION;

EID: 85021762210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2017.2715220     Document Type: Review

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