Title :
Towards a network operating system
Author :
Lopez, Victor ; Gonzalez de Dios, Oscar ; Fuentes, B. ; Yannuzzi, M. ; Fernandez-Palacios, Juan Pedro ; Lopez, D.
Author_Institution :
Telefonica I+D c/ Don Ramon de la Cruz, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
A Network Operating System (NetOS) is a novel paradigm for developing a next-generation network management and operation platform. As we shall describe, NetOS not only goes far beyond the SDN concepts but also constitutes a fundamental enabler for NFV.
Keywords :
network operating systems; optical fibre networks; software radio; telecommunication network management; virtualisation; NFV; NetOS; SDN concepts; network functions virtualisation; network operating system; next-generation network management; operation platform; software defined network; Communities; Complexity theory; Hardware; Kernel; Optical fiber networks; Virtualization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th3I.6