Title :
SDN and NFV convergence a technology enabler for abstracting and virtualising hardware and control of optical networks (invited)
Author :
Nejabati, R. ; Peng, S. ; Channegowda, M. ; Guo, B. ; Simeonidou, D.
Author_Institution :
High Performance Networks Group, Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
A new architecture utilizing combination of SDN and NFV for deeply programmable optical Internet infrastructure is proposed where network devices can be sliced, interconnected and programmed on demand for specific transport and network computing tasks.
Keywords :
Internet; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; software defined networking; virtualisation; NFV; SDN; deeply programmable optical Internet infrastructure; device interconnection; hardware abstracting; hardware virtualization; network devices; network function virtualization; optical network control; Computer architecture; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Time-frequency analysis; Virtual machine monitors; Virtualization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
