Hierarchical SDN Orchestration of Wireless and Optical Networks with E2E Provisioning and Recovery for Future 5G Networks
Ricard Vilalta, Arturo Mayoral, Jorge Baranda, José Carlos Núñez, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martínez, Josep Mangues‐Bafalluy, Raül Muñoz · Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2016
This paper proposes the hierarchical SDN orchestration of heterogeneous wireless/optical networks. End-to-End connectivity services are provisioned through different network segments by means of a Transport API. The hierarchical approach allows scalability, modularity and more security.