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Switching Coordinator: An SDN Application for Flexible QKD-Networks
Rubén B. Mendez, Hans H. Brunner, Juan P. Brito +8
A monitor and control framework for quantum-key-distribution (QKD) networks equipped with switching capabilities was developed. On the one hand, this framework provides real-time v…
The optical architecture of a heterogenous quantum network deployed in production facilities
Alberto Sebastián-Lombraña, Hans H. Brunner, David Rincón +15
Quantum Communications promise advances in cryptography, quantum computing and clock synchronisation, among other emerging applications. However, communication based on quantum phe…
iFUSION: Standards-based SDN Architecture for Carrier Transport Network
L. M. Contreras, Ó. González, V. López +2
Network softwarization will permit the dynamic configuration of the transport infrastructure, in order to facilitate the adaptation needed for future advanced services. However, th…
The Engineering of Software-Defined Quantum Key Distribution Networks
Alejandro Aguado, Victor Lopez, Diego Lopez +5
Quantum computers will change the cryptographic panorama. A technology once believed to lay far away into the future is increasingly closer to real world applications. Quantum comp…
Automated Network Service Scaling in NFV: Concepts, Mechanisms and Scaling Workflow
Oscar Adamuz-Hinojosa, Jose Ordonez-Lucena, Pablo Ameigeiras +3
Next-generation systems are anticipated to be digital platforms supporting innovative services with rapidly changing traffic patterns. To cope with this dynamicity in a cost-effici…
Network Slicing for 5G with SDN/NFV: Concepts, Architectures and Challenges
Jose Ordonez-Lucena, Pablo Ameigeiras, Diego Lopez +3
The fifth generation of mobile communications is anticipated to open up innovation opportunities for new industries such as vertical markets. However, these verticals originate myr…