SDN/NFV-based network resource management for converged optical-wireless network architectures

This paper proposes a methodology for the efficient allocation of both optical and wireless resources in an SDN/NFV-based converged optical-wireless network architecture. Our approach considers a network slicing architecture where different network slices form end-to-end logically isolated networks, each one dedicated to a different type of service with diverse requirements. The target of the proposed approach is to optimally determine the network slices so that the specific delay and bandwidth requirements of the multiple services are met, by considering both the optical and wireless network resources.