Packet Optical Transport Network Slicing with Hard and Soft Isolation

Network operators have been dealing with the necessity of a dynamic network resources allocation to provide a new generation of customer-tailored applications. In that sense, Telecom providers have to migrate their BSS/OSS systems and network infrastructure to more modern solutions to introduce end-to-end automation and support the new use cases derived from the 5G adoption and transport network slices. In general, there is a joint agreement on making this transition to an architecture defined by programmable interfaces and standard protocols. Hence, this paper uses the iFusion architecture to control and program the network infrastructure. The work presents an experimental validation of the network slicing instantiation in an IP/Optical environment using a set of standard protocols and interfaces. The work provides results of the creation, modification and deletion of the network slices. Furthermore, it demonstrates the usage of standard communication protocols (Netconf and Restconf) in combination with standard YANG data models.

Automated summary

Network operators are transitioning to a more modern architecture defined by programmable interfaces and standard protocols to support the new use cases derived from 5G adoption. The study validates network slicing instantiation in an IP/Optical environment using standard protocols and interfaces, showing the creation, modification, and deletion of network slices, and the use of standard communication protocols in conjunction with YANG data models.