Dr. Avishek Nag: Research Plan

1. Service/QoS-Aware Network Slicing

1.1. Concept

1.2. Objectives

1.3. Relevant Experience: Integrating Wireless BBUs with Optical OFDM Transponders in a C-RAN Architecture

1.3.1. Network Architecture

1.3.2. Node Architecture

1.3.3. Outcome

2. Cognitive Optical Control Plane

2.1. Networks can "Think"

2.2. Network Brain

2.3. Relevant Experience: Network-as-a-Computer

2.3.1. Concept

2.3.2. Outcome

3. How I Fit