Scope

NetSoft 2022 will feature technical paper presentations, keynotes, tutorials, workshops, demos, and exhibitions from world-leading experts representing service providers, vendors, research institutes, open source projects, and academia.

Topics of Interest

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures
    Cognitive and autonomic networking
    Centralized vs distributed control, management & orchestration
    Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services and functions
    AI techniques to support network automation
    Big data analytics for managing softwarized networks
    Network slicing and slice management
    Mobility management in softwarized networks
    Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures
    Policy-based and intent-based networking
    Network implications for the creation of a (device to cloud) computing continuum
    Network brokering services for inter-edge/cloud interconnects
    Service Function Chaining (SFC)
    Mapping and scheduling of SFC
    Container/microservice-based network functions
    Efficient network/service monitoring in SDN/NFV
    QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures
    Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks
    Network softwarization for 5G/6G
    Network management at the edge
    Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments
    Security, Safety, Trust and Privacy in virtualized environments
    SDN switch/router architecture and design
    Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes
    Lifecycle management of network software
    DevOps methodologies for network softwarization
    Debugging and introspection of software-defined systems
    Softwarized platforms for Internet of Things (IoT)
    Energy-efficient and green software-defined infrastructures (SDI)
    Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV
    New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization
    Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization
    Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments
    Impact of the open-source on network softwarization