Outline

Part 1: Software-Defined Networking Principles and Design

• Introduction to SDN (Week 1)
• SDN Data, Control Planes, and APIs (Week 2)
• Network Virtualization (Week 3)

Part 2: Cloud Computing, Network Function Virtualization and Orchestration

• Introduction to Cloud Computing (Week 4)
• Programmable Networks (Week 5)
• Network Function Virtualization (Week 6)
• IoT, Smart Cities, and 5G Use Cases (Week 7)

Part 3: 5G Networks

• 5G Network Architecture (Week 8)
• 5G Fronthaul requirements (Week 9)

Part 4: Sustainable Management of Clouds and Networks

• Data Analytics (Week 10)
• Energy efficient and sustainable management (Week 11)

Part 5: Software-Defined Optical WAN and Radio Access

• Trends in multicarrier optical physical layer (Week 12)

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