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Optical Networks, Software-defined Networking, Network Resilience, Optimization, Machine Learning for Networking
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University of California Davis: Davis, CA, US

2016-07-01 to 2018-06-30 | PostDoc (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Xiaoliang Chen

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Science and Technology of China: Hefei, Anhui, CN

2011-09-01 to 2016-06-02 | PhD (Electrical Engineering)
Education
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Xiaoliang Chen

Works (46)

Deep-RMSA: A deep-reinforcement-learning routing, modulation and spectrum assignment agent for elastic optical networks

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85047137772

Contributors: Chen, X.; Guo, J.; Zhu, Z.; Proietti, R.; Castro, A.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Deep-RMSA: A deep-reinforcement-learning routing, modulation and spectrum assignment agent for elastic optical networks

2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition, OFC 2018 - Proceedings
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85050014492

Contributors: Chen, X.; Guo, J.; Zhu, Z.; Proietti, R.; Castro, A.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Experimental demonstration of cognitive provisioning and alien wavelength monitoring in multi-domain EON

2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition, OFC 2018 - Proceedings
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85050034182

Contributors: Proietti, R.; Chen, X.; Castro, A.; Liu, G.; Lu, H.; Zhang, K.; Guo, J.; Zhu, Z.; Velasco, L.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Incentive-driven service provisioning in multi-broker orchestrated multi-domain SD-EONs

2017 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2017
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85049620376

Contributors: Chen, X.; Lu, W.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Leveraging mixed-strategy gaming to realize incentive-driven VNF service chain provisioning in broker-based elastic optical inter-datacenter networks

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85042636456

Contributors: Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.; Guo, J.; Kang, S.; Proietti, R.; Castro, A.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Optimizing FIPP-p-Cycle Protection Design to Realize Availability-Aware Elastic Optical Networks

IEEE Communications Letters
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85040666374

Contributors: Chen, X.; Zhou, M.; Zhu, S.; Kang, S.; Sun, L.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

The first testbed demonstration of cognitive end-to-end optical service provisioning with hierarchical learning across multiple autonomous systems

2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition, OFC 2018 - Proceedings
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85050037557

Contributors: Liu, G.; Zhang, K.; Chen, X.; Lu, H.; Guo, J.; Yin, J.; Proietti, R.; Zhu, Z.; Ben Yoo, S.J.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Broker-based orchestration for service provisioning in multi-domain networks

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85027988491

Contributors: Castro, A.; Chen, X.; Proietti, R.; Ben Yoo, S.J.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Multi-broker based software-defined optical networks

30th Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPC 2017
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85043530025

Contributors: Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.; Castro, A.; Proietti, R.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Multibroker-Based Service Provisioning in Multidomain SD-EONs: Why and How Should the Brokers Cooperate with Each Other?

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85023765326

Contributors: Sun, L.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

On efficient incentive-driven VNF service chain provisioning with mixed-strategy gaming in broker-based EO-IDCNs

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85019934027

Contributors: Chen, X.; Sun, L.; Zhu, Z.; Lu, H.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

On efficient incentive-driven VNF service chain provisioning with mixed-strategy gaming in broker-based EO-IDCNs

2017 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2017 - Proceedings
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85025829168

Contributors: Chen, X.; Sun, L.; Zhu, Z.; Lu, H.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Availability-aware service provisioning in EONs: How efficient will FIPP-p-cycles be?

2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2016
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84986184312

Contributors: Zhu, S.; Meng, S.; Bao, Q.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Availability-aware service provisioning in SD-EON-based inter-datacenter networks

Photonic Network Communications
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84938703323

Contributors: Chen, X.; Ji, F.; Zhu, S.; Bao, Q.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Broker-based cooperative game in multi-domain SD-EONs: Nash bargaining for agreement on market-share partition

European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85024396998

Contributors: Sun, L.; Chen, X.; Zhu, S.; Zhu, Z.; Castro, A.; Ben Yoo, S.J.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Broker-based multi-task gaming to facilitate profit-driven network orchestration in multi-domain SD-EONs

2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2016
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84986206708

Contributors: Sun, L.; Zhu, S.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.; Castro, A.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Incentive-Driven Bidding Strategy for Brokers to Compete for Service Provisioning Tasks in Multi-Domain SD-EONs

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84984996843

Contributors: Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.; Sun, L.; Yin, J.; Zhu, S.; Castro, A.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

On-demand and reliable vSD-EON provisioning with correlated data and control plane embedding

2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2016 - Proceedings
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85015448448

Contributors: Yin, J.; Yin, H.; Liu, S.; Zhou, Z.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Survivable control plane establishment with live control service backup and migration in SD-EONs

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84976417364

Contributors: Zhao, B.; Chen, X.; Zhu, J.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Demonstration of cooperative resource allocation in an openflow-controlled multidomain and multinational SD-EON testbed

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84925070595

Contributors: Zhu, Z.; Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Ma, S.; Liu, L.; Feng, X.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Demonstration of OpenFlow-Controlled Network Orchestration for Adaptive SVC Video Manycast

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84939230257

Contributors: Xue, N.; Chen, X.; Gong, L.; Li, S.; Hu, D.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Field trial of broker-based multi-domain software-defined heterogeneous wireline-wireless-optical networks

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84945242476

Contributors: Liu, L.; Zhu, Z.; Wang, X.; Song, G.; Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Ma, S.; Feng, X.; Proietti, R.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Field trial of broker-based multi-domain software-defined heterogeneous wireline-wireless-optical networks

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2015
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84930884944

Contributors: Liu, L.; Zhu, Z.; Wang, X.; Song, G.; Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Ma, S.; Feng, X.; Proietti, R.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Flexible availability-aware differentiated protection in software-defined elastic optical networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84941631169

Contributors: Chen, X.; Tornatore, M.; Zhu, S.; Ji, F.; Zhou, W.; Chen, C.; Hu, D.; Jiang, L.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Leveraging master-slave OpenFlow controller arrangement to improve control plane resiliency in SD-EONs

Optics Express
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84936872289

Contributors: Chen, X.; Zhao, B.; Ma, S.; Chen, C.; Hu, D.; Zhou, W.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Multi-broker based market-driven service provisioning in multi-domain SD-EONs in nuncooperative game scenarios

European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84957824804

Contributors: Chen, X.; Yin, J.; Chen, C.; Zhu, Z.; Casales, A.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Multi-domain fragmentation-aware RSA operations through cooperative hierarchical controllers in SD-EONs

Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACPC 2015
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84971644730

Contributors: Chen, X.; Chen, C.; Hu, D.; Ma, S.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

On efficient protection design for dynamic multipath provisioning in elastic optical networks

Conference Proceedings - 2015 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2015
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84939514749

Contributors: Chen, X.; Zhu, S.; Chen, D.; Hu, S.; Li, C.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

On Spectrum Efficient Failure-Independent Path Protection p-Cycle Design in Elastic Optical Networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84939444305

Contributors: Chen, X.; Zhu, S.; Jiang, L.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

OpenFlow-assisted online defragmentation in single-/multi-domain software-defined elastic optical networks [invited]

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84922282500

Contributors: Zhu, Z.; Chen, X.; Chen, C.; Ma, S.; Zhang, M.; Liu, L.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Service provisioning in multi-domain SD-EONs

ICOCN 2015 - 14th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, Proceedings
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84953896591

Contributors: Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Zhao, B.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Service provisioning with energy-aware regenerator allocation in multi-domain EONs

2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84964817676

Contributors: Zhu, J.; Chen, X.; Chen, D.; Zhu, S.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Demonstration of OpenFlow-controlled cooperative resource allocation in a multi-domain SD-EON testbed across multiple nations

European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
2014 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84915749916

Contributors: Chen, C.; Ma, S.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.; Liu, L.; Feng, X.; Yoo, S.J.B.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Demonstrations of efficient online spectrum defragmentation in software-defined elastic optical networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84910619086

Contributors: Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Zhang, M.; Ma, S.; Shao, Y.; Li, S.; Suleiman, M.S.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamic p-cycle protection in spectrum-sliced elastic optical networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84893923515

Contributors: Ji, F.; Chen, X.; Lu, W.; Rodrigues, J.J.P.C.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Implementation and demonstration of revenue-driven provisioning for advance reservation requests in openflow-controlled SD-EONs

IEEE Communications Letters
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84908006316

Contributors: Lu, W.; Ma, S.; Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

OpenFlow-controlled online spectrum defragmentation in software-defined elastic optical networks

2014 13th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2014
2014 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84920771461

Contributors: Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Ma, S.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Openflow-controlled revenue-driven AR service provisioning in software-defined elastic optical networks

Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACPC 2014
2014 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84928914414

Contributors: Ma, S.; Lu, W.; Chen, C.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Service availability oriented p-cycle protection design in elastic optical networks

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84908102997

Contributors: Chen, X.; Ji, F.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Design QoS-aware multi-path provisioning strategies for efficient cloud-assisted SVC video streaming to heterogeneous clients

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84877888920

Contributors: Zhu, Z.; Li, S.; Chen, X.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamic p-cycle configuration in spectrum-sliced elastic optical networks

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84904095549

Contributors: Ji, F.; Chen, X.; Lu, W.; Rodrigues, J.J.P.C.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy-efficient protection designs for translucent optical networks using mixed regenerator placement

National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, NFOEC 2013
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84887334045

Contributors: Chen, X.; Ji, F.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy-efficient protection designs for translucent optical networks using mixed regenerator placement

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2013
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84887552921

Contributors: Chen, X.; Ji, F.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy-efficient protection designs for translucent optical networks using mixed regenerator placement

2013 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2013
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84881041183

Contributors: Chen, X.; Ji, F.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy-efficient resilience in translucent optical networks with mixed regenerator placement

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84880865031

Contributors: Chen, X.; Ji, F.; Wu, Y.; Zhu, Z.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy-efficient translucent optical transport networks with mixed regenerator placement

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84867292803

Contributors: Zhu, Z.; Chen, X.; Ji, F.; Zhang, L.; Farahmand, F.; Jue, J.P.
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Xiaoliang Chen via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (4 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Optical switching and networking. (2)
Review activity for Photonic network communications. (1)
Review activity for Telecommunications systems. (1)