Design and experimental test of 1: 1 end-to-end protection for LR-PON using an SDN multi-tier control plane. - Frank Slyne; Nattapong Kitsuwan; Séamas McGettrick; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ECOC, 2014)

An SDN-driven approach to a flat Layer-2 telecommunications network. - Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (ICTON, 2014)

Experimental end-to-end demonstration of shared N: 1 dual homed protection in long reach PON and SDN-controlled core. - Séamas McGettrick; Frank Slyne; Nattapong Kitsuwan; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2015)

Independent Transient Plane Design for Protection in OpenFlow-Based Networks. - Nattapong Kitsuwan; Séamas McGettrick; Frank Slyne; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2015)

Demonstration of SDN enabled dynamically reconfigurable high capacity optical access for converged services. - Giuseppe Talli; Stefano Porto; Daniel Carey; Nicola Brandonisio; Alan Naughton; Peter Ossieur; Frank Slyne; Séamas McGettrick; Christian Blümm; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Rene Bonk; et al. (OFC, 2016)

End-to-end service orchestration from access to backbone. - José Manuel Gran Josa; Víctor López 001; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini; Ricard Vilalta; Arturo Mayoral; Raul Muñoz 001; Ramon Casellas; Ricardo Martínez 001 (ONDM, 2016)

FLATLANd: A novel SDN-based Telecoms network architecture enabling NFV and metro-Access convergence. - Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2016)

Software defined telecommunication networks - Frank Slyne (2016)

Multi-service SDN controlled reconfigurable long-reach optical access network. - Giuseppe Talli; Stefano Porto; Daniel Carey; Nicola Brandonisio; Alan Naughton; Peter Ossieur; Paul D. Townsend; Rene Bonk; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Frank Slyne; Séamas McGettrick; Christian Blümm; et al. (EuCNC, 2017)

Technologies and architectures to enable SDN in converged 5G/optical access networks. - Giuseppe Talli; Stefano Porto; Daniel Carey; Nicola Brandonisio; Peter Ossieur; Paul D. Townsend; Rene Bonk; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Frank Slyne; Séamas McGettrick; Christian Blümm; Marco Ruffini; et al. (ONDM, 2017)

End-to-End Service Orchestration From Access to Backbone. - Víctor López 001; José Manuel Gran Josa; Víctor Uceda; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini; Ricard Vilalta; Arturo Mayoral; Raúl Muñoz 001; Ramon Casellas; Ricardo Martínez 001 (JOCN, 2017)

FLATLANd: SDN-Based Flat Layer-2 Architecture-Enabling NFV and Metro-Access Convergence. - Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2017)

Optical and wireless network convergence in 5G systems - an experimental approach. - Paulo Marques 002; Alexandre Pereira do Carmo; Valerio Frascolla; Carlos F. M. Silva; Emanuel D. R. Sena; Raphael Braga; Joao F. N. Pinheiro; Carlos A. Astudillo; Tiago P. C. de Andrade; Eduardo S. Gama; Luiz F. Bittencourt; Leandro A. Villas; et al. (CAMAD, 2018)

Experimental Demonstration of DPDK Optimised VNF Implementation of Virtual DBA in a Multi-Tenant PON. - Frank Slyne; Robin Giller; Jasvinder Singh; Marco Ruffini (ECOC, 2018)

Experimental Demonstration of SDN-controlled Variable-rate Fronthaul for Converged LTE-over-PON. - Pedro Alvarez; Frank Slyne; Christian Blümm; Johann M. Márquez-Barja; Luiz A. DaSilva; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2018)

Demonstration of Real Time VNF Implementation of OLT with Virtual DBA for Sliceable Multi-Tenant PONs. - Frank Slyne; Amr Elrasad; Christian Blümm; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2018)

When optical networks meet wireless systems: experiments at the boundary. - Valerio Frascolla; Carlos Colman Meixner; Reza Nejabati; Dimitra Simeonidou; Frank Slyne; Yi Zhang; Luiz A. DaSilva; Marco Ruffini; Magnos Martinello; Rafael S. Guimarães; Moisés Renato Nunes Ribeiro (PSC, 2018)

3-Stage Hierarchical Quality of Service for Multi-tenant Passive Optical Networks. - Frank Slyne; Bruno Cornaglia; Marco Boselli; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2019)

FUTEBOL Control Framework: Enabling Experimentation in Convergent Optical, Wireless, and Cloud Infrastructures. - Cristiano Both; Rafael S. Guimarães; Frank Slyne; Juliano Araújo Wickboldt; Magnos Martinello; Cristina K. Dominicini; Rafael de Jesus Martins; Yi Zhang; Diego G. Cardoso; Rodolfo da Silva Villaça; Isabella Ceravolo; Reza Nejabati; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2019)

Capacity Sharing Approaches in Multi-Tenant, Multi-Service PONs for Low-Latency Fronthaul Applications based on Cooperative-DBA. - Arsalan Ahmad; Frank Slyne; Sanwal Zeb; Abdul Wahab; Rana Azhar Khan; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2020)

Experimental Demonstration of multiple Disaggregated OLTs with Virtualised Multi Tenant DBA, over General Purpose Processor. - Frank Slyne; David Coyle; Jasvinder Singh; Rory Sexton; Brendan Ryan; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2020)

Evolution of access network sharing towards software based passive optical network: can virtual OLTs run at full line rate? - Marco Ruffini; David Coyle; Jasvinder Singh; Rory Sexton; Brendan Ryan; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; Frank Slyne (ONDM, 2020)

Virtualized EAST-WEST PON architecture supporting low-latency communication for mobile functional split based on multiaccess edge computing. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Aleksandra Kaszubowska; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2020)

Virtual DBA: virtualizing passive optical networks to enable multi-service operation in true multi-tenant environments. - Marco Ruffini; Arsalan Ahmad; Sanwal Zeb; Nima Afraz; Frank Slyne (JOCN, 2020)

A Novel low-latency DBA for Virtualised PON implemented through P4 In-Network Processing. - Diego Rossi Mafioletti; Frank Slyne; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; Brendan Ryan; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2021)

Stateful DBA Hypervisor Supporting SLAs with Low Latency & High Availability in Shared PON. - Frank Slyne; Sanwal Zeb; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2021)

Deploying PolKA Source Routing in P4 Switches : (Invited Paper). - Cristina K. Dominicini; Rafael S. Guimarães; Diego R. Mafioletti; Magnos Martinello; Moisés R. N. Ribeiro; Rodolfo da Silva Villaça; Frédéric Loui; Jordi Ortiz; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini; Eoin Kenny (ONDM, 2021)

Experimental Demonstration of RAN Functional Split over virtual PON Transport Network. - Line M. P. Larsen; Frank Slyne; Ghizlane Mountaser; Marco Ruffini; Toktam Mahmoodi (CoRR, 2021)

Moving the Network to the Cloud: the Cloud Central Office Revolution and its Implications for the Optical Layer. - Marco Ruffini; Frank Slyne (CoRR, 2021)

To Embed or Not to Embed SHA in Programmable Network Interface Cards. - Diego Rossi Mafioletti; Magnos Martinello; Moisés R. N. Ribeiro; Marco Ruffini; Frank Slyne (CNSM, 2022)

Demonstration of a low latency bandwidth allocation mechanism for mission critical applications in virtual PONs with P4 programmable hardware. - Diego Rossi Mafioletti; Frank Slyne; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; David Coyle; Brendan Ryan; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2022)

Optimal Slicing of Virtualised Passive Optical Networks to Support Dense Deployment of Cloud-RAN and Multi-Access Edge Computing. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2022)

Schedulers Synchronization Supporting Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) in Cloud-RAN over Virtualised Mesh PON. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2022)

Optimal Slicing of Virtualized Passive Optical Networks to Support Dense Deployment of Cloud-RAN and Multi-Access Edge Computing. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Netw., 2022)

Remote Orchestration of NextG Services Across the Global Internet: An Experimental Study. - Shalini Choudhury; Prasad Netalkar; Frank Slyne; Diarmuid Collins; Sumaiya Binte Ali; Daniel C. Kilper; Ivan Seskar; Dipankar Raychaudhuri (GLOBECOM (Workshops), 2023)

Energy Efficient SDN and SDR Joint Adaptation of CPU Utilization Based on Experimental Data Analytics. - Beiran Chen; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of Network Convergence with Coherent and Analog Radio-over-Fibre Signals For Densified 5.5G/6G Small Cell Networks. - Frank Slyne; Colm Browning; Amol Delmade; Liam P. Barry; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2023)

Real-time, low latency virtual DBA hypervisor for SLA-compliant multi-service operations over shared Passive Optical Networks. - Arijeet Ganguli; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of ML-Based DWDM System Margin Estimation. - Jasper Müller; Frank Slyne; Kaida Kaeval; Sebastian Troia; Tobias Fehenberger; Jörg-Peter Elbers; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini; Carmen Mas Machuca (OFC, 2023)

Employing Channel Probing to Derive End-of-Life Service Margins for Optical Spectrum Services. To appear in OPTICA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. - Kaida Kaeval; Frank Slyne; Sebastian Troia; Eoin Kenny; Klaus Große; Helmut Griesser; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini; Jose-Juan Pedreno-Manresa; Sai Kireet Patri; Gert Jervan (CoRR, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of Network Convergence with Coherent and AnalogRadio-over-Fibre signals For Densified 5.5G/6G Small Cell Networks. - Frank Slyne; Colm Browning; Amol Delmade; Liam P. Barry; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Two-tier PON virtualisation with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based Cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Self-Normalizing Neural Network, Enabling One Shot Transfer Learning for Modeling EDFA Wavelength Dependent Gain. - Agastya Raj; Zehao Wang; Frank Slyne; Tingjun Chen; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Metro Access Network with Convergence of Coherent and Analog RoF Data Services. - Amol Delmade; Frank Slyne; Colm Browning; Daniel C. Kilper; Liam P. Barry; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2023)

Employing channel probing to derive end-of-life service margins for optical spectrum services. - Kaida Kaeval; Frank Slyne; Sebastian Troia; Eoin Kenny; Klaus Grobe; Helmut Griesser; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini; Jose-Juan Pedreno-Manresa; Sai Kireet Patri; Gert Jervan (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2023)

Demonstration of Cooperative Transport Interface using open-source 5G OpenRAN and virtualised PON network. - Frank Slyne; Kevin O. Sullivan; Merim Dzaferagic; Bruce Richardson; Marcin Wrzeszcz; Brendan Ryan; Niall Power; Robin Giller; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2024)

Multi-Span Optical Power Spectrum Evolution Modeling using ML-based Multi-Decoder Attention Framework. - Agastya Raj; Zehao Wang; Frank Slyne; Tingjun Chen; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)

Interference Identification in Multi-User Optical Spectrum as a Service using Convolutional Neural Networks. - Agastya Raj; Zehao Wang; Frank Slyne; Tingjun Chen; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)