Pol Alemany

Ico_CTTC
Pol Alemany | CTTC

Packet Optical Networks and Services (PONS)

Phd , Researcher

Phone: +34 93 645 29 00
Pol Alemany Prats received both the B.Sc. and the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 2013 and 2017, respectively. Among his experience, there is an Erasmus grant (2012-2013) to finish his B.Sc degree in the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. While studying for his M.Sc degree, he worked in Atos and participated in the maintenance of the IT systems of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). In July 2017 he joined CTTC as an assistant researcher of the Packet Optical Networks and Services (PONS) Research Unit (RU). Since then, he has been involved in multiple European funded projects such as the 5GTANGO, 5GCroCO and INSPRIE-5GPlus. Nowadays he is part of the team working in the Hexa-X-II and Across European projects and the spanish 6GOPENSEC-SECURITY and 6GOPENSEC-TRUST projects. His current research interests include network technologies such as Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and the use of Distributed Ledger Technologies (e.g., Blockchain) or Machine Learning (ML) on optical transport networks. His latest research activity is focused on SDN/NFV, Network Virtualization and Network Orchestration which lead him to become a PhD student with his thesis research focused on the security and trustworthiness on different aspects around the Network Slicing and SDN/NFV networks.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1170-9587

ZSM-Based E2E Security Slice Management for DDoS Attack Protection in MEC-Enabled V2X Environments
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology. Vol. 5. pp. 485-495 January 2024.
Asensio-Garriga R., Alemany P., Zarca A.M., Sedar R., Kalalas C., Ortiz J., Vilalta R., Munoz R., Skarmeta A.
10.1109/OJVT.2024.3375448 Google Scholar
Design Methodology for 6G End-to-End System: Hexa-X-II Perspective
Ieee Open Journal Of The Communications Society. Vol. 5. pp. 3368-3394 January 2024.
Kerboeuf S., Porambage P., Jain A., Rugeland P., Wikstrom G., Ericson M., Bui D.T., Outtagarts A., Karvonen H., Alemany P., Munoz R., Vilalta R., Botsinis P., Ramos A., Cisneros J.C., Karaca M., Karousatou C., Barmpounakis S., Demestichas P., Zafeiropoulos A., Tzanettis I., Papavassiliou S., Giardina P.G., Landi G., Han B., Nimr A., Uusitalo M.A.
10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3398504 Google Scholar
Enabling traffic forecasting with cloud-native SDN controller in transport networks
COMPUTER NETWORKS. Vol. 250. January 2024.
Adanza D., Gifre L., Alemany P., Fernández-Palacios J.-P., González-de-Dios O., Muñoz R., Vilalta R.
10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110565 Google Scholar
IntentLLM: An AI Chatbot to Create, Find, and Explain Slice Intents in TeraFlowSDN
2024 Ieee 10th International Conference On Network Softwarization, Netsoft 2024. pp. 307-309 January 2024.
Adanza D., Natalino C., Gifre L., Munoz R., Alemany P., Monti P., Vilalta R.
10.1109/NetSoft60951.2024.10588917 Google Scholar
Multi-Stakeholder Intent-based Service Management Automation for 6G Networks
2024 Joint European Conference On Networks And Communications And 6g Summit, Eucnc/6g Summit 2024. pp. 866-871 January 2024.
Alemany P., Munoz R., Ordonez-Lucena J.-A., Vilalta R., Lopez D., Boussard M., Tran H.Q., Porambage P., Pires R., Blue H., Malinen J., Uusitalo M., Elbamby M., Abdelaziz M., Rugeland P., Cisneros J.C., Brito F., Biyar E.D., Karaca M., Zafeiropoulos A., Tzanettis I., Giardina P.G., Landi G., Sousa X.R., Kerboueuf S.
10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit60053.2024.10597032 Google Scholar
Network Extensions to Support Robust Secured and Efficient Connectivity Services for V2X Scenario
. January 2024.
Abishek A., Vilalta R., Gifre L., Alemany P., Manso C., Casellas R., Martínez R., Muñoz R.
10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647509 Google Scholar
Security and Trust in Open and Disaggregated 6G networks
. January 2024.
Alemany P., Muñoz R., Vilalta R., Gifre L., Martínez R., Casellas R., Castro M., Ferreira P., Moreira D., García J., Cunha J., Núñez I., Gómez G., Castro S., Pastor A., López D.
10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647935 Google Scholar
Demonstration of intent-based networking for end-to-end packet optical cloud-native SDN orchestration
ECOC 2023. October 2023.
Vilalta, Ricard, Adanza Dopazo, Daniel, Manso, Carlos, Alemany, Pol, Gifre, Lluis, Casellas, Ramon, Martínez, Ricardo, Muñoz, Raül
10.1049/icp.2024.1803 Google Scholar
Grouping intent-based packet-optical connectivity services
ECOC 2023. October 2023.
Alemany, Pol, Adanza Dopazo, Daniel, Gifre, Lluis, Vilalta, Ricard, Muñoz, Raül
10.1049/icp.2023.2323 Google Scholar
Blockchain-based trust management collaborative system for transport multi-stakeholder scenarios
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 15. No. 8. pp. 488-496 January 2023.
Alemany P., Munoz R., Martrat J., Pastor A., Diaz R., Lopez D., Casellas R., Martinez R., Vilalta R.
10.1364/JOCN.486503 Google Scholar
ACROSS: Automated zero-touch cross-layer provisioning framework for 5G and beyond vertical services
European Conference On Networks And Communications. pp. 735-740 January 2023.
Giannopoulos, D, Katsikas, G, Trantzas, K, Klonidis, D, Tranoris, C, Denazis, S, Gifre, L, Vilalta, R, Alemany, P, Munoz, R, Bosneag, AM, Mozo, A, Karamchandani, A, de la Cal, L, Lopez, DR, Pastor, A, Burgaleta, A
10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT58263.2023.10188293 Google Scholar
End-to-End Inter-domain Transport Network Slice Management Using DLT-enabled Cloud -based SDN Controllers
2023 Optical Fiber Communications Conference And Exhibition, Ofc 2023 - Proceedings. January 2023.
Vilalta, R, Alemany, P, Gifre, L, Martínez, R, Casellas, R, Muñoz, R
10.1364/OFC.2023.Tu3D.3 Google Scholar
Management and enforcement of secured E2E network slices across transport domains
OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY. Vol. 73. September 2022.
Alemany, P, Molina, A, Dangerville, C, Asensio, R, Ayed, D, Muñoz R., Casellas, R, Martinez, R, Skarmeta, A, Vilalta, R
10.1016/j.yofte.2022.103010 Google Scholar
Evaluation of the abstraction of optical topology models in blockchain-based data center interconnection
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. Vol. 14. No. 4. pp. 211-221 January 2022.
Alemany, P, Vilalta, R, Muñoz, R., Casellas, R, Martinez, R
10.1364/JOCN.447833 Google Scholar
5GCroCo Barcelona Trial Site Results: Orchestration KPIs Measurements and Evaluation
2022 Joint European Conference On Networks And Communications And 6g Summit, Eucnc/6g Summit 2022. pp. 387-392 January 2022.
Lossi L., Alemany P., Hidalgo J.F., Moscatelli F., Vilalta R., Munoz R., Sedar R., Catalan-Cid M.
10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit54941.2022.9815648 Google Scholar
DLT-based End-To-end Inter-domain Transport Network Slice with SLA Management Using Cloud-based SDN Controllers: Demo Session
2022 Ieee Conference On Network Function Virtualization And Software Defined Networks, Nfv-Sdn 2022 - Proceedings. pp. 89-91 January 2022.
Renom, LG, Vilalta, R, Andreina, S, Xie, M, Pajo, JF, Munichev, K, Lonsethagen, H, Lange, S, Zinner, T, Marson, G, Alemany, P, Gajic, M, Casellas, R, Martinez, R, Munoz, R
10.1109/NFV-SDN56302.2022.9974726 Google Scholar
Packet optical transport network slicing with hard and soft isolation
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL. Vol. 11. No. 13. January 2021.
Barguil, S, Alvarez, VL, Murillo L.M.C., de Dios, OG, Alvarez, AA, Manso, C, Alemany, P, Casellas, R, Martinez, R, Gonzalez-Perez, D, Liu, XF, Pulido J.-M., Fernandez-Palacios, JP, Muñoz R., Vilalta, R
10.3390/app11136219 Google Scholar
Blockchain-Based Connectivity Provisioning in Multiple Transport SDN Domains
25th International Conference On Optical Network Design And Modelling, Ondm 2021. January 2021.
Alemany P., Vilalta R., Munoz R., Casellas R., Martinez R.
10.23919/ONDM51796.2021.9492411 Google Scholar
End-to-end SDN/NFV orchestration of multi-domain transport networks and distributed computing infrastructure for beyond-5G services
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS. Vol. E104B. No. 3. pp. 188-198 January 2021.
Manso, C., Alemany, P., Vilalta, R., Muñoz, R., Casellas, R., Martínez, R.
10.1587/transcom.2020NVI0001 Google Scholar
End-to-End Network Slice Stitching using Blockchain-based Peer-to-Peer Network Slice Managers and Transport SDN Controllers
2021 Optical Fiber Communications Conference And Exposition (ofc). January 2021.
Alemany P., Vilalta R., Munoz R., Casellas R., Martinez R.
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Multi-layer Transport Network Slicing with Hard and Soft Isolation
2021 Optical Fiber Communications Conference And Exposition (ofc). January 2021.
Alcala A., Barguil S., Lopez V., Contreras L.M., Manso C., Alemany P., Casellas R., Martinez R., Gonzalez-Perez D., Liu X., Pulido J.M., Fernandez-Palacios J.P., Munoz R., Vilalta R.
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A KPI-Enabled NFV MANO Architecture for Network Slicing with QoS
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE. Vol. 59. No. 7. pp. 44-50 January 2021.
Alemany, P., Román, A., Vilalta, R., Pol, Ana, Bonnet, José, kapassa, Evgenia, Touloupou, Marios, Kyriazis, Dimosthenis, Trakadas, Panagiotis, Martrat, Josep, Casellas, R., Martínez, R., Muñoz, R.
10.1109/MCOM.001.2001077 Google Scholar
End-to-End network slice stitching using Blockchain-based peer-to-peer Network Slice managers and transport SDN controllers
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. January 2021.
Alemany P., Vilalta R., Muñoz R., Casellas R., Martínez R.
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Multi-layer transport network slicing with hard and soft isolation
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. January 2021.
Alcalá A., Barguil S., López V., Contreras L.M., Manso C., Alemany P., Casellas R., Martínez R., González-Pérez D., Liu X., Pulido J.M., Fernández-Palacios J.P., Muñoz R., Vilalta R.
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INSPIRE-5Gplus: Intelligent security and pervasive trust for 5G and beyond networks
Acm International Conference Proceeding Series. August 2020.
Ortiz J., Sanchez-Iborra R., Bernabe J.B., Skarmeta A., Benzaid C., Taleb T., Alemany P., Muñoz R., Vilalta R., Gaber C., Wary J.-P., Ayed D., Bisson P., Christopoulou M., Xilouris G., De Oca E.M., Gür G., Santinelli G., Lefebvre V., Pastor A., Lopez D.
10.1145/3407023.3409219 Google Scholar
Hybrid network slicing: Composing network slices based on VNFs, CNFs network services
Proceedings Of The 2020 6th Ieee Conference On Network Softwarization (netsoft 2020): Bridging The Gap Between Ai And Network Softwarization. pp. 232-236 January 2020.
Alemany, Pol, Vilalta, Ricard, Vicens, Felipe, Gomez, ID, Casellas, Ramon, Martinez, Ricardo, Castro, Sonia, Martrat, Josep, Munoz, Raul
10.1109/NetSoft48620.2020.9165378 Google Scholar
Comparison of management and orchestration solutions for the 5G era
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. Vol. 9. No. 1. January 2020.
Trakadas, P., Karkazis, P., Leligou, H.C., Zahariadis, T., Vicens, F., Zurita, A., Alemany, P., Soenen, T., Parada, C., Bonnet, J., Fotopoulou, E., Zafeiropoulos, A., Kapassa, E., Touloupou, M., Kyriazis, D.
10.3390/jsan9010004 Google Scholar
Comparison of Real-Time Communications Service KPI in Edge and Cloud Domains Through Multi-Domain Transport Networks
2020 International Conference On Optical Network Design And Modeling (ondm). January 2020.
Alemany, P, de la Cruz, JL, Vilalta, R, Casellas, R, Martinez, R, Munoz, R, Pol, A, Roman, A
10.23919/ONDM48393.2020.9133023 Google Scholar
Managing Network Slicing Resources Using Blockchain in a Multi-Domain Software Defined Optical Network Scenario
2020 European Conference On Optical Communications, Ecoc 2020. January 2020.
Alemany, P., Vilalta, R., Munoz, R., Martinez, R., Casellas, R.
10.1109/ECOC48923.2020.9333352 Google Scholar
Applying Security Service Level Agreements in V2X Network Slices
2020 Ieee Conference On Network Function Virtualization And Software Defined Networks, Nfv-Sdn 2020 - Proceedings. pp. 114-115 January 2020.
Vilalta, Ricard, Alemany, Pol, Sedar, Roshan, Kalalas, Charalampos, Casellas, Ramon, Martinez, Ricardo, Vazquez-Gallego, Francisco, Ortiz, Jordi, Skarmeta, Antonio, Alonso-Zarate, Jesus, Munoz, Raul
10.1109/NFV-SDN50289.2020.9289861 Google Scholar
Peer-to-Peer Blockchain-based NFV Service Platform for End-to-End Network Slice Orchestration across Multiple NFVI Domains
2020 Ieee 3rd 5g World Forum, 5gwf 2020 - Conference Proceedings. pp. 151-156 January 2020.
Alemany P., Vilalta R., Munoz R., Casellas R., Mariinez R.
10.1109/5GWF49715.2020.9221311 Google Scholar
Transport network slices with security service level agreements
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks-ICTON. Vol. 2020-July. January 2020.
Alemany, P., Ayed, D., Vilalta, R., Muñoz, R., Bisson, P., Casellas, R., Martínez, R.
10.1109/ICTON51198.2020.9248696 Google Scholar
5GCroCo barcelona trial site for cross-border anticipated cooperative collision avoidance
2020 European Conference On Networks And Communications (eucnc 2020). pp. 34-39 January 2020.
Munoz R., Vazquez-Gallego F., Casellas R., Vilalta R., Sedar R., Alemany P., Martinez R., Alonso-Zarate J., Papageorgiou A., Catalan-Cid M., Moscatelli F., Landi G., Vilajosana X., Bartoli A., Guilhot D., Datta S.K., Harri J., Silva R., Dizambourg L., Fernandez A., Muehleisen M.
10.1109/EuCNC48522.2020.9200952 Google Scholar
Y Peer-to-Peer Blockchain-based NFV Service Platform for End-to-End Network Slice Orchestration Across Multiple NFVI Domains
2020 Ieee 3rd 5g World Forum, 5gwf 2020 - Conference Proceedings. pp. 151-156 January 2020.
Alemany, P, Vilalta, R, Munoz, R, Casellas, R, Martinez, R
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Advanced NFV features applied to multimedia real-time communications use case
2019 Ieee 2nd 5g World Forum (5gwf). pp. 323-328 January 2019.
Pol, A, Roman, A, Trakadas, P, Karkazis, P, Kapassa, E, Touloupou, M, Kyriazis, D, de la Cruz, JL, Alemany, P, Vilalta, R, Munoz, R, Vicens, F, Carrillo, SC
10.1109/5GWF.2019.8911662 Google Scholar
SLA-controlled Proxy Service Through Customisable MANO Supporting Operator Policies
2019 Ifip/ieee Symposium On Integrated Network And Service Management (im). pp. 707-708 January 2019.
Soenen, T, Vicens, F, Bonnet, J, Parada, C, Kapassa, E, Touloupou, M, Fotopoulou, E, Zafeiropoulos, A, Pol, A, Kolometsos, S, Xilouris, G, Alemany, P, Vilalta, R, Trakadas, P, Karkazis, P, Peuster, M, Tavernier, W
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Experimental validation of network slicing management for vertical applications on multimedia real-time communications over a packet/optical network
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks-ICTON. Vol. 2019-July. January 2019.
Alemany P., Vilalta R., de la Cruz J.L., Pol A., Román A., Casellas R., Martínez R., Muñoz R.
10.1109/ICTON.2019.8840187 Google Scholar
End-to-end network service deployment over multiple VIMs using a disaggregated transport optical network
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks-ICTON. Vol. 2019-July. January 2019.
Vilalta R., de la Cruz J.L., Alemany P., Casellas R., Martinez R., Muqaddas A., Nejabati R., Simeonidou D.
10.1109/ICTON.2019.8840222 Google Scholar
Network Slicing over A Packet/Optical Network for Vertical Applications Applied to Multimedia Real-Time Communications
Ieee Conference On Network Function Virtualization And Software Defined Networks, Nfv-Sdn 2019 - Proceedings. January 2019.
Alemany, P, de la Cruz, JL, Pol, A, Roman, A, Trakadas, P, Karkazis, P, Touloupou, M, Kapassa, E, Kyriazis, D, Soenen, T, Parada, C, Bonnet, J, Casellas, R, Martinez, R, Vilalta, R, Munoz, R
10.1109/NFV-SDN47374.2019.9040062 Google Scholar
Towards Autonomic Policy-based Network Service Deployment with SLA and Monitoring
2018 Ieee Conference On Network Function Virtualization And Software Defined Networks (nfv-Sdn). January 2018.
Xilouris, G, Kolometsos, S, Parada, C, Bonnet, J, Stavrianos, P, Kapassa, E, Touloupou, M, Kyriazis, D, Gouvas, P, Fotopoulou, E, Zafeiropoulos, A, Vicens, F, Martrat, J, Alemany, P, Munoz, R, Vilalta, R
10.1109/NFV-SDN.2018.8725695 Google Scholar
Zero-Touch Network Slicing Through Multi-Domain Transport Networks
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks-ICTON. Vol. 2018-July. January 2018.
Vilalta R., Alemany P., Casellas R., Martinez R., Parada C., Bonnet J., Vicens F., Munoz R.
10.1109/ICTON.2018.8473898 Google Scholar
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