This paper deals with a concept of generalized orchestration applicable to a broad scope of networking technologies. Orchestration is a relatively new concept, which definition and scope is not clearly defined yet. Moreover, the relationship between orchestration and management brings many confusions. In the first part of the paper an analysis of different orchestration definitions is presented and on that basis the key orchestration properties are developed. In the second part of the paper a concept of orchestration that can be used in heterogeneous environment is drawn. The described concept can be seen as a first step towards the definition of generalized network orchestration.
['Slawomir Kuklinski', 'Khoa Truong Dinh', 'Christian Destré', 'Imen Grida Ben Yahia']
Design principles of generalized network orchestrators