Series Editorial: Network Softwarization and Management

The IEEE Communications Magazine Series on Network Soft-warization and Management represents a timely source of in-depth, cutting-edge articles on state-of-the-art technologies and solutions related to two fields that are highly relevant for today's Communication Networks and their evolution. On the one hand, Network Softwarization advocates for architectures where software and programmability aspects in the implementation of network functions, protocols, and services are decoupled from the underlying infrastructure, fostering unprecedented levels of flexibility, abstraction, automation, and intelligence. On the other hand, Network Management aims at integrating Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) capabilities in the network and supporting advanced autonomic and self-management features, often taking advantage of the potential offered by Network Softwarization.