title: Experimental demonstration of OpenFlow-based control plane for elastic lightpath provisioning in Flexi-Grid optical networks.
abstract: Due to the prominent performance on networking virtualization and programmability, OpenFlow is widely regarded as a promising control plane technology in packet-switched IP networks as well as wavelength-switched optical networks. For the purpose of applying software programmable feature to future optical networks, we propose an OpenFlow-based control plane in Flexi-Grid optical networks. Experimental results demonstrate its feasibility of dynamic lightpath establishment and adjustment via extended OpenFlow protocol. Wireshark captures of the signaling procedure are printed out. Additionally, the overall latency including signaling and hardware for lightpath setup and adjustment is also reported.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No.10 Xitucheng Road, Beijing 100876, China.
authors: Jiawei
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Yongli
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Yang
authors: Xiaosong
authors: X
authors: Yu
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Xihua
authors: X
authors: Fu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055096:Optical Devices; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014584:User-Computer Interface