2012•Optical Fiber Communication ConferenceRequires access

First Field Trial of an OpenFlow-based Unified Control Plane for Multi-layer Multi-granularity Optical Networks

Lei Liu, Dongxu Zhang, Takehiro Tsuritani, Ricard Vilalta, Ramon Casellas, Linfeng Hong, Itsuro Morita, Hongxiang Guo, Jian Wu, Ricardo Martínez, Raül Muñoz

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We report a world first field trial of an OpenFlow-based unified control plane for multilayer multi-granularity optical networks, verifying its overall feasibility and efficiency, and quantitatively evaluating the latencies for end-to-end path creation and restoration.

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Key concepts: OpenFlow, Granularity, Routing control plane, Computer science, Field trial, Path (computing), Forwarding plane, Layer (electronics)