NDLI: Experimental demonstration of OpenFlow/GMPLS interworking control plane for IP/DWDM multi-layer optical networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Lei Liu Tsuritani, T. Morita, I.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., 2-1-15 Ohara, Fujimino-shi, Saitama 356-8502, Japan (Lei Liu; Tsuritani, T.; Morita, I.)
Abstract	A unified control plane (UCP) for IP/Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) multi-layer optical networks is a very important issue for network carriers. Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS), with a decade of development and standardization work, is a mature control plane technique for optical transport networks. But GMPLS-based UCP for IP/DWDM multi-layer networks is overly complex for deployment in a real operational scenario. On the other hand, OpenFlow has been verified as a promising solution for a UCP, but it is not mature enough to control optical switching nodes so far. Therefore, as an intermediate step towards a fully OpenFlow-based UCP, a logical choice at present is to introduce an OpenFlow/GMPLS interworking control plane which is able to use GMPLS to control the optical layer and use OpenFlow to dynamically coordinate between IP and optical layers. In light of this, in this paper, we experimentally present three interworking solutions (parallel, overlay and integrated) between OpenFlow and GMPLS for intelligent wavelength path control in IP/DWDM multi-layer optical networks. The overall feasibility of these solutions is assessed and their performance is quantitatively evaluated and compared on an actual network testbed.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	4
File Size	543436
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467322287
ISSN	21612064
e-ISBN	9781467322294
e-ISBN	9781467322270
DOI	10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254482
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-07-02
Publisher Place	United Kingdom
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Optical fiber networks IP networks Protocols Integrated optics Wavelength division multiplexing Optical packet switching Optical switches multi-layer optical networks OpenFlow GMPLS software defined networking control plane
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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