Title :
Design and experimental test of 1:1 end-to-end protection for LR-PON using an SDN multi-tier control plane
Author :
Slyne, Frank ; Kituswan, Nattapong ; McGettrick, Seamas ; Payne, David B. ; Ruffini, M.
Author_Institution :
CTVR The Telecommun. Res. Centre, Trinity Coll. Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
We test an end-to-end 1:1 protection scheme for a combined LR-PON access and core networks using separate but loosely coupled SDN controllers, over a Pan-European network. Fast recovery is achieved in 7ms in the access and 52ms in the core.
Keywords :
computer networks; passive optical networks; LR-PON access; Pan-European network; SDN multitier control plane; end-to-end 1:1 protection scheme; flat optical core networks; long-reach passive optical networks; loosely coupled SDN controllers; Bridges; Hardware; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964143
