Title :
Transport SDN enabled by flexible optical system
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
SDN technology is being extended to the transport layer to simplify network management and to increase operation flexibility. This paper introduces various flexible optical system technologies that enable the physical layer of transport SDN.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; flexible optical system; network management; operation flexibility; software defined network; transport SDN; transport layer; Hardware; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
