Title :
Software-defined fragmentation-aware elastic optical networks enabled by OpenFlow
Author :
Lei Liu ; Yawei Yin ; Ming Xia ; Shirazipour, Meral ; Zuqing Zhu ; Proietti, Roberto ; Qing Xu ; Dahlfort, Stefan ; Ben Yoo, S.J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a software-defined fragmentation-aware elastic optical network, in which an extended OpenFlow-based control plane intelligently routes connection requests to avoid spectrum fragmentation. The overall feasibility and efficiency of the proposed scenario is validated by using both numerical simulation and experimental demonstration.
Keywords :
numerical analysis; optical fibre networks; protocols; OpenFlow-based control plane; elastic optical networks; fragmentation-aware optical networks; intelligent routes; numerical simulation; software-defined optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1456
