Title
Control plane techniques for Elastic Optical Networks: GMPLS/PCE vs OpenFlow
Abstract
Elastic Optical Networks (EON), which are able to allocate an appropriate optical spectrum range and modulation format to an optical path according to the client (e.g. IP) traffic demand and path attributes (e.g., physical length or optical impairments), have been proposed to more efficiently utilize network spectrum resources. A control plane is a key enabling technique for dynamic and intelligent end-to-end path provisioning and recovery in such networks. In this paper, we design and deploy two different control planes for EON. One is based on the Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) / Path Computation Element (PCE) architecture and protocols, and the other one is based on a centralized model extending OpenFlow. We detail the protocol extensions involved in the main functional aspects, and we experimentally validate both control plane approaches in a control plane testbed and compare them in terms of path provisioning latency.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/GLOCOMW.2012.6477596
GLOBECOM Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
elastic optical network,protocols,eon,multiprotocol label switching,openflow,optical spectrum,optical path attribute,centralised control,generalized multiprotocol label switching,optical fibre networks,pce,dynamic end-to-end path provisioning,optical impairment,control plane,gmpls-pce,control plane technique,network spectrum resource,path computation element,gmpls,traffic demand,intelligent end-to-end path provisioning,elastic optical networks,telecommunication control,modulation format,position control,centralized model,physical length
Optical path,Optical burst switching,Path computation element,Multiprotocol Label Switching,Computer science,Computer network,Testbed,Provisioning,OpenFlow,Label switching,Distributed computing
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2166-0069
978-1-4673-4940-6
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lei Liu1597.66
Takehiro Tsuritani28827.10
Itsuro Morita38718.88
R. Casellas415349.06
R. Martinez519849.20
Raul Muñoz610734.27