Experimental validation and performance evaluation of OpenFlow-based wavelength path control in transparent optical networks

doi:10.1364/OE.19.026578

Optics Express

Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
Vol. 19, Iss. 27 — Dec. 19, 2011
pp: 26578–26593

Experimental validation and performance evaluation of OpenFlow-based wavelength path control in transparent optical networks

Lei Liu, Takehiro Tsuritani, Itsuro Morita, Hongxiang Guo, and Jian Wu »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 27, pp. 26578-26593 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.026578

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OpenFlow, as an open-source protocol for network virtualization, is also widely regarded as a promising control plane technique for heterogeneous networks. But the utilization of the OpenFlow protocol to control a wavelength switched optical network has not been investigated. In this paper, for the first time, we experimentally present a proof-of-concept demonstration of OpenFlow-based wavelength path control for lightpath provisioning in transparent optical networks. We propose two different approaches (sequential and delayed approaches) for lightpath setup and two different approaches (active and passive approaches) for lightpath release by using the OpenFlow protocol. The overall feasibility of these approaches is experimentally validated and the network performances are quantitatively evaluated. More importantly, all the proposed methodologies are demonstrated and evaluated on a real transparent optical network testbed with both OpenFlow-based control plane and data plane, which allows their feasibility and effectiveness to be verified, and valuable insights of the proposed solutions to be obtained for deploying into real OpenFlow controlled optical networks.

OCIS Codes
(060.4250) Fiber optics and optical communications : Networks
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications

ToC Category:
Backbone and Core Networks

History
Original Manuscript: October 3, 2011
Revised Manuscript: November 11, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: November 14, 2011
Published: December 14, 2011

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Lei Liu, Takehiro Tsuritani, Itsuro Morita, Hongxiang Guo, and Jian Wu, "Experimental validation and performance evaluation of OpenFlow-based wavelength path control in transparent optical networks," Opt. Express 19, 26578-26593 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-27-26578

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E. Mannie, ed., “Generalized multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS) architecture,” IETF RFC 3945 (2004), http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3945 .
A. Farrel, “A unified control plane: dream or pipedream,” presented at the 6th International Conference on IP + Optical Network (IPOP 2010), Tokyo, Japan, 10–11 Jun., 2010. http://www.pilab.jp/ipop2010/info/onlineproceedings.html .
“The OpenFlow switch consortium,” http://www.openflow.org/ .
S. Das, G. Parulkar, N. McKeown, P. Singh, D. Getachew, and L. Ong, “Packet and circuit network convergence with OpenFlow,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2010), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper OTuG1. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OFC-2010-OTuG1 .
V. Gudla, S. Das, A. Shastri, G. Parulkar, N. McKeown, L. Kazovsky, and S. Yamashita, “Experimental demonstration of OpenFlow control of packet and circuit switches,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2010), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper OTuG2. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OFC-2010-OTuG2 .
S. Das, Y. Yiakoumis, G. Parulkar, N. McKeown, P. Singh, D. Getachew, and P. D. Desai, “Application-aware aggregation and traffic engineering in a converged packet-circuit network,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2011), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper NThD3. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=NFOEC-2011-NThD3 .
S. Das, A. R. Sharafat, G. Parulkar, and N. McKeown, “MPLS with a simple OPEN control plane,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2011), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper OWP2. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OFC-2011-OWP2 .
“NOX: an OpenFlow controller,” http://noxrepo.org/wp/ .
L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, H. Guo, and J. Wu, “OpenFlow-based wavelength path control in transparent optical networks: a proof-of-concept demonstration,” in 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC 2011), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper Tu.5.K.2. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ECOC-2011-Tu.5.K.2 .

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