Experimental demonstration of an OpenFlow based software-defined optical network employing packet, fixed and flexible DWDM grid technologies on an international multi-domain testbed

doi:10.1364/OE.21.005487

Experimental demonstration of an OpenFlow based software-defined optical network employing packet, fixed and flexible DWDM grid technologies on an international multi-domain testbed

M. Channegowda, R. Nejabati, M. Rashidi Fard, S. Peng, N. Amaya, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, A. Autenrieth, J.P. Elbers, P. Kostecki, and P. Kaczmarek »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 5487-5498 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.005487

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Software defined networking (SDN) and flexible grid optical transport technology are two key technologies that allow network operators to customize their infrastructure based on application requirements and therefore minimizing the extra capital and operational costs required for hosting new applications. In this paper, for the first time we report on design, implementation & demonstration of a novel OpenFlow based SDN unified control plane allowing seamless operation across heterogeneous state-of-the-art optical and packet transport domains. We verify and experimentally evaluate OpenFlow protocol extensions for flexible DWDM grid transport technology along with its integration with fixed DWDM grid and layer-2 packet switching.

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(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 16, 2012
Revised Manuscript: December 13, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: December 14, 2012
Published: February 27, 2013

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European Conference on Optical Communication 2012 (2012) Optics Express

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M. Channegowda, R. Nejabati, M. Rashidi Fard, S. Peng, N. Amaya, G. Zervas, D. Simeonidou, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, R. Muñoz, L. Liu, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, A. Autenrieth, J.P. Elbers, P. Kostecki, and P. Kaczmarek, "Experimental demonstration of an OpenFlow based software-defined optical network employing packet, fixed and flexible DWDM grid technologies on an international multi-domain testbed," Opt. Express 21, 5487-5498 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-5-5487

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ITU-T Recommendation G.694.1, Feb 2012.
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S. Azodolmolky, R. Nejabati, E. Escalona, R. Jayakumar, N. Efstathiou, and D. Simeonidou, “Integrated OpenFlow-GMPLS control plane: an overlay model for software defined packet over optical networks,” Opt. Express19(26), B421–B428 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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S. Azodolmolky, R. Nejabati, S. Peng, A. Hammad, M. P. Channegowda, N. Efstathiou, A. Autenrieth, P. Kaczmarek, and D. Simeonidou, “Optical FlowVisor: an OpenFlow-based optical network virtualization approach,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper JTh2A.41.

ACM SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.

N. McKeown, T. Anderson, H. Balakrishnan, G. Parulkar, L. Peterson, J. Rexford, S. Shenker, and J. Turner, “OpenFlow: enabling innovation in campus networks,” ACM SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.38(2), 69–74 (2008). [CrossRef]
N. Gude, T. Koponen, J. Pettit, B. Pfaff, M. Casado, N. McKeown, and S. Shenker, “NOX: Towards an Operating System for Networks,” ACM SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.38(3), 105–110 (2008). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

S. Azodolmolky, R. Nejabati, E. Escalona, R. Jayakumar, N. Efstathiou, and D. Simeonidou, “Integrated OpenFlow-GMPLS control plane: an overlay model for software defined packet over optical networks,” Opt. Express19(26), B421–B428 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

M. Channegowda, P. Kostecki, N. Efstathiou, S. Azodolmolky, R. Nejabati, P. Kaczmarek, A. Autenrieth, J. P. Elbers, and D. Simeonidou, “Experimental evaluation of extended OpenFlow deployment for high-performance optical networks,” in Proceedings of ECOC, Tu.1.D.2 (2012).
S. Azodolmolky, R. Nejabati, S. Peng, A. Hammad, M. P. Channegowda, N. Efstathiou, A. Autenrieth, P. Kaczmarek, and D. Simeonidou, “Optical FlowVisor: an OpenFlow-based optical network virtualization approach,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper JTh2A.41.
S. Das, G. Parulkar, and N. McKeown, “Why OpenFlow/SDN can succeed where GMPLS failed,” in European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper Tu.1.D.1.
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 . ONF white paper, “Software-Defined Networking: The New Norm for Networks,” (ONF 2012).
ITU-T Recommendation G.694.1, Feb 2012.
L. Liu, D. Zhang, T. Tsuritani, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, L. Hong, I. Morita, H. Guo, J. Wu, R. Martínez, and R. Muñoz, “First field trial of an OpenFlow-based unified control plane for multi-layer multi-granularity optical networks, ” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2012), Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper PDP5D.2.
S. Das, “Extensions to the OF Protocol in support of Circuit Switching, “addendum v0.3, June 2010.

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