Title :
Network function virtualization enabled optical transport node toward future optical networks
Author :
Yiming Yu ; Jie Zhang ; Yongli Zhao ; Yadi Cui ; Yi Lin ; Jianrui Han ; Haomian Zheng ; Yuefeng Ji
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel optical transport node architecture enabling network function virtualization is proposed with the corresponding control plane framework. The proposed node architecture is emulated by commercial equipment and is validated by the experimental results.
Keywords :
computer networks; optical fibre networks; virtualisation; control plane framework; future optical networks; network function virtualization; optical transport node; Decision support systems; Firewalls (computing); Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Virtualization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964151
