Title :
Achieving heterogeneous packet-optical networks inter-connection with a software-defined unified control architecture
Author :
Xiaoping Zheng ; Nan Hua ; Zhizhen Zhong
Author_Institution :
Tsinghua Nat. Lab. for Inf. Sci. & Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We present a software-defined unified control architecture for heterogeneous packet-optical networks inter-connection. This architecture supports hybrid packet- and circuit-switched networks employing various switching technologies and can achieve fast and seamless connection establishment.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical switches; software defined networking; heterogeneous packet optical network interconnection; hybrid circuit switched network; hybrid packet network; seamless connection; software defined unified control architecture; switching technology; Computer architecture; Delays; IP networks; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Heterogeneous network; circuit-switched network; packet-switched network; software-defined network; unified control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2015 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
DOI :
10.1109/ICOCN.2015.7203605
