Title : 
Experimental demonstration of a novel QoS-aware hybrid optical network
         
        
            Author : 
Escalona, Eduard ; Qin, Yixuan ; Zervas, Georgios ; Triay, Joan ; Zarris, George ; Amaya-Gonzalez, Norberto ; Nejabati, Reza ; Cervelló-Pastor, Cristina ; Simeonidou, Dimitra
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
CSEE Dept., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents a hybrid optical test-bed controlled by a hardware-accelerated control plane capable of dynamically provisioning the most suitable route according to the requirements of the client technology and the physical characteristics of the network.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibre networks; quality of service; QoS-aware hybrid optical network; hardware-accelerated control plane; hybrid optical test-bed; Logic gates; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Q factor; Quality of service; Real time systems; Servers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Torino
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8536-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8534-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621542