Title :
Experimenting Hierarchical PCE architecture in a distributed multi-platform control plane testbed
Author :
Paolucci, Francesco ; de Dios, O.G. ; Casellas, Ramon ; Duhovnikov, S. ; Castoldi, Piero ; Munoz, Raul ; Martinez, Ricardo
Author_Institution :
CNIT, Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
A distributed control plane testbed, connecting four European institutions, is developed to enable interoperability testing among independent PCE platforms and evaluate inter-domain computation algorithms based on the Hierarchical PCE. Performance results are detailed and discussed.
Keywords :
computer network performance evaluation; computer testing; open systems; optical fibre networks; protocols; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; European institutions; PCE protocol; backward recursive PCE-based computation procedure; distributed multiplatform control plane testbed; distributed wavelength switched optical networks; hierarchical PCE architecture; independent PCE platforms; interdomain computation algorithms; interoperability testing; path computation element; traffic engineering; Computer architecture; Distributed control; Message systems; Network topology; Random access memory; Routing; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
