Title : 
Defining optical software-defined networks (SDN): From a compilation of demos to network model synthesis
         
        
            Author : 
Cvijetic, N. ; Angelou, M. ; Patel, Anup ; Ji, Philip ; Ting Wang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose the first optical SDN model enabling performance optimization and comparison of heterogeneous SDN scenarios. We exploit it to minimize latency and compare cost for non-SDN, partial-SDN and full-SDN variants of the same network.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical communication; optimisation; SDN; network model synthesis; optical software-defined networks; performance optimization; Hardware; IP networks; Optical fiber networks; Optimization; Protocols; Transceivers; Vectors;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Anaheim, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-0457-0