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LEI LIU, HONGXIANG GUO, AND
TAKEHIRO TSURITANI
Contents
Motivation 306
OpenFlow-Based Wavelength Path Control in Transparent
Optical Networks 308
A Brief Introduction to OpenFlow 309
OpenFlow-Based Optical Nodes 309
Signaling Procedures for Lightpath Control in an
OpenFlow-Based Optical Network 311
Lightpath Setup 312
Lightpath Release 315
Experimental Demonstration and Evaluation Results 316
OpenFlow and Other Control Plane Techniques for Optical
Networks 326
Comparison of OpenFlow, GMPLS, and GMPLS/PCE 326
Interworking between OpenFlow and PCE 328
OpenFlow/PCE Integrated Control Plane 329
Experimental Setup, Results, and Discussions 334
Interworking between ...