Logical optical line terminal technologies towards flexible and highly reliable metro- and access-integrated networks

Satoru Okamoto; Takehiro Sato; Naoaki Yamanaka

doi:10.1117/12.2250693

28 January 2017 Logical optical line terminal technologies towards flexible and highly reliable metro- and access-integrated networks

Satoru Okamoto, Takehiro Sato, Naoaki Yamanaka

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Proceedings Volume 10129, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems IX; 1012907 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250693
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, flexible and highly reliable metro and access integrated networks with network virtualization and software defined networking technologies will be presented. Logical optical line terminal (L-OLT) technologies and active optical distribution networks (ODNs) are the key to introduce flexibility and high reliability into the metro and access integrated networks. In the Elastic Lambda Aggregation Network (EλAN) project which was started in 2012, a concept of the programmable optical line terminal (P-OLT) has been proposed. A role of the P-OLT is providing multiple network services that have different protocols and quality of service requirements by single OLT box. Accommodated services will be Internet access, mobile front-haul/back-haul, data-center access, and leased line. L-OLTs are configured within the P-OLT box to support the functions required for each network service. Multiple P-OLTs and programmable optical network units (P-ONUs) are connected by the active ODN. Optical access paths which have flexible capacity are set on the ODN to provide network services from L-OLT to logical ONUs (L-ONUs). The L-OLT to L-ONU path on the active ODN provides a logical connection. Therefore, introducing virtualization technologies becomes possible. One example is moving an L-OLT from one P-OLT to another P-OLT like a virtual machine. This movement is called L-OLT migration. The L-OLT migration provides flexible and reliable network functions such as energy saving by aggregating L-OLTs to a limited number of P-OLTs, and network wide optical access path restoration. Other L-OLT virtualization technologies and experimental results will be also discussed in the paper.

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Satoru Okamoto, Takehiro Sato, and Naoaki Yamanaka "Logical optical line terminal technologies towards flexible and highly reliable metro- and access-integrated networks", Proc. SPIE 10129, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems IX, 1012907 (28 January 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250693

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