Multidomain network hypervisor for abstraction and control of openflow-enabled multitenant multitechnology transport networks [Invited]

Ricard Vilalta, Raul Munoz, Ramon Casellas, Ricardo Martinez, Shuping Peng, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou, Noboru Yoshikane, Takehiro Tsuritani, Itsuro Morita, Victor Lopez, Thomas Szyrkowiec, Achim Autenrieth

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Abstract

A virtualization architecture is presented for deploying multitenant virtual networks on top of multitechnology optical networks. A multidomain network hypervisor (MNH) and a multidomain SDN orchestrator (MSO) are introduced with this purpose. TheMNHprovides an abstract view of each virtual network and gives control of it to each independent customer SDN controller. The MNH is able to provide virtual networks across heterogeneous control domains (i.e., generalized multiprotocol label switching and OpenFlow) and transport technologies (i.e., optical packet switching and elastic optical networks). The MSO is responsible for providing the necessary end-toend connectivity. We have designed, implemented, and experimentally evaluated the MNH and MSO in an international testbed across Spain, UK, Germany, and Japan.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7331130
Pages (from-to)B55-B61
JournalIEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Volume7
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2015

Keywords

  • EON
  • GMPLS/PCE
  • OpenFlow
  • OPS
  • Optical network virtualization
  • Resource allocation algorithms
  • SDN orchestration

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