Scalable OneM2M IoT Open-Source Platform Evaluated in an SDN Optical Network Controller Scenario
Martina Troscia,
Andrea Sgambelluri,
Francesco Paolucci,
Piero Castoldi,
Paolo Pagano,
Filippo Cugini
Affiliations
Martina Troscia
Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Andrea Sgambelluri
Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Francesco Paolucci
National Laboratory of Photonic Networks and Technologies, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Piero Castoldi
Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Paolo Pagano
National Laboratory of Photonic Networks and Technologies, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Filippo Cugini
National Laboratory of Photonic Networks and Technologies, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Software Defined Networking represents a mature technology for the control of optical networks, though all open controller implementations present in the literature still lack the adequate level of maturity and completeness to be considered for (pre)-production network deployments. This work aims at experimenting on, assessing and discussing the use of the OneM2M open-source platform in the context of optical networks. Network elements and devices are implemented as IoT devices, and the control application is built on top of an OneM2M-compliant server. The work concretely addresses the scalability and flexibility performances of the proposed solution, accounting for the expected growth of optical networks. The two experiment scenarios show promising results and confirm that the OneM2M platform can be adopted in such a context, paving the way to other researches and studies.
