A New Operational Paradigm for IPoDWDM Networks

Abstract

Coherent pluggable optics are rapidly evolving and are introducing advanced optical capabilities not yet supported in current standard packet host systems. A management paradigm is presented, that simplifies the integration of smart optical pluggables into hosts, accelerating the deployment of these advanced optical capabilities into disaggregated networks and a wide set of host devices. It relies on a host-independent management channel which integrates into the optical transport control system, maintaining the separation between packet and optical domains.

Keywords

• Smart optical module
• point-to-multipoint coherent optical networks
• IP over DWDM
• network management
• elastic optical networks
• dual management