An SDN-based Integration of Green TWDM-PONs and Metro Networks Preserving End-to-End Delay
Koteswararao Kondepu, Andrea Sgambelluri, Luca Valcarenghi, Filippo Cugini, P. Castoldi · Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2015
A novel latency-aware aggregation node architecture supporting TWDM-PONs is successfully demonstrated. The node, performing traffic scheduling according to sleep-mode operations, includes a lightweight SDN solution, scaled to operate as intra-node controller.