We discuss a new software defined networking paradigm based on elastic optical networking which exploits flexible resource utilization and facilitates virtualization of physical layer. Optical supervisory channel enables adaptive network operation equipped with observe-analyze-act cycle.
S. J. Ben YooLei LiuRoberto ProiettiRyan P. Scott
Yanyu ChenQing LiYuan YangQi LiYong JiangXi Xiao
Sudhir K. RoutrayMahesh Kumar JhaAbhishek JavaliLaxmi SharmaSutapa SarkarT. Ninikrishna
Jason P. JueVincenzo EramoVı́ctor LópezZuqing Zhu