An Automatic Model-Based Reconfiguration and Monitoring Mechanism for Flexible GMPLS-Based Optical Networking Testbeds

Testbeds play a key role in the evolution of GMPLS-based Intelligent Optical Networks (ION) proving grounds in which new optical networking research ideas (e.g., new constraint-based routing algorithms) can be tested and evaluated. In order to be a productive experimentation environment, a GMPLS optical network testbed should be flexible, allowing the reconfiguration of as many different network topologies and configurations as possible. But usually this flexibility comes at the expense of high management costs when switching from one scenario to another is performed through time-consuming error-prone manual procedures.