Optical access evolutions towards SDN and disaggregated hardware: an operator perspective [Invited]
| Autor: | Gaël Simon, Philippe Chanclou, Minqi Wang, Daniel Abgrall, David Minodier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. 14:C57 |
| ISSN: | 1943-0639 1943-0620 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we review recent advances of the optical access network in the path toward Cloud-computing-related technologies, software defined networking, and network function virtualization. We present the new network management architectures proposed by standardization bodies such as the Broadband Forum and non-profit organizations such as the Open Networking Foundation and propose to use today’s Orange-France Operation Support System as a baseline to discuss different evolution paths. We also provide a review of recent advances in the optical line terminal (OLT) hardware evolution, from white-box OLTs to general purpose hardware, and identify the remaining related challenges, such as energy consumption and interoperability. We also show how Cloud-computing technologies in optical access networks could remove the frontier between network segments (home local area network, optical transport network, and mobile network) by deeply improving the synergy among them. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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