SDN Multi-layer Provisioning and Optimization Demonstration

This Carrier SDN demonstration is a collaboration effort between Infinera, Brocade and ESnet to integrate the router/switch layer and Intelligent Transport Network layers into a single, centralized topology view with a common provisioning control plane using the OpenFlow protocol. The demonstration shows how provisioning and optimization of bandwidth services can be automated across the multi-layer network leveraging Infinera DTN-X converged Packet-Optical Transport Network (P-OTN) systems equipped with the Open Transport Switch (OTS) software, OpenFlow capable MLXe Core Routers from Brocade, an open source controller and applications developed using RESTful northbound APIs from ESnet.