main goal:

Design, implement and experiment high-performance all-optical hybrid data plane for data centre networks combining both Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) and Optical Packet Switching (OPS), all controlled by SDN control plane.

nextworks role:

Leader of control plane developments on SDN (OpenDaylight) and PCE.

other key partners:

Interoute S.p.A. (IT), Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya (ES), Technical University of Eindhoven (NL), University of Bristol (UK), Barcelona Supercomputing Center (ES)

duration:

36 months, Start: 1/Nov/2012

project link: http://www.ict-lightness.eu/