Nkosi, Mpho CLysko, Albert A2018-05-142018-05-142017-10Nkosi, M.C. and Lysko, A.A. 2017. Lightpath restoration in SDN-based optical networks: Overview. IEEE Global Wireless Summit (GWS 2017), 15-18 October 2017, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa978-1-5386-1098-5978-1-5386-1099-2DOI: 10.1109/GWS.2017.8300471https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8300471/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10197Copyright: 2017 IEEE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached pdf contains the accepted version of the published item. For access to the published item, kindly consult the publisher's website.Optical networks employ restoration methods to ensure efficient recovery of connections interrupted by network failures. Software Defined Networking (SDN) is emerging as the future network architectures and introduces new control planes for establishing, routing and managing optical connections in SDN-based optical networks. This paper provides a brief overview of existing SDN restoration mechanisms that can be used for lightpath restoration and also highlights restoration challenges experienced in the SDN environments.enSoftware defined networkingRestorationLightpathWavelength division multiplexingOptical networksLightpath restoration in SDN-based optical networks: OverviewConference PresentationNkosi, M. C., & Lysko, A. A. (2017). Lightpath restoration in SDN-based optical networks: Overview. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10197Nkosi, Mpho C, and Albert A Lysko. "Lightpath restoration in SDN-based optical networks: Overview." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10197Nkosi MC, Lysko AA, Lightpath restoration in SDN-based optical networks: Overview; IEEE; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10197 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Nkosi, Mpho C AU - Lysko, Albert A AB - Optical networks employ restoration methods to ensure efficient recovery of connections interrupted by network failures. Software Defined Networking (SDN) is emerging as the future network architectures and introduces new control planes for establishing, routing and managing optical connections in SDN-based optical networks. This paper provides a brief overview of existing SDN restoration mechanisms that can be used for lightpath restoration and also highlights restoration challenges experienced in the SDN environments. DA - 2017-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Software defined networking KW - Restoration KW - Lightpath KW - Wavelength division multiplexing KW - Optical networks LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-1-5386-1098-5 SM - 978-1-5386-1099-2 T1 - Lightpath restoration in SDN-based optical networks: Overview TI - Lightpath restoration in SDN-based optical networks: Overview UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10197 ER -