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- In collaboration with the OIF and ONF, global carriers are testing Transport SDN for provisioning and control of multi-domain connections.
- Transport SDN may be able to provide the multi-domain transport connection interworking which was too complex to accomplish with a traditional network management system.
On August 26, 2014, the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) announced that they and several service providers and research institutions are testing Transport Software Defined Networking (SDN) in several global carrier lab environments, with results to be announced at three events in October. This demonstration is a landmark event in the transport and routing marketplace, exhibiting the fundamental capabilities for which these operators are considering Transport SDN. Continue reading “Global Carriers Try Out Transport SDN for Themselves – The First Step Towards Multi-Domain Connections on Demand”