Implementation of an automated control module in Python for a SDN GPON testbed

Abstract

Passive Optical Networks (PONs) are the most deployed network infrastructure in the access segment. Indeed, the number of Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) subscribers in Europe increased with more than 59.6 million in September 2018. On the other hand, the automation of the PON configuration to lead to better control of the network management may provide many advantages to exploit the PON capabilities, for example to facilitate the integration of Software Defined Networking (SDN) strategies in this networks. Indeed, SDN may improve the network efficiency of networks regarding scalability, management and Quality of Service (QoS) performance. Therefore, we propose a network automation system in Python to control and configure a SDN-GPON solution implemented over a real GPON testbed.