RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 An experimental openflow proposal over legacy GPONs to allow real-time service reconfiguration policies A1 Merayo Álvarez, Noemí A1 Pintos, David de A1 Aguado Manzano, Juan Carlos A1 Miguel Jiménez, Ignacio de A1 Durán Barroso, Ramón José A1 Fernández Reguero, Patricia A1 Lorenzo Toledo, Rubén Mateo A1 Abril Domingo, Evaristo José K1 Software defined networking K1 Redes definidas por software K1 GPONs K1 Reconfiguration policies K1 Políticas de reconfiguración K1 Experimental validation K1 Validación experimental AB The integration of Software Defined Networking (SDN) technologies in Passive Optical Networks (PONs) would provide great advantages to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Network Operators, since they can optimize the network operation and reduce its complexity. However, some tasks regarding online service and network configuration strategies are difficult to move to external SDN-controllers since they are time-critical operations. However, the control of some of these policies by SDN techniques could lead to better network and management configuration in a centralized and automatic way. As a consequence, we propose and experimentally test the integration of an OpenFlow approach over legacy Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPONs), which allows moving some global service configuration policies to an external SDN controller implementing an SDN management layer that adjust these strategies according to dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of services in residential users. The viability and efficiency of our approach are demonstrated using a GPON testbed and proposing a new business scenario for ISPs and Network Operators. PB MDPI SN 2076-3417 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48848 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48848 LA eng NO Applied Sciences, 2021, vol. 11, n. 3, 903 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 18-nov-2024