Automated GOLE/Network Service Interface (NSI)

In December 2008, SURFnet began offering dynamic lightpath services to end users within SURFnet6. End users can reserve and create a lightpath by a simple web interface or web service. Since 2010, SURFnet has been looking into extending this technique to multiple optical domains and offering dynamic lightpaths around the world.

SURFnet6 is being controlled dynamically by the Open Dynamic Resource Allocation Controller (OpenDRAC) developed by Ciena, which is available as Open Source software.

NetherLight is one of the participants in GLIF’s Automated GOLE pilot. The Automated GOLE Pilot is about building a reliable solution and proofing working interoperability between different networks and controllers for creating interdomain dynamic lightpaths.

OGF’s Network Service Interface (NSI) will be used in the Automated GOLE pilot to provide or request a multidomain dynamic lightpath.