Experimental validation of active frontend — Backend stateful PCE operations in flexgrid optical network re-optimization

A PCE-based strategy for LSP re-optimization in flexgrid optical networks is experimentally validated. A front- and back-end stateful PCE architecture is deployed, wherein automatic and coordinated operations (e.g., computation delegation, database synchronization, etc.) are demonstrated using PCEP and BGP-LS protocols.

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