Basic Concept of Emergency Optical Network Planning Using Multiagent-Based Flexible and Autonomous Network Control

When the optical network is down due to fiber cutting, optical device damage, or power failure in the large-scale disaster, it is necessary to restore the optical network early by discovering and utilizing the available network resources quickly. In this research, we propose a method to construct a temporary control and management plane network for discovering the available network resources and regaining the optical network control by integratedly using heterogeneous communication resources based on multi-agent technology. This paper shows its basic concept.