Experimental Verification on a Slicing Management Based on the mPlane Monitoring Plane with GPON Comparison

ABSTRACT We experimentally verify a slicing approach, operating in a PBB-TE core and PON access architecture, based on the mPlane measurement plane, also adopted to manage slicing instances. The key element of this paper is the proposal and the implementation of the Slicing End Point (SEP), that is the client element to set up the slice path, and, at the same time, it allows us to monitor the network performance. The slices are based on VLAN/MPLS/PBB-TE logical paths and they can be managed for the implementation of different class of services. The whole SDN mPlane architecture allows us manage the slices also with restoration procedures. Furthermore, the tests on latency confirm the advantages of the NG-PON2 accesses for 5G backhauling also in this slicing configuration.