Ciena Corporation
Scalable OSPF configuration for managing optical networks

Abstract:

Systems and methods for a scalable Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) deployment for optical networks include steps of causing communication to a router connected to a data communication network, for North-South communication; causing communication to a management plane associated with the optical network via one or more interfaces that are each connected to one or more Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) domains, for East-West communication; and implementing an OSPF terminator between the one or more OSPF domains that includes receiving OSPF packets, sending self-generated OSPF packets, and preventing flooding of received OSPF packets between the one or more OSPF domains.