Optical Channel Margins for IP Layer Congestion Management - A Traffic Engineering Approach

Learn about innovative network traffic management in this 24-minute NANOG conference talk exploring how optical channel margins can be leveraged to address IP network congestion. Discover a novel converged Traffic Engineering SDN approach that examines both IP and optical network layers holistically. Understand how operators can temporarily utilize channel margins from the underlying optical network to increase IP link capacity during congestion, while maintaining long-term optical service health. Follow along as speaker Cengiz Alaettinoglu explains this strategic method for network congestion management and repair.