(TWDM-PON) architectures as next-generation access network technologies necessitates
the development of new types of network devices and enhanced agile mechanisms. In this
paper, we propose a software-defined (SD) TWDM-PON architecture in which legacy PON
devices are enriched with SD capabilities. In the proposed architecture, SD orchestration is
used to coordinate the wavelength/link-rate deployments and to enable energy-efficient …