Patent ID: 9641397
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04Q

Claim:
1. A control apparatus, comprising: a first controller configured to change a setting of at least one communication node belonging to a first hierarchical network and to change a topology of a second hierarchical network formed by using the first hierarchical network, in response to a setting request for the first hierarchical network; and a second controller configured to change a setting of at least one communication node belonging to the second hierarchical network, using the topology of the second hierarchical network after the change, wherein the communication node belonging to the first hierarchical network comprises at least one optical router and an optical cross-connect apparatus, and wherein the second hierarchical network performs a packet forwarding, using at least one optical path set between the at least one optical router and the optical cross-connect apparatus, wherein the first controller comprises: wherein the second controller comprises: