NETWORK CONTROL APPARATUS, NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A network control apparatus includes: a power consumption collecting unit configured to collect power consumption information measured by at least one electrical node included in an electrical layer network and at least one optical node included in an optical layer network; a cut-through range identifying unit configured to calculate an optical cut-through path based on the collected power consumption information; and a cut-through path setting instructing unit configured to instruct the electrical node and the optical node to set the optical cut-through path based on the calculation result in the cut-through range identifying unit.