Efficient transfer of sensor data on dynamic software defined network (SDN) controlled optical network

A computer implemented method for controlling and collecting distributed optical fiber sensing as part of a Software Defined Network (SDN) optical network managed by an Optical Network Operating System (ONOS), the method comprising:

• providing the SDN optical network managed by an ONOS, said network including one or more distributed optical fiber sensing systems each including an interrogator and one or more individual sensors;
• initiating, by an interrogator source, a request for initiating sensor data transfer d;
• receiving, by a destination j, the request for sensor data transfer d;
• determining, from an ONOS database, multiple network paths between the interrogator source and destination j;
• determining a size of sensor data chunks and number of copies of the sensor data chunks to transfer from the interrogator source to the destination j;
• determining, for the interrogator source, a transmission delay and a path utility;
• and
• forwarding the sensor data chunk if the determined path utility is greater than a predetermined threshold and the transmission delay is less than a predetermined delay.