Framework for Temporal Label Switched Path Tunnel Services

A software defined network (SDN) controller, comprising:

• a memory storage comprising instructions;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the memory storage, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to cause the SDN controller to:
• receive, at the SDN controller, a path request for a temporal LSP, the path request identifying a time interval defining a creation time and a tear down time and a set of constraints;
• compute a path for the temporal LSP that satisfies the time interval and the set of constraints based on traffic engineering information obtained from a first database, the temporal LSP being scheduled for carrying traffic in the time interval that crosses multiple domains and is computed in accordance with communications with a second controller that is responsible for a second domain of the multiple domains;
• send, to an ingress node of the temporal LSP, a single message to set up the temporal LSP at the creation time and to tear down the temporal LSP at the tear down time in accordance with the time interval identified in the path request;
• receive, from the ingress node of the temporal LSP, a report including resources for the temporal LSP;
• and
• update information about the temporal LSP in a second database according to the report.