Abstract: Method of and a compiler for controlling a network based on a logical network model. The network has physical nodes and virtual nodes. The physical nodes are interconnected by physical links in accordance with a physical network layout. The logical network model has logical nodes indicated with a logical node name which refers to at least one physical or at least one virtual node in the network. The method uses a physical forwarding point-of-attachment relation defining physical paths of the physical network in dependence on a physical forwarding policy, a first mapping relation defining how the virtual nodes and the physical nodes are mapped to one another, and a second mapping relation defining how the logical nodes are mapped to the physical nodes and the virtual nodes. The method also includes transforming paths in the physical network to paths between the physical nodes and the virtual nodes.