Title :
New Technologies and Directions for the Optical Control Plane
Author :
Ong, Lyndon Y. ; Roch, Evelyne ; Shew, Stephen ; Smith, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Ciena Corp., Linthicum, MD, USA
Abstract :
Distributed control plane technology has been incorporated in many carrier optical networks to improve automation, robustness, and efficiency. Going forward, carriers´ interest is shifting from internal domain protocols to interdomain interfaces. Also, new transport technologies being deployed such as optical transport network, packet, and photonic transport need control plane support, while new technologies are being added to the control plane itself, especially path computation elements and multilayer integration tools.
Keywords :
multiprotocol label switching; optical control; optical fibre networks; telecommunication control; automatic switched optical network; carrier optical networks; generalized multiprotocol label switching; interdomain interfaces; internal domain protocols; multilayer integration; optical control plane; Bit rate; Containers; Multiplexing; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Protocols; Routing; Automatic switched optical network (ASON); control plane; generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS); optical;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2011.2175364
