Title :
Toward deployment of signalling-based approach for linear and non-linear impairment-aware lightpath setup in transparent optical networks
Author :
Chava, V.S. ; Salvadori, E. ; Zanardi, A. ; Francescon, A. ; Galimberti, G. ; Martinelli, G. ; Pastorelli, R. ; Vercelli, E.S. ; Tanzi, A. ; Fauci, D.L.
Author_Institution :
Create-Net, Trento, Italy
fDate :
3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We propose signalling based approaches for handling linear and non-linear impairments and implement RSVP-TE extensions and related mechanisms on a commercially available GMPLS stack. The emulation results demonstrate that the proposed solutions are feasible and close to deployment.
Keywords :
multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; signalling protocols; GMPLS; RSVP-TE; generalized multiprotocol label switching; impairment-aware lightpath setup; linear impairments; nonlinear impairments; signalling; transparent optical networks; Data engineering; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Protocols; Signal to noise ratio; GMPLS-based transparent optical networks; Impairment aware optical control plane; quality of transmission;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2010.03.091244
