Title :
Management and control of transparent optical networks
Author_Institution :
Defence Adv. Res. Projects Agency, Arlington, VA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Multiwavelength optical networking is expected to play a significant role in the next-generation transport networks providing capacity enhancements as well as built-in network survivability and reconfigurability. While advances have been made in the hardware technologies, considerable research effort is still required in the area of network management and control in order for optical networking to be proven commercially viable. This paper investigates key design issues concerning optical network management and control and examines how the networking architecture is influenced by the various management considerations
Keywords :
SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre networks; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; ATM; SONET; WDM; asynchronous transfer mode; configuration management functions; connection release; end-to-end connection setup; fault management; hardware technologies; multiwavelength optical networking; network reconfigurability; network survivability; networking architecture; optical network control; optical network management; research; synchronous optical networking; transparent optical networks; transport networks; Hardware; High speed optical techniques; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; WDM networks;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
