Multiprotocol lambda switching: combining MPLS traffic engineering control with optical crossconnects

Author

Awduche, Daniel ; Rekhter, Yakov

Volume

39

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

116

Abstract

This article describes an approach to the design of control planes for optical crossconnects which leverages existing control plane techniques developed for MPLS traffic engineering. The proposed approach combines recent advances in MPLS traffic engineering control plane constructs with OXC technology to provide a framework for real-time provisioning of optical channels, foster development and deployment of a new class of OXCs, and allow the use of uniform semantics for network management and operations control in hybrid networks consisting of OXCs and label switching routers. The proposed approach is particularly advantageous for OXCs intended for data-centric optical internetworking systems

Keywords

optical switches; protocols; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; MPLS traffic engineering control; control planes design; hybrid networks; label switching routers; multiprotocol lambda switching; network management; network operations control; optical channels; optical crossconnects; optical internetworking systems; real-time provisioning; uniform semantics; Communication system traffic control; Design engineering; Engineering management; Internetworking; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical control; Optical design; Optical design techniques; Optical fiber networks; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.910598

Filename

910598