Investigation on fast MPLS restoration technique for a GbE wide area transport network: A disaster recovery case

Author

Lucci, Maurizio ; Valenti, Alessandro ; Matera, Francesco ; Del Buono, Donato

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this work we report a simulation investigation, based on OPNET code, about the use of fast MPLS restoration procedures in a wide area transport network totally based on the WDM GbE transmission format. Our network models is the Italian transport network and we verified that, by means of the fast MPLS procedures consequent to link failures, we can reach restoration comparable with SDH cases. We also simulated cases of simultaneously failures of two main nodes, representing an example of disaster event, achieving service restoration in very fast times.

Keywords

local area networks; multiprotocol label switching; wavelength division multiplexing; wide area networks; GbE wide area transport network; Gigabit Ethernet transmission; Italian transport network; OPNET code; WDM GbE transmission format; disaster recovery case; fast MPLS restoration technique; service restoration; Discrete event simulation; Electronic mail; Ethernet networks; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical fiber networks; Spine; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunications; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wide area networks; GbE; MPLS; OPNET; restoration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5548955

Filename

5548955