Title :
Securing optical monitoring ports of transmission network elements
Author :
Bruno, Gianmarco ; Camera, Marco
Author_Institution :
Ericsson Telecomun., Genoa, Italy
Abstract :
Today´s core optical networks are a key asset for companies and countries. Optical technology is moving towards to the end user and is becoming pervasive and no more restricted to secure locations as it was in the past. We review some attacks and countermeasures that may occur in all-optical networks. Then we concentrate on the external optical monitoring points whose purpose is to enable proper operations. We outline some related security issues and propose possible countermeasures.
Keywords :
optical communication; security of data; telecommunication network management; all-optical networks; core optical networks; optical monitoring ports; security; transmission network elements; Monitoring; Optical attenuators; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical variables measurement; Security; Stimulated emission; network management; optical monitoring; optical transmission; optical transport; security;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Technologies, 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Naples
Print_ISBN :
978-8-8872-3718-4
DOI :
10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843840
