JumpStart: a just-in-time signaling architecture for WDM burst-switched networks

Author

Rouskas, George N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

We present an overview of an architecture and a signaling protocol for a cored WDM network. The architecture is based on wavelength routing and burst switching. Burst switching, as opposed to circuit or packet switching, implies that the network is capable of switching data in variable-sized parcels. Signaling is "just-in-time" indicating that signaling messages travel slightly ahead of the data they are describing. Signaling is out of band, with signaling packets undergoing electro-optical conversion at every hop. Data, on the other hand, travels transparently.

Keywords

access protocols; optical fibre networks; telecommunication signalling; telecommunication switching; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM burst-switched networks; burst switching; cored WDM network; electro-optical conversion; just-in-time signaling architecture; out of band signaling; signaling protocol; switching data; variable-sized parcels; wavelength routing; Burst switching; Computer architecture; Hardware; Protocols; Signal design; Signal processing; Switches; Unicast; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

All-Optical Networking: Existing and Emerging Architecture and Applications/Dynamic Enablers of Next-Generation Optical Communications Systems/Fast Optical Processing in Optical Transmission/VCSEL and

ISSN

1099-4742

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7378-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.2002.1027527

Filename

1027527