The benefits of traffic bifurcation in GMPLS optical transport networks

Author

Naas, Nabil ; Mouftah, H.T.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Elfatah Univ., Tripoli, Libya

fYear

2010

fDate

12-14 May 2010

Firstpage

226

Lastpage

229

Abstract

GMPLS (or multi-granular) optical transport networks are expected to be the “future-proof” solution for mitigating the OXC/ROADM scalability problems associated with the continuing growth of traffic in optical transport networks. Although GMPLS optical networks promise exciting opportunities, they also present new design challenges that have been the focus of research and development in this area. In this paper, we explore the benefits of incorporating the demand-bifurcation feature into the design and planning process of the GMPLS optical network.

Keywords

bifurcation; multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; planning; research and development; telecommunication traffic; GMPLS optical transport networks; OXC scalability problem; ROADM scalability problem; demand-bifurcation feature; design process; multigranular optical transport networks; planning process; research and development; traffic bifurcation; Bifurcation; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Power capacitors; Process planning; Scalability; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; GMPLS; Multi-granular optical network; RMGPA problem; traffic bifurcation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (QBSC), 2010 25th Biennial Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kingston, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5709-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BSC.2010.5472926

Filename

5472926