Mesh implementation of light-trails: a solution to IP centric communication

Author

Gumaste, Ashwin ; Chlamtac, Imrich

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Telecommun. Syst. & Services, Texas Univ., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

20-22 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

178

Lastpage

183

Abstract

Light-trails communication (Chlamtac and Gumaste, 2003) proposes a solution for implementing a conceptual framework for IP centric communication in the optical domain which is a combination of node architecture and protocol for realizing efficient optical communications from IP bursts to dynamic lightpaths. In this paper we introduce a Light-trails solution that is applicable to mesh networks. Contrary to existing proposals for IP type communication in the optical domain light-trail node architecture also presents the first practically implementable solution to enable optical transport with mature technology, nonstringent optical switching requirements, and potentially presents a cost effective alternative to electronics in supporting IP networks.

Keywords

IP networks; mesh generation; optical fibre networks; protocols; IP centric communication; IP network; Internet Protocol; dynamic lightpath; light-trails communication; mesh implementation; mesh network; optical communication; optical domain light-trail node architecture; optical switching requirement; protocol; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Mesh networks; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Protocols; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2003. ICCCN 2003. Proceedings. The 12th International Conference on

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7945-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2003.1284167

Filename

1284167