Title :
Cost analysis of the survivability implementation in MPLS over optical transport networks
Author_Institution :
France Telecom R&D, Lannion, France
Abstract :
This paper investigates the cost effectiveness of two options for the survivability implementation in MPLS over OTNs: single- vs. multilayer survivability. The comparative analysis shows the influence of the traffic granularity on the survivability cost.
Keywords :
cost reduction; multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; MPLS; comparative analysis; cost analysis; multilayer survivability implementation; multiprotocol label switching; optical transport network; traffic granularity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
