Network control and management challenges in opaque networks utilizing transparent optical switches

Author

Ellinas, G. ; Labourdette, J.-F. ; Walker, J.A. ; Chaudhuri, S. ; Lin, L. ; Goldstein, E. ; Bala, K.

Author_Institution

City Coll. of New York, NY, USA

Volume

42

Issue

2

fYear

2004

fDate

2/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

There is a potential for significant cost, footprint, and power savings by eliminating unnecessary opto-electronic conversions on a signal path in a core optical mesh network. The article addresses and clarifies some fundamental issues surrounding all-optical networking and all-optical switching, and analyzes the trade-offs between transparent and opaque networking. It investigates a number of networking and interface compatibility issues that arise for an opaque network with transparent switches, and presents a number of ways to address these issues.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network management; all-optical networking; all-optical switching; core optical mesh network; interface compatibility; network control; network management; networking compatibility; opaque networks; opto-electronic conversions; transparent optical switches; Costs; Fabrics; Intelligent networks; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; SONET; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2003.1267097

Filename

1267097