A research and experimentation overview on future optical network control plane in the ADRENALINE testbed

Author

Munoz, Raul ; Casellas, Ramon ; Martinez, Ricardo ; Vilalta, Ricard

Author_Institution

Centre Tecnol. de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Castelldefels, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

17-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Future optical transport networks will be constituted by a virtualized, multi-domain and multi-layer transport infrastructure, delivering the efficient aggregation and statistical multiplexing of MPLS-TP packet transport technology, supporting IP and Ethernet services, along with the cost/energy-efficiency, coarse bandwidth capacity and deterministic performance of fixed/elastic WSON optical circuit technology. The automation of these future transport networks can be efficiently encompassed through the deployment of a distributed control plane, based on the Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) architecture with Path Computation Elements (PCE). This paper overviews the recent research and experimental activities for the future optical network control plane carried out within the ADRENALINE testbed.

Keywords

multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; statistical multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; ADRENALINE testbed; Ethernet services; GMPLS architecture; IP services; MPLS-TP packet transport technology; PCE; coarse bandwidth capacity; cost-energy-efficiency; distributed control plane; fixed-elastic WSON optical circuit technology; future optical network control plane; generalized multiprotocol label switching architecture; multilayer transport infrastructure; path computation elements; statistical multiplexing; virtualized multidomain transport infrastructure; wavelength-switched optical networks; Computer architecture; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2012 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colchester

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1440-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1441-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ONDM.2012.6210275

Filename

6210275