Title :
Extending the UCLP software with a Dynamic Optical Multicast Service to support high performance digital media
Author :
Grasa, Eduard ; Figuerola, Sergi ; Forns, Albert ; Junyent, Gabriel ; Mambretti, Joe
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Group, Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona
Abstract :
Date-intensive high performance, high quality digital media traffic cannot be accommodated on traditional layer 3 networks. Alternative technologies to transmit this traffic through the network, such as optical multicast, are being investigated. A prototype of an optical multicast service was showcased during the 7th annual LambdaGrid Workshop celebrated in Prague last September. The prototype used time division multiplexing (TDM) technology as the data plane and user controlled lightpaths (UCLP) as the control/service plane. This paper describes the extensions that were done to the UCLP software to provide the dynamic optical multicast service and shows the results achieved during the Prague demonstration.
Keywords :
grid computing; multicast communication; telecommunication computing; telecommunication traffic; time division multiplexing; LambdaGrid Workshop; Prague demonstration; TDM; UCLP software; digital media traffic; dynamic optical multicast service; high performance digital media; time division multiplexing; user controlled lightpaths; Lighting control; Network topology; Optical sensors; Prototypes; Resource management; Service oriented architecture; Software performance; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Network Design and Modeling, 2008. ONDM 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vilanova i la Geltru
Print_ISBN :
978-3-901882-27-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-901882-26-5
DOI :
10.1109/ONDM.2008.4578397