GMPLS controlled ethernet: an emerging packet-oriented transport technology

Author

Takács, Attila ; Green, Howard ; Tremblay, Benoit

Author_Institution

Ericsson, Mississauga, ON

Volume

46

Issue

9

fYear

2008

fDate

9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

124

Abstract

Most of the world´s traffic is now packet-based. While SONET/SDH transport technology continues to evolve, there are now major standardization efforts to develop a native packet-oriented transport technology. Ethernet, long dominant in the enterprise, is one of the fastest developing technologies for the transport layer. GMPLS, based on mature signaling and routing protocols, is gaining traction as a transport control plane, providing fast restoration and supporting automation of provisioning. We will briefly highlight recent Ethernet standardization and then introduce the concepts and standards work allowing GMPLS to control Ethernet.

Keywords

SONET; multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre LAN; routing protocols; signalling protocols; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; GMPLS controlled Ethernet; SDH; SONET; multiprotocol label switching; packet-oriented transport technology; routing protocol; signaling protocol; Aggregates; Automatic control; Communication system control; Costs; Ethernet networks; Next generation networking; SONET; Standardization; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2008.4623716

Filename

4623716