JumpStart deployments in ultra-high-performance optical networking testbeds

Author

Baldine, Ilia ; Bragg, Arnold ; Evans, Gregory ; Pratt, Mike ; Singhai, Mrugendra ; Stevenson, Daniel ; Uppalli, Raghu

Volume

43

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Abstract

This article describes deployments of the JumpStart architecture and protocols in several ultra-high-performance optical networking testbeds. JumpStart interoperates with a variety of commercial optical switching gear, and supports operator-, user-, application-, and protocol-initiated ultra-fast lightpath provisioning. We briefly describe JumpStart´s data and control plane architectures, and the functionality and performance of its edge and core components. We summarize results from JumpStart testbed demonstrations supporting ultra-fast lightpath provisioning for grids, high-performance file transfers, low-latency zero-jitter interactive visualization, and optical transport using optical burst switching.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre networks; telecommunication switching; transport protocols; JumpStart testbed; control plane architectures; file transfers; low-latency zero-jitter interactive visualization; optical burst switching; optical switching gear; optical transport; protocol-initiated ultra-fast lightpath provisioning; protocols; ultra-high-performance optical networking; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Contracts; Delay; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2005.1541695

Filename

1541695