Architecture and functional requirements of control planes for automatic switched optical networks: experience of the IST project LION

Author

Manzalini, Antonio ; Shimano, Katsuhiro ; Cavazzoni, Carlo ; D´Alessandro, Alessandro

Volume

40

Issue

11

fYear

2002

fDate

11/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

65

Abstract

This article focuses on architecture and functional requirements for control planes of automatic switched optical networks. Specifically, four different approaches for triggering the setup of optical connections have been reported. Furthermore, the article describes the testbed of the IST Project LION: the testbed, aimed at demonstrating some ASON functionalities, is composed by optical network elements (OADM and OXC provided by Siemens, Tellium, and Telecom Italia Lab) and IP routers (provided by Cisco).

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication control; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; IST Project LION; architecture requirements; automatic switched optical networks; control planes; functional requirements; Automatic control; Communication switching; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Information management; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Resource management; Routing protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2002.1046994

Filename

1046994