JumpStart: a just-in-time signaling architecture for WDM burst-switched networks

Author

Baldine, Ilia ; Rouskas, George N. ; Perros, Harry G. ; Stevenson, Dan

Author_Institution

MCNC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Volume

40

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

89

Abstract

We present an architecture for a core dWDM network which utilizes the concept of optical burst switching coupled with a just-in-time signaling scheme. It is a reservation-based architecture whose distinguishing characteristics are its relative simplicity, its amenability to hardware implementation, and the ability to support multicast natively. Another important feature is data transparency-the network infrastructure is independent of the format of the data being transmitted on individual wavelengths. We present the signaling protocol designed for this architecture, as well as an unified signaling message structure to be used in conjunction with the protocol. We also present the future directions of this research

Keywords

multicast communication; optical fibre networks; protocols; telecommunication signalling; wavelength division multiplexing; JumpStart; WDM burst-switched networks; all-optical burst switching network; dWDM network; data transparency; dynamic wavelength-division multiplexing; hardware implementation; just-in-time signaling architecture; multicasting; network infrastructure; optical burst switching; reservation-based architecture; signaling message structure; signaling protocol; Burst switching; Circuits; Communication switching; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Switches; Telecommunication switching; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.983912

Filename

983912