FASTAR operations in the real AT&T transport network

Author

Burns, H.S. ; Chao, C.-W. ; Dollard, P.M. ; Mallon, R.E. ; Eslambolchi, H. ; Wolfmeyer, P.A.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

29 Nov-2 Dec 1993

Firstpage

229

Abstract

FASTAR is a robust, reliable, fast-response system for automated network restoration, now fully deployed and operational throughout the AT&T digital transport network. FASTAR reduces by orders of magnitude the average service outage time that customers experience as a result of transmission failures. Its architecture combines centralized and distributed intelligence to provide full automation of restoration operations. While the conception, design and development of FASTAR presented formidible challenges, ahead lay many further challenges, including network deployment planning, network management, and ongoing performance monitoring, all of which are described in the paper

Keywords

B-ISDN; fault tolerant computing; network operating systems; performance evaluation; reliability; telecommunication network management; FASTAR operations; architecture; automated network restoration; average service outage time; centralized intelligence; digital transport network; distributed intelligence; network deployment planning; network management; ongoing performance monitoring; real AT&T transport network; transmission failures; Centralized control; Control equipment; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Monitoring; Signal restoration; Switches; Telecommunication services; Testing; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1993, including a Communications Theory Mini-Conference. Technical Program Conference Record, IEEE in Houston. GLOBECOM '93., IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0917-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1993.318128

Filename

318128