Title :
A GMPLS-controlled optical testbed for distributed storage services
Author :
Yoong, Chai Teck ; Zhou, Luying ; Fook, Victor Foo Siang ; Agrawal, Prashant ; Saradhi, Chava Vijaya ; Qiang, Qiu ; Biswas, Jit ; Ngi, Yeo Heng ; Yonghong, Wilson Wang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Infocomm Res., Singapore
fDate :
29 Nov.-3 Dec. 2004
Abstract :
As services and applications become more integrated with the underlying network, it is desirable to increase the degree of coupling between end-to-end services and the provisioning, monitoring and recovery mechanisms of optical communications channels. In this paper, we describe an experimental demonstration of GMPLS control of an optical network for wide-area distributed storage services. The dynamic nature of GMPLS control enable scheduled backup of distributed storage over high-speed optical lightpaths provisioned on demand. Inter-working issues between application layer and transport layer are discussed, highlighting key design and implementation choices for connectivity discovery, signaling, optical hardware control and service resilience.
Keywords :
multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; telecommunication control; telecommunication services; telecommunication signalling; GMPLS-controlled optical testbed; distributed storage service; high-speed optical lightpath; multiprotocol label switching; optical communications channel; optical hardware control; Communication system control; Dynamic scheduling; High speed optical techniques; Lighting control; Monitoring; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference Workshops, 2004. GlobeCom Workshops 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8798-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOMW.2004.1417603
