The introduction of a control plane in deployed networks

Author

Grammel, G. ; Sang, X. ; Coltro, C.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Opt. Group, Alcatel, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

104

Abstract

Carriers, as well as industry, are moving towards intelligent transmission networks by adding the capability of dynamically requesting bandwidth from a multivendor network. This capability is mainly considered to be a feature of new optical network technology, but it can be also be provided on networks already deployed. The strategy of how to introduce new intelligent features is discussed in detail. Key element of this strategy is an operational true network management system, which becomes the source of intelligence for the existing infrastructure. It provides a seamless integration of a control plane into today´s network, with incremental costs.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; intelligent networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; NMS; control plane; deployed networks; dynamic bandwidth requests; intelligent transmission networks; multivendor network; network management system; optical network technology; Bandwidth; Control systems; Costs; Databases; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Repeaters; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.988838

Filename

988838