Title :
The ASON approach to the control plane for optical networks
Author :
Jajszczyk, Andrzej
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Telecommun., AGH Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Krakow, Poland
Abstract :
The paper gives an overview of the automatically switched optical network (ASON), concentrating on its control plane. Drivers for automatically switched optical networks are briefly presented. The ASON architecture, based on transport, control, and management planes, is discussed. Types of connections supported by ASON are described, including permanent, switched, and soft permanent connections. Different kinds of internal and external interfaces are presented. Various issues related to the ASON control plane are enumerated.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; switching networks; ASON control plane; automatically switched optical network; management plane; optical network control plane; soft permanent connections; switched connections; transport planes; Automatic control; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Large-scale systems; Optical control; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Protocols; Resource management; Scalability;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8343-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2004.1360250
