Issues for routing in the optical layer.

Optical layer control planes based on MPLS and other Internet protocols hold great promise because of their proven scalability, ability to support rapid provisioning, and auto discovery and self-inventory capabilities and are under intense study in various standards bodies. To date however little at...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 39, 2 (2001).
Main Author:	Strand, J.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	DWDM. Internet protocols. MPLS. Auto discovery. Centralized routing. Dense wave division multiplexing. Distributed routing. Diversity. Heterogeneous technologies. Optical layer control planes. Optical layer routing. Optical technology. Rapid provisioning. Reconfigurable network elements. Routing constraints. Scalability. Self-inventory. Standards bodies. Transmission impairments.