@techreport{bala-restoration-signaling-01, number = {draft-bala-restoration-signaling-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-bala-restoration-signaling/01/}, author = {Dr. Bala Rajagopalan}, title = {{Signaling for Fast Restoration in Optical Mesh Networks}}, pagetotal = 24, year = 2001, month = aug, day = 20, abstract = {Restoration of switched connections under tight time constraints is a challenging problem in optical mesh networks. This draft describes different protection modes for connections under both local and end- to-end restoration scenarios, and defines lightweight protocol mechanisms (over IP) for restoration-related signaling.}, }