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Architectural Framework for Automatic Protection Provisioning In Dynamic Optical Rings
draft-ghani-optical-rings-01

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Nasir Ghani
Last updated 2001-03-07
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Abstract

Given the large installed base of ring fiber-plants and the extensive experience operators have gained in operating SONET (SDH) ring networks, optical rings are becoming increasingly important. As such, optical rings will play a crucial role in the migration from existing TDM-based SONET (SDH) architectures to more dynamic lightpath provisioning paradigms. To date, various optical ring concepts have been tabled, proposing multi-services support and mirroring the fast protection switching capabilities of existing SONET (SDH) rings. Nevertheless, the emerging IP-based MPL(ambda)S framework for optical networks is largely based upon (optical) mesh routing concepts.

Authors

Nasir Ghani

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