GSMP Working Group Internet Draft                    Jun Kyun Choi(ICU)
Document: draft-ietf-gsmp-optical-spec-01.txt         Min Ho Kang(ICU)
Expiration Date: August 2003                         Jung Yul Choi(ICU)
                                                    Gyu Myoung Lee(ICU)
                                                          Joo Uk Um(KT)
                                                            March 2003



    General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP) v3 for Optical Support


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Abstract

This document describes the GSMPv3 for the support of optical switching.
GSMPv3 controller SHOULD control optical label switches and manage
optical resources on them. This document describes the extended
functions of GSMPv3 for optical switching and explains operational
mechanisms to implement them. It SHOULD be referred with [1] for the
complete implementation.


Conventions

  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
  "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
  document are to be interpreted as described in RFC-2119.






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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction.....................................................3
  2. Common Definitions and Procedures for Optical Support............4
     2.1 Labels.......................................................4
       2.1.1 Labels for Fiber.........................................5
       2.1.2 Labels for Waveband......................................5
       2.1.3 Labels for Wavelength....................................6
       2.1.4 Labels for optical burst switching.......................6
       2.1.5 Label Range..............................................7
  3. Connection Management Messages...................................8
     3.1 Add Branch Message...........................................8
     3.2 Delete Tree Message..........................................9
     3.3 Delete All Input Port Message................................9
     3.4 Delete All Output Port Message...............................9
     3.5 Delete Branches Message......................................9
     3.6 Move Output Branch Message...................................9
     3.7 Move Input Branch Message...................................10
  4. Reservation Management Messages.................................10
     4.1 Reservation Request Message for optical burst...............10
     4.2 Delete Reservation Message..................................12
     4.3 Delete All Reservations Message.............................12
  5. Management Message..............................................12
     5.1 Port Management Message.....................................12
     5.2 Label Range Message.........................................12
       5.2.1 Optical Label...........................................12
  6. State and Statistics Messages...................................13
     6.1 Connection Activity Message.................................13
     6.2 Statistics Messages.........................................13
       6.2.1 Optical signal statistics Message.......................13
     6.3 Report Connection State Message.............................14
  7. Configuration Messages..........................................14
     7.1 Optical Switch Configuration Message........................15
     7.2 Port Configuration Message..................................16
       7.2.1 PortType Specific Data for Optical Switching............16
     7.3 All Ports Configuration Message.............................18
     7.4 Service Configuration Message...............................18
       7.4.1 Optical Service Configuration Message...................18
  8. Event Messages..................................................18
     8.1 Restoration Completion Message..............................18
     8.2 Fault Notification Message..................................19
  9. Optical Service Model Definition................................20
  10. Failure Response Codes.........................................20
  11. Security Considerations........................................20
  Appendix I. Protection and Restoration Capability in GSMPv3........21
     1.1 1+1 dedicated recovery mechanism............................21


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     1.2 1:1 dedicated recovery mechanism............................22
     1.3 1:N/M:N shared recovery mechanism...........................23
  Appendix II. GSMPv3 support for optical cross-connect system.......23
  References.........................................................24
  Acknowledgement....................................................25
  Author's Addresses.................................................25
  Full Copyright Statement...........................................27



1. Introduction

  This document describes the extended functions and their mechanisms
  of GSMPv3 for the support of optical switching. The GSMPv3 is an
  asymmetric protocol to control and manage label switch. The label
  switches that are used for optical switching are all optical cross-
  connects (optical-optical-optical), transparent optical cross
  connects (optical-electrical-optical, frame independent), and opaque
  optical cross connects (optical-electrical-optical, SONET/SDH
  frames).These OXC (optical cross connect) systems can be IP-based
  optical routers which are dynamic wavelength routers, optical label
  switches, or burst/packet-based optical cross connects, and so on[2].
  In this draft, we do not limit specific OXC systems, but aims to
  provide the general functions of optical switching and services for
  connections in general optical switches.

  GSMPv3 is a label switch controller and provides a control interface
  to optical switches. Therefore, it SHOULD define and add services for
  optical switching and resource abstractions. The basic optical
  resources used in connection setup are different with them of legacy
  networks. In optical switching, basic connection units are a fiber, a
  wavelength, or a burst and they are assumed to be processed in
  optical domain without optical/electrical/optical conversion. It is
  impossible to define services, traffic control, and QoS guarantee in
  packet or cell level. New messages are needed to process optical
  services, optical connection management, and so on, in real time
  because optical switching requires real time process with low message
  processing overhead. This draft describes optical resources,
  connection management, optical services, and switch configuration
  which can be applied in optical domain generally.

  One of the important OAM functions is protection and restoration
  functions. In the current situation where a single fiber delivers
  several Tb/s through several wavelengths, when even a single link
  gets cut it makes a huge turbulence. Therefore GSMPv3, as an optical
  switch controller, MUST have protection and restoration capabilities
  of switches and connections. By extending the management messages of
  GSMP, this function will be implemented. This draft also deals with
  several recovery capabilities of the GSMPv3.



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  For the complete implementation this document MUST be referred with
  [1].



2. Common Definitions and Procedures for Optical Support.

  Common definitions and procedures which are not mentioned in this
  document follow [1].


2.1 Labels

  Labels are the basic identifiers for connections. In order to setup
  connections in optical switch, new labels MUST be defined. Newly
  defined labels identify entities that are to be switched in optical
  switches. GMPLS defines packet switching capable, TDM switching
  capable, lambdas switching capable, fiber switching capable
  interfaces, and it introduces needs of generalized labels to support
  them [3][4]. So far, GMPLS does not defined labels to be used for
  optical switching (label formats and encoding schemes), but GSMPv3
  MUST support all types of label that to be defined in GMPLS. The
  following lists, especially related to lambda/fiber switch capable
  interfaces, are the labels to be supported in optical switching
  [2][3][4][7][8][10].

     - a single fiber in a bundle
     - a single waveband within a waveband (or )fiber
     - a single wavelength within a fiber
     - an optical burst within a wavelength

  These labels can be encoded in a common structure composed of three
  fields, a Type, a Length, and a Value [1]. TLV types for optical
  support in GSMPv3 are not defined yet.

  All labels will be designated as follow:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |x|S|x|x|       Label Type      |          Label Length         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                          Label Value                          ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  S: Stacked Label Indicator
  S field is not used in this extended version of GSMPv3 because labels
  for optical support only carry a single level of label [4].

  Label Type: 12 bit


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  Label type for optical support MAY be identified with the above four
  types of optical switching.
  Label type for optical support is TBD.

  Label value: Variable
  Carries label information. The interpretation of this field depends
  on the type of the link (or the type of connection) over which the
  label is used. Label value for optical support is TBD.

  The other fields are defined in [1] and referred in it.


2.1.1 Labels for Fiber

  This label indicates a fiber to be used for a connection
  establishment in optical switching. The label value only has
  significance between two neighbors, and the receiver MAY need to
  convert the received value into a value that has local significance.

  If the label type = labels for fiber, the label MUST be interpreted
  as labels for fiber and the label for fiber has the following format:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                             Label                             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  Label: 32 bits
  Indicates a label for fiber to be used.
  Label encoding is TBD.


2.1.2 Labels for Waveband

  A waveband is a set of contiguous wavelengths which can be switched
  together to a new waveband [3][4]. It MAY be desirable for an optical
  cross connect to optically switch multiple wavelengths as a unit
  since it MAY reduce distortion on individual wavelengths and MAY
  allow tighter separation of individual wavelengths. Waveband
  switching introduces another level of label hierarchy and as such the
  waveband is treated the same way all other upper layer labels are
  treated. The waveband label is defined to support such a waveband
  switching. The waveband label can be encoded in three parts; waveband
  ID, start label, and end label. The start label and the end label
  represent the lowest value of wavelength and the highest value of
  wavelengths.

  If the label type = labels for waveband, the label MUST be
  interpreted as labels for waveband and the label for waveband has the
  following format:



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      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                          Waveband Id                          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                          Start Label                          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                           End Label                           |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  Waveband Id: 32 bits
  A waveband identifier.  The value is selected by a sender and reused
  in all subsequent related messages.

  Start Label: 32 bits
  Indicates the lowest value of wavelength in the waveband.

  End Label: 32 bits
  Indicates the highest value wavelength in the waveband.

  The start/end label are established either by configuration or by
  means of a protocol such as LMP [6]. They are normally used in the
  label parameter of the Generalized Label one PSC and LSC [3][4].


2.1.3 Labels for Wavelength

  The label indicates a single wavelength to be used for a connection
  establishment in optical switching. The label value only has
  significance between two neighbors, and the receiver MAY need to
  convert the received value into a value that has local significance.

  If the label type = labels for wavelength, the label MUST be
  interpreted as labels for wavelength and a format of the label for
  wavelength is given as the below:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                             Label                             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  Label: 32 bits
  Indicates label for wavelength to be used.
  Label encoding is TBD.


2.1.4 Labels for optical burst switching

  The label for optical burst switching represents a label for
  switching optical burst data.



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  Optical data burst switching, which utilizes finer granularity in
  time domain in a coarse granularity such as a wavelength, is a new
  connection entity in optical domain [7][8]. Connection setup for
  optical burst includes reserving time on the transport medium for the
  client.

  This time is characterized by two parameters: start time and duration
  of data burst. These values define a fast one-way reservation. Upon a
  request for setup of a burst connection, the GSMP controller MUST
  perform appropriate Connection Admission Control for the start time
  and duration of data burst specified. If the connection is allowed,
  it MUST signal these parameters to the burst switching device to
  reserve the exact bandwidth required [7][8]. The burst switch MUST
  perform the switching operation autonomously, using the
  synchronization methods prescribed for the burst network it is
  operating in.

  If the label type = labels for optical burst switching, the label
  MUST be interpreted as labels for burst switching and a format of the
  label for optical burst switching is given as the below:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                             Label                             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  Label: 32 bits
  Indicates label for a burst level connection.
  Label encoding is TBD.


2.1.5 Label Range

  The basic label range to be used in each port is specified by the
  Port Configuration or All Port Configuration message. The Label Range
  message allows the range of labels supported by a specified port to
  be changed. The controller MUST allocate the label range with
  consideration of optical characteristics when assigning the labels
  for a connection because a connection is established per optical
  burst, wavelength, waveband, and fiber in optical domain. Since the
  basic label range varies in switches and the labels for the
  connections can be different due to the optical characteristics, GSMP
  does not treat them. However, the following lists SHOULD be
  considered and the available label ranges SHOULD be applied in the
  Label Range message.

     - When allocating a label for a wavelength, the label SHOULD be
     allocated with consideration of wavelength continuity. For
     satisfying requirement of wavelength continuity in a connection,
     the label SHOULD be allocated to maintain the same wavelength for


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     it. The controller MUST manage the available labels and support
     the constraint.

     - The labels to be used for waveband switching MUST be contiguous,
     because the waveband switching is possible only in a set of
     contiguous wavelengths. The decision mechanism for the available
     label range is out of scope of GSMPv3.

     - GMPLS supports bi-directional symmetric LSPs setup [3][4]. To
     setup a bi-directional LSP two unidirectional paths MUST be
     independently established. For doing so, the presence of an
     upstream label in the appropriate signaling message indicates the
     bi-directional LSP setup and two labels are allocated for them.
     The GSMPv3, therefore, SHOULD allow appropriate labels for them.
     In order to avoid contention for labels, much care SHOULD be taken
     in choosing the two labels. To choose the labels to avoid
     contention is out of scope of GSMPv3.



3. Connection Management Messages

  Connection management messages, which are used for establishing,
  releasing, modifying, and verifying connections across the switch by
  the controller, SHOULD operate for optical switching. Since the
  GSMPv3 does not process each packet in optical domain, traffic
  related fields used to specify connections in the messages are not
  dealt with and then it makes possible to process the message faster.
  Connection management messages also SHOULD support restoration
  capabilities of optical switch and these are mainly dealt with in the
  following sub-sections.

  The general message definition and semantics in this section follow
  [1] and the other untouched items are dealt with in it.



3.1 Add Branch Message

  The Add Branch message is used to setup a connection. Especially, it
  SHOULD support restoration capability in optical switches.  For 1+1
  dedicated recovery, it is required to make an additional connection
  as a backup connection to protect an original connection against a
  failure. Additional fields are not required in the Add Branch message
  to support the restoration capability since two connections are used
  for delivering data traffic simultaneously and an egress node selects
  one of them. Since the two connections are established for one
  connection, connection-related fields, such as input port/label,
  output port/label, SHUOLD be carefully set in order to distinguish
  them. The controller SHOULD know the whole status of the switch and
  manage the information base.



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3.2 Delete Tree Message

  The message format and semantics in this section follows [1].


3.3 Delete All Input Port Message

  The message format and semantics in this section follows [1].


3.4 Delete All Output Port Message

  The message format and semantics in this section follows [1].


3.5 Delete Branches Message

  The message format and semantics in this section follows [1], and
  optical switching related contents will be added.


3.6 Move Output Branch Message

  The Move Output Branch message is used to change the current output
  port label to the new output port label for re-establishing the
  existing connection. It can be used to support restoration capability.
  Since to re-establish output port of a switch at an ingress node is
  to change a start point of the current connection, it can be used for
  1:1 dedicated recovery or 1:N (M:N) shared recovery where an ingress
  node begins a connection and it takes responsibility for recovery of
  the connection. Upon a fault occurring, in order to setup a new
  backup connection for the failed working connection, the new port in
  upstream node SHOULD be connected to the current connection by using
  this message.

  For configuring a new backup connection, the following fields of Move
  Input Branch message SHOULD be set as following.

     - Old Output Port = failed working connection's output port ID
     - Old Output Label = failed working connection's output label ID
     - New Output Port = newly configured reserved backup connection's
                         output port ID
     - New Output Port = newly configured reserved backup connection's
                         output label ID

  This message is additionally used to move back to the original
  connection from the backup connection in revertible mode after a
  recovery completed. In this case, Old Output Port/Label are for the
  currently used backup connection, and New Output Port/Label are for
  the restored working connection



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3.7 Move Input Branch Message

  The Move Input Branch message is used to change the current input
  port label to the new input port label for re-establishing the
  existing connection. It is also used to support restoration
  capability. For 1:1 dedicated recovery or 1:N (M:N) shared recovery,
  the message can be used to configure backup connection at an egress
  node. By setting Old Input Port/Label as a failed working connection
  and New Input Port/Label as a reserved backup connection, recovery of
  the failed working connections is achieved.

  It is also used to move back to the original connection from a backup
  connection for the revertible mode after a recovery completed. The
  new port/label in this message sets that of the restored original
  connection.

  The other untouched items and fields in these messages are dealt with
  in [1] and referred in it.



4. Reservation Management Messages

  The GSMPv3 allows a switch to reserve resources for connections
  before establishing them through Reservation Management messages.
  Reservable resources are bandwidth, buffers, queues, labels and etc.
  In this extended version of GSMPv3 for optical support, the resources
  imply optical resources, such as data burst, wavelengths, fibers, and
  so on.

  With these messages, restoration capabilities of a switch are
  supported. Especially, in 1:N (M:N) shared recovery scheme, a spare
  connection is reserved for N working connections. The GSMPv3 SHOULD
  use the reservation request messages for reserving a backup
  connection. The GSMPv3 controller SHOULD have mapping information
  between a shared backup resource and N working connections. Whenever
  the GSMPv3 uses the reserved resource for a failed working connection
  Add Branch message is used to establish a new connection with New
  Port/Label of one of N working connections.

  Or any other cases, the reserved resources are used as followed in
  [1]. The message format and semantics in this section follow [1] and
  the other untouched items are dealt with in it.


4.1 Reservation Request Message for optical burst

  Reservation Request message SHOULD support new connections per data
  burst, based on time-delayed reservation in optical domain. In order
  to configure connection per burst, two parameters, offset time and
  burst length, SHOULD be add on the message. When a controller


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  receives a request for a burst connection setup it sends a
  Reservation Request message with the two fields. The switch then
  waits for offset time to establish the connection and then
  automatically set it up. After burst length time, it releases the
  connection.

  Message type = TBA

  The Reservation Request message for optical burst has the following
  format.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    Version    | Message Type  |    Result     |     Code      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                      Port Session Number                      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                         Reservation ID                        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                          Input Port                           |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                     Input Service Selector                    |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                          Output Port                          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                     Output Service Selector                   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |IQS|OQS|P|x|N|O|             Adaptation Method                 |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |x|S|M|B|                                                       |
     +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |x|S|M|x|                                                       |
     +-+-+-+-+                 Output Label                          |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                        Offset Time (T)                        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                        Burst Length (L)                       |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

       Note: Fields and Parameters that have not been explained in the
           Subsection follow [1].

  Offset Time (T); TBD


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  This field is the time between a connection request reception and the
  start of the connection for the data burst.

  Burst Length (L); TBD
  This field is the time duration of data burst


4.2 Delete Reservation Message

  The message format and semantics in this section follows [1].


4.3 Delete All Reservations Message

  The message format and semantics in this section follows [1].



5. Management Message

5.1 Port Management Message

  The message format and semantics in this section follows [1], and
  optical switching related contents will be added.


5.2 Label Range Message

  The label range, which is specified for each port by the Port
  Configuration or the All Ports Configuration message, can be
  specified to the range of label supported by a specified port and to
  be changed by using Label Range message. Since the granularity of
  each connection is different in optical domain each port SHOULD allow
  the label range changeable in ports. In addition, a port MAY have
  wavelength converters with full or limited capability so that each
  port MAY have different limited labels. In case of waveband switching,
  a single label for waveband connection is used for a set of
  wavelengths in the band. To support these cases, the Label Range
  message is used.

  The general usage and massage format of this message follows [1].


5.2.1 Optical Label

  If the Label Type is equal to optical label, the label range message
  MUST be interpreted as an Optical Label. Label Range Message format
  follows [1] and the Label Range Block has the following format:

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


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     |x|x|V|C|    Optical Label      |          Label Length         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                            Min Label                          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                            Max Label                          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                      Remaining Labels                         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  V: Label
  The Label flag use is port type specific.
  TBD.

  C: Multipoint Capable
  Indicates label range that can be used for multipoint connections.
  This field is not used in the draft.

  Min Label: TBD
  The minimum label value in the range.

  Max Label: TBD
  The maximum label value in the range.

  Remaining Labels: TBD
  The maximum number of remaining labels that could be requested for
  allocation on the specified port.



6. State and Statistics Messages

  The State and Statistics messages allow a controller to request state
  and statistics of connections of a switch. They SHOULD be extended to
  monitor the statistics related to ports and connections for optical
  transmission.


6.1 Connection Activity Message

  The message format and semantics of the message follows [1], and
  optical switching related contents will be added.


6.2 Statistics Messages

6.2.1 Optical signal statistics Message

  The statistics messages are used to query the performance statistics
  related to ports and connections for optical transmission. Since the
  current statistics messages in [1] report the statistics related to
  traffic states per cells, or frames, new fields SHOULD be added into
  the message for querying optical support. The statistics contain


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  optical transmission characteristics which specify transmission QoS
  of connections. Transmission performance is typically defined in
  terms of signal performance with reference to noise level, or by the
  signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and spectral occupancy requirement or
  signal power level. Optical Signal Statistics message SHOULD contain
  Optical Signal Property which specifies the transmission property of
  connections as shown in the below.

  Optical Signal Statistics Message Type = TBA

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    Version    | Message Type  |    Result     |     Code      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                             Port                              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
     +-+-+-+-+                     Label                             |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                   Optical Signal Property                     ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  Optical Signal Property; variable
  This field implies quality of transmission signal in a connection so
  that it informs a controller signal degradation or loss of signal.
  This field MAY consist of several sub-TLVs which specify the optical
  signal statistics in detail and they will be further added on this
  message. This information MAY result in an alarm of link failure.

  The format and semantics of Optical Signal Property is TBD.

  The other statistics messages are not dealt with in the section
  follow [1].


6.3 Report Connection State Message

  The message format and usage in this section follows [1], and optical
  switching related contents will be added.



7. Configuration Messages



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  The configuration messages allow a controller to discover a
  capabilities of optical switch. Switch configuration, port
  configuration, and service configuration messages are defined for
  these functions.


7.1 Optical Switch Configuration Message

  Since an optical switch MAY be able to provide connection services at
  multiple transport layers, and not all switches are expected to
  support the same transport layers, the switch will need to notify the
  controller of the specific layers it can support. Therefore, the
  switch configuration message MUST be extended to provide a list of
  the transport layers for which an optical switch can perform
  switching. For supporting various types of switching capable
  interfaces, Optical Switch Configuration Message SHOULD contain the
  Switching Interface ID.

  Message Type = TBD

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    Version    | Message Type  |    Result     |     Code      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |     MType     |     MType     |     MType     |     MType     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    Firmware Version Number    |          Window Size          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |          Switch Type          |                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
     |                          Switch Name                          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                          Max Reservations                     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~               Optical Switching Interface IDs                 ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  Optical Switching Interface ID: variable
  TBD

  The following lists are the possible switching capable layers.

     - switching per optical burst
     - switching per a single wavelength
     - switching per a waveband


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     - switching per a single fiber
     - switching per a fiber bundle


7.2 Port Configuration Message

  The port configuration message informs a controller configuration
  information related to a single port. Ports in optical switches
  differ from those in electrical switches. The ports defined in GSMPv3
  imply a single physical link and several connections are specified
  with labels in a port. However, a single port does not identify a
  single link in optical domain. A port can imply a set of fibers, a
  single fiber, or a single wavelength. Therefore different types of
  port SHOULD be identified in GSMPv3. Moreover, OXC can have many bays
  which contain hundreds of shalves which have tens of thousands of
  port. Therefore, physical bay and shelve identifiers also SHOULD be
  defined and encoded in the port configuration message.

  The basic format and usage of Port Configuration message follow [1].
  The following new port types are defined. In optical domain, PortType
  can be classified into per fiber bundle containing several fibers, a
  single fiber containing several wavelengths, or a single wavelength.

  PortType = optical switching (TBA by IANA)

  This port type further can be classified into several types as
  following.

  PortType = fiber in optical switching
  PortType = wavelength in optical switching
  ...


7.2.1 PortType Specific Data for Optical Switching

  The format and usage of Port Specific Data in Port Configuration
  message depends on the PortType value and the basic format of it is
  given as following [1].

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |P|M|L|R|Q|  Label Range Count  |      Label Range Length       |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                   Default Label Range Block                   ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                       Receive Data Rate                       |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                      Transmit Data Rate                       |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


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     |  Port Status  |   Line Type   |  Line Status  |  Priorities   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |     Physical Slot Number      |     Physical Port Number      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

        Note: Fields and Parameters that have not been explained in the
           Subsection follow [1].

  In this section, we specify some fields for supporting optical
  switching as following. If PortType is equal to optical switching,

  Receive Data Rate
  The maximum rate of data that may arrive at the input port
  (interface) in;

  Bits/sec       for PortType = Optical Switching

  Transmit Data Rate
  The maximum rate of data that may depart from the output port
  (interface) in;

  Bits/sec       for PortType = Optical Switching

  Line Type
  The type of physical transmission interface for this port. The line
  type for optical support depends on switching interface for each
  switching entity, such as for wavelength-related port or fiber-
  related port. This field MAY define bit rate of wavelength, fiber
  type. The following values can be identified for optical support.

  PortType = Optical Switching:     TBD

  Physical Slot Number
  The physical location of the slot in optical switching (or OXC).
  Since the OXC systems can have many bays which contain hundreds of
  shelf which have tens of thousands of port this field SHLOULD
  identify the slot. For doing so, the field MAY be partitioned into
  several sub-fields to define bay, shelf, and slot.


  The default label range block for optical switching has the
  following format.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |x|x|x|x|       Label Type      |          Label Length         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                          Label Value                          ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


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  Label Type: 12 bit
  Label type for optical support. Each encoding type of the labels is
  TBD.

  Label value: Variable
  Carries label information. The interpretation of this field depends
  on the type of the link (or the type of connection) over which the
  label is used. Min Label and Max label value imply the range of
  available optical labels. Each encoding type of the labels is TBD.


7.3 All Ports Configuration Message

  The message format and usage of it follows [1], and optical
  switching-related contents follow section 7.2.


7.4 Service Configuration Message

  The Service Configuration message requests an optical switch report
  the configuration information of the supported services. The
  requested services are identified in service ID in the Add Branch
  message or the Reservation Management message. The service model is
  defined with traffic parameter, QoS parameter, and traffic control
  elements in [1], but these parameters can not be used to specify the
  optical services. Therefore this message SHOULD be modified to
  support optical services with newly defined capability sets. The
  services supported at optical switches SHOULD be defined for dealing
  with optical burst, wavelength, waveband, and fiber connection.

7.4.1 Optical Service Configuration Message

  TBD.



8. Event Messages

  The Event messages allow a switch to inform a controller of certain
  asynchronous events. In this version of GSMPv3, asynchronous events
  mainly deal with recovery-related events. The indication of these
  asynchronous events related to ports and switch elements can inform
  failure of them to the controller and it can initiate a fault
  recovery mechanism. The basic message format and usage of it SHOULD
  be referred to [1]. The two messages, Restoration Completion message
  and Fault Notification message, are used to notify a controller
  fault-related events of a switch.


8.1 Restoration Completion Message



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  For 1+1 dedicated recovery, a failed working connection is switched
  over to another dedicated connection without a controller's
  recognition. This message is used to inform the controller
  restoration completion of the switch. This message contains failed
  working connection ID and restored backup connection ID.

  Message Type = TBA

  If a message type is equal to Restoration Completion message the
  following sub-TLVs SHOULD be added on the message in order to notify
  restoration completion to a controller.

     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                   Restored Port ID list                       ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~               Restored Switch Element ID list                 ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


8.2 Fault Notification Message

  This message is used to inform a controller a fault occurring in a
  switch. The possible faults are link failure from cutting off
  (affecting wavelengths, fibers, fiber bundles), port failure, or
  switch modules. For the notification purpose, the following sub-TLV
  SHOULD be added in Event message.

  Message type = TBA

  If a message type is equal to Fault Notification message the
  following sub-TLV SHOULD be added on the message in order to notify a
  fault in a switch to a controller.

     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                       Failed Port ID list                     |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                   Failed Switch Element ID list               |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  Failed Port ID list; variable
  This field describes the failed port ID which contains different
  types of port which indicate wavelength-related port, fiber-related
  port, or fiber bundle-related port. This field can consist of several
  sub-TLVs to indicate the failed elements.

  Failed Switch Element ID list; variable


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  This field describes the failed optical switch fabric such as,
  wavelength converters, cross connect elements, and so on. It depends
  on the optical switching systems.

  The encoding of Failed Switch Element is TBD



9. Optical Service Model Definition

  TBD



10. Failure Response Codes

  This chapter describes the failure and warning states which can occur
  in setup optical connections. The following lists are the codes that
  SHOULD be defined and added in the Failure Response messages. These
  codes MAY be added more when the services for optical switching are
  defined.

  If the switch issues a failure response it MUST choose the most
  specific failure code according to the following precedence. The code
  numbers will be assigned in IANA.

  Optical Connection Failure

  - recovery failure
      Due the limitation of available resource for backup connection,
      for example, multiple links failure, the switch can not be
      succeeded the recovery procedure for shared protected connection.

  - waveband connection setup failure
      There are not available wavelengths which belong to the range of
      min and max limits of the waveband

  - reservation failure for optical burst
      In case of delayed reservation in time is not exactly matched,
      the reservation of optical burst can be failed.

  The following list gives a summary of the failure codes defined for
  failure response messages:

  - no available label for shortage of available wavelengths
  - no available resource for recovery
  - no available resource for waveband connection setup
  - no match for the delayed reservation for optical burst connection



11. Security Considerations


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  This document does not have any security concerns. The security
  requirements using this document are describes in the referenced
  documents.



Appendix I. Protection and Restoration Capability in GSMPv3

  The GSMP controller MUST support the protection and restoration
  capabilities because the optical switch delivers several Gbps data
  traffic in a single wavelength. To achieve fast protection and
  restoration, the optical switch is capable of taking an action
  independent of the GSMP controller, then it informs the controller
  after completing the restoration [2]. This differs from the master-
  slave relationship in GSMP.

  Recovery mechanisms do not distinguish path (end-to-end) and link
  recovery in GSMPv3. The difference of them is considered in signaling
  protocol. In case of dynamically calculating the backup link after a
  fault occurs, GSMPv3 establishes a new backup link by using the
  existing Add Branch message. Therefore, this draft considers pre-
  planned recovery mechanisms, such as 1+1 dedicated recovery, 1:1
  dedicated recovery with/without extra traffic, and 1:N/M:N shared
  recovery.

  The label switch SHOULD provide the protection and restoration
  capabilities in order to provide the recovery mechanisms. For example,
  an ingress/egress node reserves backup resources according the each
  recovery mechanism, and setup the switch fabric. Then, GSMPv3 is used
  to control the switch.

  In this section, the recovery mechanisms which can be provided by
  GSMPv3 is specified with including a fault notification, and
  restoration, and related required messages. For example, the port
  configuration command MUST be extended to allow autonomous protection
  mechanism. The current GSMP connection management also MUST be
  extended to support this function. In the following subsections, the
  supported recovery mechanisms in GSMPv3 are introduced.


1.1 1+1 dedicated recovery mechanism

  In this recovery mechanism, GSMPv3 utilizes the existing Connection
  Management messages. It is not necessary to notify a fault to the
  controller and restore the failed working link at physical layer.
  Then, the switch notifies the recovery completion to the controller
  by using Event message. The recovery procedure of the mechanism
  follows.

  - Backup link configuration
  Use Add Branch message as for working link.


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  - Fault notification
  Let physical layer process before GSMPv3 recognizes.

  - Recovery procedure
  Let physical layer process before GSMPv3 recognizes.

  - After recovery completion;
  Firstly, the switch notifies recovery completion to the controller by
  using Restoration Completion message, then

     * Revertible mode; GSMPv3 uses Move Input message to switch the
       currently used backup link to the restored working link at an
       egress node.

     * Non-revertible mode; GSMPv3 deletes the restored working link by
       using Delete Branch message, and then configures a new backup
       link by using Add Branch message.


1.2 1:1 dedicated recovery mechanism

  - Backup link configuration
  An ingress/egress node configure a backup link by using Reservation
  Request message, and core nodes use Add Branch message to reserve
  backup link. In this recovery mechanism, extra traffic can be
  delivered through the backup link. If it could be possible, core
  nodes use Reservation request message, not Add Branch message.
  However this draft only considers the former case as this mechanism.

  - Fault notification

     * Fault detected from signaling protocol; GSMPv3 have already
       known the fault, it directly go into the recovery procedure.

     * Fault detected from the switch; Event message (esp. Fault
       Notification message) is used to notify the fault to the
       controller.

  - Recovery procedure
  An ingress node uses Move Output message and an egress node used Move
  Input message in order to configure a backup link. Since the backup
  path is configured through the network, core nodes do not take any
  action for recovery.

  - After recovery completion
  Firstly, the switch notifies recovery completion to the controller by
  using Restoration Completion message, then

     * Revertible mode; GSMPv3 uses Move Input message (at an ingress
       node) and Move Output message (at an egress node) to switch the
       currently used backup link to the restored working link at


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       destination node. The backup link is still used for backup by
       using Reservation Request message.

     * Non-revertible mode; Delete Branch message can be used to delete
       the restored working link. GSMPv3 uses Reservation Request
       message to reserve new backup link for the working link.


1.3 1:N/M:N shared recovery mechanism

  - Backup link configuration
  Reservation Request message is used to configure a backup link. Since
  several working links (= N) share one backup link (1:N) or several
  backup links (M:N) GSMPv3 SHUOLD know the sharing  working link IDs
  for the backup links. Resource management of GSMPv3 is out of scope
  of this draft.

  - Fault notification

     * Fault detected from signaling protocol; GSMPv3 have already
       known the fault, it directly go into the recovery procedure.

     * Fault detected from the switch; Event message (esp. Fault
       Notification message) is used to notify the fault to the controller.

  - Recovery procedure
  When GSMPv3 is notified a fault, it uses Add Branch message to
  configure a new working link by using reserved backup link.

  - After recovery completion
  Firstly, the switch notifies recovery completion to the controller by
  using Restoration Completion message, then

     * Revertible mode; GSMPv3 uses Move Input message (at an ingress
       node) and Move Output message (at an egress node) to switch the
       currently used backup link to the restored working link at
       destination node. The backup link is still used for shared
       backup by using Reservation Request message.

     * Non-revertible mode; Delete Branch message can be used to delete
       the restored working link. GSMPv3 uses Reservation Request
       message to reserve new backup link for the working link.


Appendix II. GSMPv3 support for optical cross-connect system

  The GSMPv3 controls and manages the optical cross-connect systems as
  label switches. The optical cross-connect (OXC) is a space division
  switch that can switch an optical data stream on an input port to an
  output port. The OXCs are all optical cross-connects (optical-
  optical-optical), transparent optical cross connects (optical-
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  connects (optical-electrical-optical, SONET/SDH frames).These OXC
  (optical cross connect) systems can be IP-based optical routers which
  are dynamic wavelength routers, optical label switches, or
  burst/packet-based optical cross connects, and so on[2].

  The OXC system consists of switching fabric, multiplexer/
  demultiplexer, wavelength converter, and optical-electrical/
  electrical-optical converter. Multiple wavelengths are multiplexed or
  demultiplexed into a fiber. Multiple fibers belong to a fiber bundle.
  A wavelength, a waveband, and a fiber can be used to establish a
  connection in an optical switch. They SHOULD be recognized at a port
  in the OXC since they are connection entities. When the OXC has
  optical-electrical conversion at the input port and electrical-
  optical conversion at the output port it is called as opaque OXC. Or,
  when it processes optical data stream all optically it is called as
  transparent OXC. Wavelength converter SHOULD be used to resolve
  output port contention when two different connections try to be
  established in a same output port. Since the wavelength converter can
  work only within a limited operating range, the limited numbers of
  wavelengths are used at the output port. It limits the available
  wavelengths at the output port.

  If OXCs perform protection and restoration functions they SHOULD have
  suitable switch structure to support them. In case of 1+1 dedicated
  recovery, input ports and output ports MUST be duplicated in a switch.
  The switch transmits optical signal through two ports (one for
  working connection and another for backup connection) simultaneously.
  When a fault happens the switch switches over from failed working
  connection to dedicated backup connection without noticing a
  controller.

  In order to control and manage the OXC systems, GSMP SHOULD be
  located as a subset of functions for it and MUST know the current
  switch, port and service configuration information. GSMP controller
  SHOULD identify the connection entities at the OXC and match them
 with the optical labels.



References

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  Management Protocol V3", RFC 3292, June 2002.

  [2] Georg Kullgren, et. al., "Requirements For Adding Optical Support
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  [3] Mannie, E., et. al., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
  (GMPLS) Architecture", draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-architecture-03.txt
  (work in progress), August 2002.



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Acknowledgement

  This work was supported in part by the Korean Science and Engineering
  Foundation (KOSEF) through OIRC project


Author's Addresses

  Jun Kyun Choi
  Information and Communications University (ICU)
  58-4 Hwa Ahm Dong, Yusong, Daejon
  Korea 305-732
  Phone: +82-42-866-6122
  Email: jkchoi@icu.ac.kr



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  Min Ho Kang
  Information and Communications University (ICU)
  58-4 Hwa Ahm Dong, Yusong, Daejon
  Korea 305-732
  Phone: +82-42-866-6136
  Email: mhkang@icu.ac.kr

  Jung Yul Choi
  Information and Communications University (ICU)
  58-4 Hwa Ahm Dong, Yusong, Daejon
  Korea 305-732
  Phone: +82-42-866-6208
  Email: passjay@icu.ac.kr

  Gyu Myung Lee
  Information and Communications University (ICU)
  58-4 Hwa Ahm Dong, Yusong, Daejon
  Korea 305-732
  Phone: +82-42-866-6231
  Email: gmlee@icu.ac.kr

  Jook Uk Um
  KT Network Engineering Center
  206 Jungja-dong, Bungdang-gu, Sungnam City, Kyonggi-do, 463-711,
  Korea
  Phone: +82-31-727-6610
  Email: jooukum@kt.co.kr

  Yong Jae Lee
  KT Network Engineering Center
  206 Jungja-dong, Bungdang-gu, Sungnam City, Kyonggi-do, 463-711, Korea
  Phone: +82-31-727-6651
  Email: cruiser@kt.co.kr

  Young Wook Cha
  Andong National University (ANU)
  388 Song-Chon Dong, Andong, Kyungsangbuk-do
  Korea 760-749
  Phone: +82-54-820-5714
  Email: ywcha@andong.ac.kr

  Jeong Yun Kim
  Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
  161 KaJong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Daejeon
  Korea 305-309
  Phone: +82-42-866-5311
  Email: jykim@etri.re.kr

  Jonathan Sadler
  Tellabs Operations, Inc.
  1415 West Diehl Road
  Naperville, IL 60563


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  Phone: +1 630-798-6182
  Email: Jonathan.Sadler@tellabs.com

  Avri Doria
  Div. of Computer Communications
  Lulea University of Technology
  S-971 87 Lulea
  Sweden
  Phone: +1 401 663 5024
  EMail: avri@acm.org


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