A Hybrid Method for Signalling Transport in GMPLS Control Plane

Authors

  • Mirjana D. Stojanovic
  • Suzana D. Miladic
  • Goran Z. Markovic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.22.3.15310

Keywords:

Control plane, optical network, signalling, switching

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of signalling transport in control plane of the Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) network. The two basic methods for establishing control channels in optical networks are the in-fibre-out-of-band and the out-of-fibre. Starting from the analysis of benefits and drawbacks of those methods, we propose and investigate a novel, flexible method for signalling transport, which is based on the analysis of the given network topology and combines the basic methods to achieve a trade-off between requirements for low latency and high reliability. Performance analysis has shown that, with hybrid method, data path setup times are close to the ones achieved with the in-fibre-out-of-band method, while preserving satisfying reliability and flexibility to integrate into multi-domain networks.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.22.3.15310

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Published

2016-06-17

How to Cite

Stojanovic, M. D., Miladic, S. D., & Markovic, G. Z. (2016). A Hybrid Method for Signalling Transport in GMPLS Control Plane. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 22(3), 24 - 28. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.22.3.15310

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2016)

Section

ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS

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