Fast Restoration Based on Alternative Wavelength Paths in a Wide Area Optical IP Network |
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Authors: | Francesco Matera Luca Rea Matteo Venezia Lorenzo Capanna Giuseppe Del Prete |
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Affiliation: | a Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Roma, Italyb Istituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Roma, Italy |
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Abstract: | In this article we describe an experimental investigation of IP network restoration based on wavelength recovery. We propose a procedure for metro and wide area gigabit Ethernet networks that allows us to route the wavelength in case of link failure to another existing link by exploiting wavelength division multiplexing in the fiber. Such a procedure is obtained by means of an optical switch that is managed by a loss-of-light signal that is generated by a router in case of link failure. Such a method has been tested in an IP network consisting of three core routers with optical gigabit Ethernet interfaces connected by means of 50-km-long single-mode fibers between Rome and Pomezia. Compared with other conventional restoration techniques, such as OSPF and MPLS, our method -in very fast (20 ms) and is compatible with real-time TV services and low-cost chips. |
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Keywords: | DiffServ gigabit Ethernet GMPLS IP MPLS restoration router |
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