QoT-aware lightpath set-up in GMPLS-controlled WDM networks: A survey |
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Authors: | Piero Castoldi Nicola Sambo Filippo Cugini Luca Valcarenghi |
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Affiliation: | aScuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy;bCNIT, Pisa, Italy |
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Abstract: | GMPLS-controlled Wavelength Switched Optical Networks (WSON) often undergo upgrade in bit rate or in network element switching capability. In such a scenario many wavelength paths cannot be anymore considered pre-validated from the original network design phase. Thus, it is required to verify the quality of the optical path physical signal during path computation and signaling by considering the optical network impairments (e.g., attenuation, amplified spontaneous emission, etc.).In this paper, the general problem of impairment-aware path computation is presented and then solutions based on GMPLS extensions to be used during path set-up are considered. Specifically, an overview is presented where different approaches for implementing Quality of Transmission (QoT) estimation and QoT measurements in transparent networks are outlined. In addition, techniques for exploiting sparse regeneration in translucent networks are illustrated. Numerical results show that the proposed schemes are effective in finding or designating QoT-validated paths in only few set-up attempts when a fully transparent path is available. If the transparent path becomes unfeasible, the translucent approach is adopted showing how to optimally designate intermediate regenerators to satisfy the end-to-end QoT constraints. |
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Keywords: | Generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) Optical transparent networks Physical impairments Resource reservation protocol with traffic engineering (RSVP-TE) Regenerators Optical translucent networks |
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