Wavelength converters are used in optical networks to overcome transparent wavelength channel insufficiency. However, current GMPLS control plane does not distribute wavelength con- verter information to network nodes...Wavelength converters are used in optical networks to overcome transparent wavelength channel insufficiency. However, current GMPLS control plane does not distribute wavelength con- verter information to network nodes. To overcome this situation, four wavelength converter information sharing methods for GMPLS-controUed optical networks are proposed. The first two, Conversion Capability during Signaling （CCS） and Conversion Availability during Signaling （CAS）, are based on the RSVP-TE signaling protocol, while the others, Conversion Capability Advertisement （CCA） and Conversion Availability Advertisement （ CAA ） , are based on the OSPF-TE routing protocol. Simulations show that CAA obtains the lowest blocking, while CCS the highest. Moreover, CAA only slightly increases the control plane load compared to CAS.展开更多
文摘Wavelength converters are used in optical networks to overcome transparent wavelength channel insufficiency. However, current GMPLS control plane does not distribute wavelength con- verter information to network nodes. To overcome this situation, four wavelength converter information sharing methods for GMPLS-controUed optical networks are proposed. The first two, Conversion Capability during Signaling （CCS） and Conversion Availability during Signaling （CAS）, are based on the RSVP-TE signaling protocol, while the others, Conversion Capability Advertisement （CCA） and Conversion Availability Advertisement （ CAA ） , are based on the OSPF-TE routing protocol. Simulations show that CAA obtains the lowest blocking, while CCS the highest. Moreover, CAA only slightly increases the control plane load compared to CAS.
