…functionality and implement extensions far beyond current Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) and Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) internal control plane (I-NNI) standards. Value-added intelligent functionality available today includes: > FastMesh-® : implements CoreDirector FS…

…optical networks. Process Automation Intelligent optical control plane routing and signaling intelligence incorporates developing standards in the IETF (GMPLS), ITU (G.ASON) and the OIF (O-UNI/E-NNI) and provides real-time resource inventory discovery and database synchronization, intelligent mapping of service…

…automation that virtually eliminates the involvement of an optical network operator. The university is also working on UCLP extensions to O-UNI, ASON, and GMPLS signaling and control plane technologies. Supporting both TDM and Layer 2 Ethernet switching, Ciena-'s CoreDirector provides fast, dynamic provisioning…

…tion, restoration, and service provisioning attributes have proven the most important functions. Using optical control plane technology based on ASON/GMPLS, operators are able to build large mesh networks that use available bandwidth far more efficiently than ring architectures. In addi- tion, optical control…

…functionality and implement extensions far beyond current Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) and Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) internal control plane (I-NNI) standards. Value-added intelligent functionality available today includes: > FastMesh-® : implements CoreDirector FS…

…(ASTN) A network that allows traffic paths to be set up automatically through a switched network. The term ASTN is often used interchangeably with GMPLS (Generalized MPLS). Availability The amount of time that a system is available during time periods when it is expected to be available. Availability…

…Layer 1 up to Layer 3. This approach is the focus of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) effort on Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS). The goal here is to achieve major improvements in Layer 3 network performance by equipping routers with knowledge about the underlying transport network…

…optical control plane technology, and serves as an instrumental participant in standards development for technologies such as ASON, OIF O-UNI, E-NNI and GMPLS, all available today on the CoreDirector-® Multiservice Optical Switch. Additionally, Ciena provides key optical control plane extensions to automate…

…architects of OTN see it as an integral part of the automatic, dynamic network of the future, built on a set of common interfaces and managed by a G.ASTN/GMPLS distributed signalling and control plane. The benefits of OTN The benefits of a fully realized OTN to network operators are many, and include: -- More…

…Jerry Sobieski, director of research initiatives for Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) and project manager of the DRAGON (Dynamic Resource Allocation via GMPLS Optical Networks) project. "In addition, our organization's collaboration with Ciena via the DRAGON project, which is investigating the use of optical…