Relationship Between SMP, ASON, Gmpls and SDN
Relationship Between SMP, ASON, Gmpls and SDN
Relationship Between SMP, ASON, Gmpls and SDN
Data Plane
The control plane offers several benefits to the for a given connection, based on the network
carriers. The control plane can provide much topology and routing criteria it is given.
faster and less labor intensive service Common route selection criteria are things like:
provisioning, therefore saving operating costs. shortest path, lowest cost, fewest hops, and least
It can also provide new revenue generating congested. This function is triggered by
services, such as time-of-day service. Most of
all, the control plane can provide efficient and
cost effective network restoration.
Routing Control
The routing control function is responsible for
selecting the combination of links to be used
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a connection management function request
and utilizes the network topology populated
by resource discovery function.
Resource Discovery
The resource discovery function keeps track
of the system resource availability such as
bandwidth, multiplexing capability and ports.
It is responsible for the discovery of
neighboring nodes and the links connecting
them, and the communication of this
information to all relevant elements. It
maintains the neighbor and link information
and updates this in real time. This
information enables all elements of the
control plane to have an accurate topology
map of the network to be used for
connection management and routing control
functions.
Connection Management
Connection management functions
provide end-to-end service provisioning
for different services as requested by the
end users. The services include
connection creation, modifications, status
update, and tear down. Connections
management functions often perform path
computation based on parameters
provided by the carriers. For example,
path computation could establish a
requested path based on the lowest cost.
Other parameters could be bandwidth
requirements, wavelength continuity,
maximum allowable latency and optical
characteristic allowable for the bit rates to be
carried.
Path computation can also be used to
calculate diverse routes needed for
restoration.
Note: In another white paper, entitled “Shared Mesh Protection: What It Is and Where It Fits”, Xtera describes the
Shared Mesh Protection (SMP) architecture leading to faster protection switching than restoration based on
ASON/GMPS protocols.
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