This book covers a number of topics related to the use of an IP-based control plane to control optical transport networks. It addresses the need for such control, the advantages and challenges involved in the design and implementation as well as the benefits of the use of a control plane. It delivers a well-balanced perspective on a platform-independent technology which is currently being standardized. It tackles the technology from an operations and management perspective, explaining and putting the standards into context. It describes carrier concerns and requirements, current technology capabilities and on-going efforts to complete designs.It highlights the benefits and future services for the end user - besides substantial cost savings, this technology will allow companies to automate the process of adding and removing equipment in a network, the setting up and tearing down of circuits with flexible data rates and ultimately the ability to provision advanced services such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN) on-the-fly. It includes a case study about implementation of control plane features in existing networks as well as a green field application.
- ISBN10 0470010657
- ISBN13 9780470010655
- Publish Date 19 September 2006
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 12 November 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Pages 416
- Language English