IP over WDM光网络的演进趋势

由于IP业务的指数增长以及WDM在传送网中的主导地位,将IP业务直接承载于WDM系统的IP ver DM光网络成为理想的选择。IP over WDM光网络可分为三个阶段,即：点到点IPoverWDM、IP0ver可重构WDM、IPover光交换的WDM。     

新型多协议λ交换(MPλS)网络技术

提出了一种以标签交换和波长路由 /交换为基础的全新的高速宽带组网技术——基于多协议波长交换 ( MPλS)技术的 IP over WDM网络 ,并对其进行了深入研究。这个方案在光联网技术中综合了目前先进的多协议标签交换 ( MPLS)业务量工程控制技术 ,可以大大简化网络管理的复杂性 ,因此特别适合于由可重构的 OADM和 OXC组成的以数据业务为核心的光互联网络系统中 ,而且它为最终在 IP路由器上直接提供 WDM复用功能铺平了道路。     

P比特光交换节点研究

光网络中引入全光交换技术可以无需进行光电光转换和电信号处理,使网络具备透明性,大大降低节点的复杂性和节点成本。多粒度交换节点减小了交换矩阵的规模,降低了交换矩阵的复杂性,是波分复用（WDM）网络节点发展的一个方向。随着正交频分复用（OFDM）技术的引入,带宽可变的节点技术得到了越来越广泛的关注。文章介绍了传统的基于波长的光交叉连接器（OXC）交换结构、多粒度交换结构,以及基于正交频分复用/单载波频分复用（OFDM/SCFDM）的节点交换结构,并通过实验对基于带宽可变的可重构的光分插复用器（ROADM）、OXC节点技术进行了验证。在实验中提出的基于子波带的交换结构中,节点容量达到了P比特量级。     

多粒度全光网中的多层联合路由

多粒度交换技术利用波带级路由以及光纤级路由,可有效降低光交叉连接器的复杂度.但多粒度交换增加了光网络的逻辑层次结构,使得网络中的路由与资源分配问题更为复杂,因此,在多粒度全光网中实现多层联合路由是提高网络性能的关键.本文对多粒度交叉连接结构进行了分析,并对多粒度全光网中的多层联合路由问题进行了研究.     

WDM光网络的透明性问题

透明和不透明的光网络波分复用（WDM）光网络可以在光域进行信号的复用、传输、放大、选路以及恢复,正成为光通信领域研究的热点。WDM光网络支持多种信号格式,具有兼容性、经济性、可扩展性、可靠性,能为各种业务提供综合传送的物理平台。根据WDM光网络节点是否进行光信号的电处理,光网络可分为透明（Transaaren）网络和不透明（OPaque）网络两种类型。对于透明光网络,信号在从源节点到满节点传送过程中始终以光信号的形式进行,并在光域完成信号的再生、交换和波长变换,相应的网络单元结构如图匕所示、不透明光网络有两种实现形…     

多粒度全光网中的多层联合路由

多粒度交换技术利用波带级路由以及光纤级路由，可有效降低光交叉连接器的复杂度。但多粒度交换增加了光网络的逻辑层次结构，使得网络中的路由与资源分配问题更为复杂，因此，在多粒度全光网中实现多层联合路由是提高网络性能的关键。本文对多粒度交叉连接结构进行了分析，并对多粒度全光网中的多层联合路由问题进行了研究。     

一种改进的多粒度光交叉连接结构

多粒度光交叉连接能够提供光纤、波带和波长三种粒度的光交换，这一机制能有效提高交换性能，同时通过交换端口数的减少来降低光交换的成本。在这种交换结构中，需要在下层进行交换的信号需要首先经过上层的交换，或者所有信号都需要被不加区分地解复用出来进行交换，这造成了信号的过大损耗和失真，以及交换端口的浪费。我们在介绍了现有的研究以后，提出一种改进后的多粒度光交叉连接结构。通过仿真分析，可以看出这一新结构能够比其他结构更灵活地配置交换端口，同时能够避免不必要的信号损耗和失真，降低交换成本。     

多光纤WDM网中的QoS路由算法

利用区分光业务(DOS)模型可以将WDM光传送网中客户层(如IP)具有不同QoS要求的业务汇聚力较粗粒度的流,直接映射到光信道上,从而使客户层业务的不同QoS要求可以体现在DOS域的边缘光节点处的光路建立请求的不同优先级上。该文首先探讨了如何将多光纤WDM网转化为波长图,从而一次性解决选路和分配波长(RWA)问题,在此基础上,提出两种用于多光纤WDM网的QoS路由算法,对二者进行了比较,并进行了计算机仿真。     

WDM网中的分组交换技术

WDM技术为通信网络提供了巨大的带宽资源,分组交换技术提高了带宽的利用率,二者的结合即在WDM网中进行分组交换必然是下一代光网络的发展趋势。本文讨论了光分组交换的分层网络模型、目前正在研究的两种分组交换技术以及实现分组交换的关键技术,最后对光分组交换技术对未来光通信网络的影响作了分析。     

动态业务条件下多粒度全光网性能分析与研究

多粒度交换技术利用波带级路由以及光纤级路由,可有效降低光交叉连接器的复杂度。但多粒度交换增加了光网络的逻辑层次结构,使得网络中的路由与资源分配问题更为复杂,多粒度全光网中的多层联合路由机制是影响网络性能的关键。本文对动态业务下多粒度全光网中的资源分配策略进行了深入研究,比较了采用不同节点交换比例时网络的阻塞性能,分析了不同业务量时多粒度交叉连接节点的最佳波带粒度,并结合经济性对多粒度全光网的性能进行了综合分析。     

Overspill routing in optical networks: a true hybrid optical network design

To efficiently support the highly dynamic traffic patterns of the current Internet in large-scale switches, we propose a new hybrid optical network design: Overspill Routing In Optical Networks (ORION). By taking advantage of the reduced (electronic) processing requirements of all-optical wavelength switching, the electronic bottleneck is relieved. At the same time, ORION achieves a level of statistical multiplexing comparable to the more traditional point to point WDM solutions, circumventing the bandwidth inefficiencies of all-optical wavelength switched networks, caused by dynamic traffic patterns. The result is a true hybrid optical network design, forming a bridge between these two switching concepts. In this paper the generic concept of ORION is described. An example node design, based on current advanced optical technologies, is described in detail. The ORION concept is also evaluated, comparing it with its two composing technologies, optical wavelength switching and point to point WDM, as well as a third, more trivial, hybrid one, through several case studies.     

波分复用-光时分复用波长转换信号的消光比研究

对基于半导体光放大器(SOA)交叉增益调制(XGM)效应的全光波分复用一光时分复用(WDM—OTDM)转换后的两路时分复用输出信号的消光比(ER)特性进行了分析。研究了两路波分复用的输入抽运光和探测光的功率、波长、抽运光的消光比、数据速率以及半导体光放大器的偏置电流、腔长和模场限制因子对转换信号消光比的影响。模拟结果表明，增大抽运光输入功率，选择长波长抽运光，可以增加转换光相应信道消光比，但减小了相邻信道的输出消光比；增加抽运光消光比，可以提高转换光消光比，但各个信道增长幅度不同；减小探测光输入功率，选取短波长探测光波长，增加半导体光放大器的腔长和模场限制因子以及大的偏置电流可提高转换光消光比；对于两路或多路波分复用信号转换时分复用信号的过程中，一定要考虑转换光每个信道消光比的均衡。     

The multi-hop multi-rate wavelength division multiplexing ring

Transparency of the optical layer offers the possibility to design a network that operates at varying transmission bit rates. While variable bit rate interfaces are being tested and will soon provide the possibility to optimally select the transmission rate for each optical channel, the potential advantages of relying upon multiple transmission rates in the optical network have yet to be fully explored. In this paper, we define the concept of multi-hop and multi-rate (M&M for short) network in which the tributary signal is transmitted over a concatenation of optical channels, with each optical channel operating at its own transmission rate. The optimal rate of each optical channel is determined by a number of factors including the end node's interface, amount of multiplexed traffic and cost of the network components. The potential advantages provided by the M&M network when compared to first generation optical networks (i.e., SONET/SDH), to single- and multi-hop (constant bit rate) optical networks, are discussed in general and demonstrated numerically in a WDM ring. Presented results show that the network cost reduction achieved by the M&M design is a function of the cost ratio between the optical bandwidth (wavelengths) and the optical terminals     

WDM-based packet networks

We discuss design considerations for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-based packet networks. In the near term, such networks are likely to consist of WDM links connected using some form of electronic multiplexing. The focus of this article is on the joint design of the electronic and optical layer with the objective of simplifying the network and reducing the protocol stack. To that end, we discuss the benefits of optical flow switching, network reconfiguration, traffic grooming, and optical layer protection. We also discuss the state of all-optical packet networking with particular focus on local area network technology     

Traffic engineering in multigranularity heterogeneous optical WDM mesh networks through dynamic traffic grooming

In this article we investigate the problem of efficiently provisioning connections of different bandwidth granularities in a heterogeneous WDM mesh network through dynamic traffic grooming schemes under traffic engineering principles. Due to the huge amount of traffic a WDM backbone network can support and the large geographic area it can cover, constructing and upgrading such an optical WDM network can be costly. Hence, it is extremely important for network operators to apply traffic engineering strategies to cost-effectively support different bandwidth granularity services using only the appropriate amount of network resources. This requires an optical WDM network to have multigranularity switching capability, and such a network tends to be a multivendor heterogeneous network. However, WDM network heterogeneity increases the difficulty and challenge of efficient traffic provisioning. In this article we present different TE issues that need to be carefully considered in such an optical WDM network, and propose possible solutions and extensions for the generalized multiprotocol label switching optical network control plane. We extend an existing generic graph model to perform efficient traffic grooming and achieve different TE objectives through simple shortest path computation algorithms. We show that our approach is very practical and very suitable for traffic engineering in a heterogeneous multigranularity optical WDM mesh network.     

All-Optical Packet Routing--Architecture and Implementation

We report in this paper the architectural design and implementation of all-optical packet networks. Using photonic switches to route information, an all-optical network has the advantages of bit rate, wavelength, and signal format transparencies. Within the transparency distance, the network is capable of handling a widely heterogeneous mix of traffic. We will describe our research on the implementation of all-optical backbone switches. The switch components including frame synchronizers, frame delineation units, frame header over-writing units, wavelength converters, frame concentrators, and WDM buffers were constructed at 2.5 Gb/s. Their subsystem and device structure as well as preliminary performance are reported.     

On Architecture and Limitation of Optical Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks Using Optical-Orthogonal-Code (OOC)/Wavelength Label

To accommodate the explosive packet-based data traffic in WDM networks, intelligent optical routing and switching are required in optical transport networks. Optical multiprotocol label switching networks emerged to meet this demand. In this paper, different schemes for implementing an OMPLS network are introduced. An optical MPLS network using OOC/wavelengths as labels is proposed. Based on an all-optical code converter, the architecture of the optical core router is demonstrated. The fundamental limits on scalability of the proposed core router, namely the label capacity, and the blocking probability of the label switched path setup are investigated, and closed-form solutions are derived.     

An efficient dynamic multicast traffic-grooming algorithm for WDM networks

With the growth of multi-granularity multicast applications, there comes into being a huge gap between the bandwidth of a wavelength provided and a multicast traffic required in the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. The dynamic multicast traffic-grooming is an effective way for WDM networks to improve the wavelength utilization and decrease the traffic blocking probability. A novel switching node architecture with the multicast switching matrix and traffic-grooming fabric is studied in the paper. Then, an efficient dynamic multicast traffic-grooming algorithm is proposed for the architecture. According to the ratio of network available grooming port number to network transceiver number, the proposed algorithm estimates whether the traffic-grooming port is a scarce resource for input traffic and chooses the appropriate grooming strategy. If the traffic-grooming port is scarce, the minimized use grooming port strategy is designed for the coming traffic. On the contrary, the minimized use node transceiver strategy is applied for the coming traffic. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can groom traffic efficiently with low blocking probability and high network throughput constraint by limiting number of node transceivers and grooming ports.     

Advances in photonic packet switching: an overview

The current fast-growing Internet traffic is demanding more and more network capacity every day. The concept of wavelength-division multiplexing has provided us an opportunity to multiply network capacity. Current optical switching technologies allow us to rapidly deliver the enormous bandwidth of WDM networks. Photonic packet switching offers high-speed, data rate/format transparency, and configurability, which are some of the important characteristics needed in future networks supporting different forms of data. In this article we present some of the critical issues involved in designing and implementing all-optical packet-switched networks