Experimental implementation of distributed management for service provisioning in an ASON/GMPLS testbed

Abstract

This paper focuses on the interactions of the ASON management plane of an optical network both with remote soft-permanent service provisioning and an optical control plane through integrating XML, SNMP and GMPLS based communication mechanisms and distributed approaches. Experimentation results with an ASON/GMPLS testbed assess the potential suitability of the overall distributed management approach for service provisioning due to its low delays and high flexibility