Generalized Label for Super-Channel Assignment on Flexible Grid
draft-hussain-ccamp-super-channel-label-06
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Authors | Iftekhar Hussain , Zhong Pan , Marco E. Sosa , Andrew G. Malis , Abinder Dhillon | ||
Last updated | 2014-04-11 (Latest revision 2013-10-08) | ||
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Abstract
To enable scaling of existing transport systems to ultra high data rates of 1 Tbps and beyond, next generation systems providing super- channel switching capability are currently being developed. To allow efficient allocation of optical spectral bandwidth for such high bit rate systems, International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is extending the G.694.1 grid standard (termed "Fixed-Grid") to include flexible grid (termed "Flex-Grid") support (draft revised ITU-T G.694.1, revision 1.4, Oct 2011). This necessitates definition of new label format for the Flex-Grid. This document defines a super-channel label as a Super-Channel Identifier and an associated list of 12.5 GHz slices representing the optical spectrum of the super-channel. The label information can be encoded using a fixed length or variable length format. This label format can be used in GMPLS signaling and routing protocol to establish super-channel based optical label switched paths (LSPs).
Authors
Iftekhar Hussain
Zhong Pan
Marco E. Sosa
Andrew G. Malis
Abinder Dhillon
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