The MPLS WG Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] [IP-Optical] RE: Optical link bundling. Was Re: DraftMinutes From Pittsburgh
Albert, "Manfredi, Albert E" wrote: > > I guess I'm missing this speed argument that's been made twice today. Why > would one expect that optics by itself can change the speed with which > bandwidth is provisioned? > > Surely if tools can be deployed to rapidly provision bandwidth using lambda > as the knob, similar tools can provision bandwidth about as quickly using > other knobs? Like ATM PVCs, SONET pipes, LSPs? The speed argument is with respect to the use of an automated control plane to set up switched circuits, not with respect to which transport technology we choose to use. As a matter of fact, one of the things that has emerged in various standards organizations working on automatically switched optical networks is that the control plane by itself should be "layer agnostic", i.e., the same control plane should be capable of handling switched services irrespective of what the underlying transport is. > > Bert > albert.e.manfredi@boeing.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lazer, Monica A, NNAD [mailto:mlazer@att.com] > > > > David, > > From our perspective, having the tools to support sub-minute automated > > provisioning of circuits is one of the main drivers of this > > work. This is > > one of the reasons that drives us to push for support of > > multiple clients by > > the control plane optical network. > > > > Monica A. Lazer > > Advanced Transport Technology and Architecture Planning > > > > 908 234 8462 > > mlazer@att.com -- Regards, Shiva ------------------ Sivakumar Sankaranarayanan Member of Technical Staff HO 3C-508A Lucent Technologies, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733. Phone: +1 732 949 5762 Fax: +1 732 949 3210 (Attn: S. Sankaranarayanan) Email: ssnarayanan@lucent.com
|
|