The MPLS WG Archive

[Norm Rumac <norm_rumac@yahoo.com>]

Tom,
I am thinking wavelengths here.  If you are
interested, I am also thinking of a model consistent
with the framework given in section 6 of the following
document (although my question is more general in
nature):
<br>
<a href>
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-many-ip-optical-framework-03.txt</a>
<br>

--Norm

--- Tom Scott <telecomtom@dacor.net> wrote:
> Norm,
> 
> I don't have an answer but I'm interested in the
> issue. Could you refer
> me to a whitepaper, I-D, or RFC that describes
> dynamic lightpath
> management/control (creation, maintenance,
> deletion)? 
> 
> (I assume that you mean wavelengths/lambdas or some
> other unit of
> dynamically assignable fiber resources. The only
> units or regimes I'm
> familiar with are from GMPLS: packets, time slots,
> wavelengths, fibers.)
> 
> -- TT
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Typcial Blocking Probabilites in WDM
> networks?
> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:25:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Norm Rumac <norm_rumac@yahoo.com>
> To: mpls@UU.NET
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know what would be an acceptable range
> for
> blocking probabilites withing a carrier supporting
> dynamic lightpath establishment (via GMPLS etc.)?
> 
> Would it be ludicrous to assume a long-haul optical
> carrier refusing more than say 15 percent of the
> requests for connection establishment?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Norm
> 
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