An Integrated Multilayer Traffic Engineering scheme in the New Generation GMPLS based Optical Internet
 
An Integrated Multilayer Traffic Engineering scheme in the New Generation GMPLS based Optical Internet 
 
Walter Colitti, Kris Steenhaut, Ann Nowe
 
Abstract 

This paper proposes a new scheme for Multi-layer Traffic Engineering (MTE) in Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) IP over Optical Networks. The scheme routes IP traffic guaranteeing sufficient bandwidth, high trans-mission quality and low resource usage. The routing decision is made via a cost metric which considers lightpath's power penal-ty and propagation delay and number of available wavelengths and transmitters. The requests are accommodated on mixed (lambda and packet) GMPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) in-stalled by nested RSVP-TE sessions. Extensive simulations dem-onstrate the good quality of the scheme's performance in terms of blocking probability and resource usage.