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Topics: Main | Metro | Long-Haul | 10 Gbps | 40 Gbps | Components | All Optical Switching | PONs | Start-ups | Contracts | Standards | Videos | Archive   Isocore Tests GMPLS Control Plane Interoperability Isocore Internetworking Lab recently completed its latest phase of IP-Optical Integration testing using next-generation control plane protocols. The testing encompassed the Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) suite of control plane protocols, including dynamic signaling and routing demonstrating the GMPLS Peer-to-Peer model. In addition, the OIF's User-to Network Interface (UNI) was also demonstrated. During the testing event, which was held last month at the Isocore facility in McLean, Virginia, all participating companies successfully requested and established dynamic Label Switched Paths (LSPs) using dynamic routing databases, including next-hop route calculation at the optical layer. IP applications such as Layer 3 VPNs (including Carrier's Carrier and Inter-provider scenarios), IP v6 over MPLS, and MPLS OAM were deployed over a dynamic, self-managing optical core. The intelligent optical core used GMPLS control plane protocols and also supported UNI access. Dynamic constraint-based shortest path first (CSPF) routing was demonstrated for the first time for GMPLS networks. Participating companies were able to support routing using OSPF-TE extensions for GMPLS and setup lowest cost GMPLS dynamic label switched paths (LSP). The optical network consisted of equipment from Avici Systems, Ciena, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD, Furukawa Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, Navtel Communications, NEC, NTT, Sycamore Networks and Tellabs. The testing event will be replicated in a live public demonstration at SUPERCOMM in Chicago in June. http://www.isocore.com 07-Apr-04   Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site Recent Optical News China Telecom to Accelerate FTTH and Mobile Rollouts Colt Deploys Infinera in Low-Latency European Backbone AppliedMicro to Acquire TPACK for Emerging OTN Hong Kong's PCCW Deploys Huawei's 40G OTN Level 3 Wins Networx Contract for Social Security Administration EXFO Adds Tunable DPSK Testing to its 40G/43G Solution PMC-Sierra Collaborates with Incognito Software on FTTx for MSOs VI Systems Ships First Circular VCSEL Arrays EXFO Boosts its Optical Spectrum Analyzer Russia's FORATEC Selects Ciena's CN 4200 EU's BIANCHO Project Targets Energy Efficient Photonic Components CALIENT and Freeport Offer Govt Teleconferencing NSN Supplies LH DWDM for First Communications NTT Adds 588,000 Optical Access Lines in Q2 EXFO Boosts its Blazer Multiservice Test Modules > More news... Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton   E-mail Newsletter Subscribe Now