Title
A Terminology for Control Models at Optical Exchanges
Abstract
Optical or lambda exchanges have emerged to interconnect networks, providing dynamic switching capabilities on OSI layer 1 and layer 2. So far, the only inter-domain dynamics have occurred on layer 3, the IP layer. This new functionality in the data plane has consequences on the control plane. We explain this by comparing optical exchanges with current Internet exchanges.Descriptions of optical exchanges have appeared in the literature, but discussions about these exchanges have been hampered by a lack of common terminology. This paper defines a common terminology for exchanges. Discussion in the community revealed four different meaning for the term "open exchange". We list them in this paper.We classify the different kind of exchanges based on the interactions between the domains at the control plane. We use these control models to distinguish between different types of interconnection points.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1007/978-3-540-72986-0_5
AIMS
Keywords
Field
DocType
different meaning,osi layer,data plane,ip layer,different kind,common terminology,control plane,control model,control models,different type,optical exchanges,optical exchange,layer 3,layer 2
Routing control plane,Forwarding plane,Terminology,Computer science,Network layer,Computer network,Dynamic switching,Ip layer,OSI model,Distributed computing,The Internet
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
4543
0302-9743
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.80
6
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Freek Dijkstra111913.63
Bas Oudenaarde214216.01
Bert Andree3162.92
Leon Gommans424531.45
Paola Grosso533147.74
Jeroen Ham620.80
Karst Koymans7163.60
Cees Laat8215.57