Paper Info
Title
VCAT-LCAS in a clamshell
Abstract
Virtual concatenation (VCAT) is a standardized layer 1 inverse multiplexing technique that can be applied to the optical transport network (OTN), synchronous optical network (SONET), synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH), and plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH) component signals. By inverse multiplexing, it combines multiple links at a particular layer into aggregate links to achieve a commensurate increase in available bandwidth on the aggregate link. While any inverse multiplexing scheme is about "more bandwidth", the VCAT/LCAS is a general technique that can enable a fairly broad range of network features such as (1) right sizing bandwidth for data applications, (2) bandwidth extraction from a mesh network, (3), bandwidth on demand and IP traffic engineering, and (4) provides new forms of protection-restoration and graceful degradation. In this paper, the authors have given a quick overview of VCAT/LCAS technology and just a few examples of its applications
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/MCOM.2006.1637944
IEEE Communications Magazine
Keywords
Field
DocType
sizing bandwidth,inverse multiplexing,synchronous optical network,aggregate link,bandwidth extraction,inverse multiplexing scheme,optical transport network,inverse multiplexing technique,available bandwidth,mesh network,virtual concatenation,sonet,bandwidth,mesh networks,data engineering,signal processing,multiplexing,graceful degradation,data mining,protocols,internet
Optical Transport Network,Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme,Computer science,Computer network,Plesiochronous digital hierarchy,Bandwidth (signal processing),Dynamic bandwidth allocation,Virtual concatenation,Multiplexing,Synchronous optical networking
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
44
5
0163-6804
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.77
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
G. Bernstein1100.77
D. Caviglia2113.51
R. Rabbat3343.44
H. Van Helvoort4124.69