Adaptation technology between IP layer and optical layer in optical Internet

Yuefeng Ji; Hua Li; Yongmei Sun

doi:10.1117/12.445175

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17 October 2001 Adaptation technology between IP layer and optical layer in optical Internet

Yuefeng Ji, Hua Li, Yongmei Sun

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Proceedings Volume 4585, Optical Networking; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.445175
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications Conference and Exhibit, 2001, Beijing, China

Abstract

Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical network provides a platform with high bandwidth capacity and is supposed to be the backbone infrastructure supporting the next-generation high-speed multi-service networks (ATM, IP, etc.). In the foreseeable future, IP will be the predominant data traffic, to make fully use of the bandwidth of the WDM optical network, many attentions have been focused on IP over WDM, which has been proposed as the most promising technology for new kind of network, so-called Optical Internet. According to OSI model, IP is in the 3rd layer (network layer) and optical network is in the 1st layer (physical layer), so the key issue is what adaptation technology should be used in the 2nd layer (data link layer). In this paper, firstly, we analyze and compare the current adaptation technologies used in backbone network nowadays. Secondly, aiming at the drawbacks of above technologies, we present a novel adaptation protocol (DONA) between IP layer and optical layer in Optical Internet and describe it in details. Thirdly, the gigabit transmission adapter (GTA) we accomplished based on the novel protocol is described. Finally, we set up an experiment platform to apply and verify the DONA and GTA, the results and conclusions of the experiment are given.

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Yuefeng Ji, Hua Li, and Yongmei Sun "Adaptation technology between IP layer and optical layer in optical Internet", Proc. SPIE 4585, Optical Networking, (17 October 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.445175

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