Re: Draft communication to Q6/15

[Greg Bernstein <[e-mail]>]

This looks good Deborah and Adrian. Should we put in any info to remind 
them that our next IETF meeting is in July in Dublin?

Regards

Greg B.

BRUNGARD, DEBORAH A, ATTLABS wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Now that we have WG drafts on WSON, we have prepared the following 
> Liaison to Q6/15. It will be communicated as informational.
>  
> Please let us know if any comments,
> Deborah and Adrian
>  
> ======
> Communication to Q6/15 from the IETF's CCAMP Working Group
>  
>
> The CCAMP Working Group of IETF would like to inform you of our work 
> on enhancing GMPLS's support for Lambda Switching to support the new 
> generation of Lambda Switch Capable equipment (e.g. ROADMs and PXCs). 
> GMPLS provides a standard control plane in support of setting up (or 
> restoring) a connection for multiple technologies (e.g. photonic, TDM 
> (SONET/SDH), Ethernet).
>
>  
>
> When GMPLS currently sets up an end-to-end wavelength connection (i.e. 
> a Lambda LSP), the label that identifies the Lambda to use only has 
> local context (between the neighboring nodes at the ends of the Lambda 
> link). With the recent progress on optical network technology and the 
> capability to activate/reroute an optical path over a larger domain 
> comprised of DWDM, ROADMs, and PXCs (e.g. G.680 Appendix III 
> application), CCAMP participants are interested to investigate these 
> new applications to ensure the applicability of GMPLS protocols for 
> connection setup and path computation and whether additional 
> extensions are needed. The following document "Framework for GMPLS and 
> PCE Control of Wavelength Switched Optical Networks (WSON)" provides a 
> framework for our work effort:
>
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ccamp-wavelength-switched-framework-00.txt
>
>  
>
> Note, CCAMP is concerned with the GMPLS protocol aspects for control 
> of Lambda Switch Capable equipment. Work on characterization of 
> optical signals, devices, and fibers is not within our scope.
>
>  
>
> The first aspect being considered is a standardized wavelength 
> representation. The proposal for the wavelength label representation 
> is based on the grids used by G.694.1 and G.694.2. The following 
> document "Generalized Labels for G.694 Lambda-Switching Capable Label 
> Switching Routers" describes our proposal:
>
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g-694-lambda-labels-01.txt
>
>  
>
> Both of these documents are in a very early phase of development. As 
> we progress our work, we will be including aspects of G.680. We 
> welcome any comments you may have at this time on our work and we 
> would appreciate if you would keep us informed of your progress in 
> this area.
>  

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