Mr. Kikuta’s letter paper was published in IEICE Trans. on Communications.

IEICE Transactions on Communications, Vol. E92-B, No. 4, pp. 1353-1356, April 2009.

Title: “Multi-Domain VLAN Path Signaling Method having Tag Swapping Function for GMPLS controlled Wide Area Layer-2 Network”

Authors: Kou Kikuta, Masahiro Nishida, Daisuke Ishii, Satoru Okamoto, and Naoaki Yamanaka

Abstract: A multi-domain GMPLS layer-2 switch capable network with VLAN tag swapping is demonstrated for the first time. In this demonstration, we verify three new features, establishing path with destinating VLAN IDs, swapping VLAN ID on prototype switch, and management of VLAN IDs per domain. Using those three features, carrier-class Ethernet backbone networks witch support path route designation in multi-domain network can be established.