Dr. Okamoto’s paper about end-to-end ethernet VLAN path provisioning over multi ASON and GMPLS network domains was accepted for NFOEC2009 presentation.

Title: Multi ASON and GMPLS Domains Interworking Trials for Automatically Switched Ethernet VLAN Path Provisioning

Author: Satoru Okamoto(1), Kou Kikuta(1), Daisuke Ishii(1), Shuichi Okamoto(2), Tomohiro Otani(2), and Hideki Otsuki(3)
(1): Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
(2): KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., 2-1-15 Ohara Fujimino-shi, Saitama 356-8502, Japan
(3): National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan

Abstract: Seamless end-to-end Ethernet VLAN path provisioning over multiASON and GMPLS network domains is successfully achieved. Two interworking scenarios 1) ASON and GMPLS, 2) GMPLS and GMPLS are confirmed in both control and data planes.