Although IP and WDM technologies are expected to become the dominant network technologies, they will be introduced gradually complementing and replacing current ATM and SDH network solutions. This book represents a comprehensive review and research results for the deployment and management of IP over WDM Networks with guaranteed service level agreements. Design details cover the integrated management requirements and architectures needed to ensure direct and seamless deployment and integration of IP and WDM. Verification of the management and networking concepts has been performed on a research testbed built from WDM rings and IP routing equipment as part of WINMAN project, which is a European Union sponsored research project. This cutting-edge book concludes with an outlook on the expected evolutions of network management and the deployment of optical networks.
Introduction - Background. The WINMAN Project and Its Context in the IST Program. The WINMAN Consortium and Project Members. Acknowledgments. About This Book.; Network and Service Evolution Scenarios - The Market Drivers. Current Backbone Networks. Trends in Network Architectures. Next Generation Internet.; Management of the IP Network Layer - SNMP-Based Management of IP Network Elements. SNMP-Based Management of MPLS Network Elements. Policy-Based Management.; Management of the WDM Network Layer.; Integration of IP Over WDM - IP Over WDM: The Data Plain Perspective. IP Over WDM with a Control Plane Approach. IP Over WDM: The MPLS-Enabled Network with the Management Plane Approach Adopted in WINMAN.; The WINMAN Management System Concept - Business Reference Model. The Management System Requirements. Use Cases Overview.; The WINMAN System Architecture - High-Level Functional Architecture. Domain Model and Network Views.; System Design and Implementation Issues - The Generic Network Management System. Specific NMSs for IP and WDM. The GUI.; Related Technologies and Tools - Middleware. Interfaces Specification. Operating Systems, Programming Languages, and Data Bases. Component-Based Architectures and Development Platforms. Architectural Gateways. Operational Tools.; Testbed Setup for the Evaluation Of IP Over WDM - Targeted Network and Systems. Deployment of IP/WDM Nets and Management Nets. Available Technologies and Infrastructure. Adaptation for the System Trials. ; IP Over WDM Solutions Evaluation - Functional and Non-Functional Characteristics. Evaluation of the Non-Functional Behaviour. Evaluation of the Functional Behaviour. ; Control plane approach adopted by the IST LION project.; The Outlook - Future Requirements and Solutions for IP/WDM Management. Deployment of IP/WDM Nets and Management Nets. Viability of the WINMAN solutions (SWOT Analysis). Expected evolution of optical networks - results of the IST OPTIMIST project; Acronyms and Index.;
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Alex Galis
Alex Galis is a visiting professor at University College London, U.K. He was the coordinator of the FAIN project He is the author and coauthor of 4 books and of more than 100 papers and technical reports on telecommunications technology.
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Joan Serrat-Fernandez
Joan Serrat-Fernandez is an assistant professor of telecommunications engineering at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, where he earned his Ph.D. His main research and teaching interests are in such network management topics as protocols, services, and applications.