Photonic MPLS router (HIKARI Router) to realize large capacity IP backbone networks - management and control

摘要

Photonic MPLS routers (HIKARI routers) have been developed to integrate IP and optical networks. The photonic MPLS router is a next generation large capacity IP router system that consists of the IP routing unit and wavelength routing unit. This router will be used to construct large capacity and large-scale IP backbone networks. This paper introduces the background, the concepts needed to manage and control the photonic MPLS routers, the MPLS technique (based on optical path switching with MPLS signaling), and a photonic network management scheme.