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FIT-330220-2007-43 and CIDEM RDITSCON07-1-0017 DREAMS
Started: March 2007
Duration: 24 Months
Volume: 66 person-month
Budget: 568,761 euros
Funding: 23,8 % from The Spanish Ministry, Tourism and Trade (MITYC)
Project manager: i2Cat / w-One sys
Ramon_Casellas, PhD_Research Associate_Optical Networking
Raül Muñoz, PhD_Senior Research Associate_Optical Networking
Ricardo Martínez, PhD_Research Associate_Optical Networking
Iván Martínez_Research Engineer_Engineering Unit
Technological Devolopment Optical Communication Network DWDN based in ROADMs devices in
GMPLS-UCLP software
DREAMS is a research project on Network Architectures and Technologies, developing an experimental DWDM (Dense Wavelength
Division Multiplexing) network based on ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer) devices and both GMPLS
(Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching) control plane and UCLP-based (User Controlled Lightpath Provisioning) provisioning.
The project fits in the National sub-program on Communication Technologies, focused on the following priority topics:
- DWDM optical networks.
- Core networks.
- Optical circuit switching.
- Intelligent reconfigurable optical networks.
- Automatically Switched Optical Networks (ASONs).
In this context and scope, the future all-optical transport network will be deployed in ring and mesh topologies, interconnecting
reconfigurable OADMs and including amplifiers and dispersion compensator devices. In this way, end-to-end transmission of
client signals in the optical domain without intermediate electrical conversion is enabled. In the project, partners will develop
the different elements, mechanisms and architectures of future ASON networks:
- Optical nodes based on ROADMs.
- GMPLS-based control plane.
- Integration of UCLP approaches.
The developed technologies will be assessed in field trials and testbeds.
Partners:
W-ONE SYS, S.L.,
i2CAT, Internet i Innovació Digital a Catalunya
Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
TECSIDEL, S.A.
Al-pi
TRADIA TELECOM S. A
CTTC is mainly involved in the development of a GMPLS control plane, given the existing know-how of
the ADRENALINE (All-optical Dynamic Reliable Network hAndLINg IP/Ethernet Gigabit traffic with QoS)
testbed, which has been developed since 2002.