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Future Developments <strong>and</strong> Challenges for IP <strong>over</strong> WDM Network Deployment 255<br />
hybrid solutions for very high OTDM rates, have been demonstrated in the<br />
laboratory.<br />
13.3 Challenges <strong>of</strong> IP/WDM Network Control <strong>and</strong> Management<br />
The requirement for the provision <strong>of</strong> more intelligent <strong>and</strong> autonomous <strong>networks</strong><br />
in order to simplify <strong>and</strong> reduce the costs <strong>of</strong> network operations has caused<br />
new architectural <strong>and</strong> operational issues in all areas <strong>of</strong> network control/management.<br />
This section reviews some <strong>of</strong> the most important requirements <strong>and</strong> issues<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>over</strong>lay, peer, <strong>and</strong> augmented models in the area <strong>of</strong> end-to-end network<br />
routing, wavelength routing <strong>and</strong> conversion, <strong>and</strong> fault <strong>and</strong> performance control/management.<br />
Issues associated with network security <strong>and</strong> billing/accounting<br />
are not considered here.<br />
13.3.1 End-to-End Routing<br />
The provision <strong>of</strong> end-to-end routing across both IP <strong>and</strong> WDM domains<br />
depends on the chosen architectural interconnection model. (See Chapter 5 for<br />
the descr<strong>ip</strong>tion <strong>of</strong> network interconnection models.)<br />
The <strong>over</strong>lay routing approach supports the <strong>over</strong>lay interconnection model.<br />
According to this approach, the optical network maintains a registry that allows<br />
border routers to register their IP addresses. A border router can issue a query for<br />
external addresses such that the address <strong>of</strong> an egress optical port reaching the<br />
external destination is returned.<br />
While the deployment <strong>of</strong> the <strong>over</strong>lay model <strong>and</strong> the corresponding routing<br />
approach is likely to be the most practical one in the near future, complex<br />
management <strong>of</strong> IP routing adjacencies across the optical network is required<br />
under this model. Specifically, the WDM layer is managed by its own management<br />
system <strong>and</strong> control protocols. In order for the WDM layer to carry out the<br />
provision <strong>of</strong> optical paths on dem<strong>and</strong>, it needs a separate addressing scheme <strong>and</strong><br />
corresponding routing <strong>and</strong> signaling protocols. Additional protocols mapping<br />
an IP address to its corresponding WDM address must be developed <strong>and</strong><br />
adopted to interconnect the IP <strong>and</strong> WDM layers. More<strong>over</strong>, these protocols<br />
must be responsible for disc<strong>over</strong>y <strong>of</strong> IP addresses <strong>and</strong> routers across the network.<br />
Such protocols as WDM address resolution protocol (WDM-ARL) <strong>and</strong> internetworking<br />
schemes like IETF’s next hop resolution protocol (NHRP) can be<br />
considered for these purposes [2].<br />
Domain-specific routing is supported under the augmented interconnection<br />
model. Under this approach, routing in optical <strong>and</strong> IP domains are separated,<br />
<strong>and</strong> a st<strong>and</strong>ard protocol should be used to bridge the two domains. Border routing<br />
protocol (or, BGP) may be adapted for this purpose [1]. This protocol