Larry Mcadams, Cisco
Numerous new protection and restoration schemes are emerging to augment
traditional SONET/SDH methods. This talk will discuss and compare these
approaches. Emphasis will be placed on "Fast Re-Route" (FRR) technology
that is becoming availalbe through MPLS. Topics to be covered include:
- The trend from SONET to IP over DWDM
- The emergence of new protection schemes
- Optical Crossconnect-based protection
- IP-centric protection/restoration
- A comparison of the options
- Introduction to FRR
- 50 msec line protection
- path restoration/re-optimization
- FRR applications
About the Presenter
Larry McAdams is a Technical Marketing Engineer in the Emerging Technology
Group of Cisco's Optical Internetworking Business Unit. His focus is
next-generation IP-over-optical-transport architectures and network
restoration mechanisms.
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