Policy-Based Resource Management and Service Provisioning in GMPLS Networks

— Emerging network applications tend to be built over heterogeneous network resources spanning multiple management domains. Many such applications have dynamic demands for dedicated, deterministic, highbandwidth connections. The Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) networks under development can address these kinds of demands by using policy-based resource management and service provisioning technologies. In this paper, we present the architecture and implementation for policy-based resource management and service provisioning as part of the work on the NSF funded Dynamic Resource Allocation via GMPLS Optical Networks (DRAGON) Project. This work captures several critical features of service-oriented GMPLS networks, including a) collaborative interdomain resource management; b) interdomain end-to-end path computation; c) advance scheduled provisioning; and d) Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA). These features rely on the capability of exchanging and coord...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: INFOCOM
• Authors: Xi Yang, Tom Lehman, Chris Tracy, Jerry Sobieski, Shujia Gong, Payam Torab, Bijan Jabbari
• Keywords: Communications, INFOCOM 2006, Policy-based Resource Management, Resource, Service Provisioning