One of the primary goals of the CA* net 4 network is to provide end users with the ability, on
a peer-to-peer basis, to provision, manage, and control the routing of their own lightpaths …

Multi-layer and multi-domain optical networks have drawn much attention in current
research, and the wavelength switched optical network (WSON) is viewed as one of the best …

This work presents a service-oriented architecture for interdomain service provisioning in
optical networks. The architecture introduces a service layer that concentrates all the …

Applications such as grid computing, storage or video-on-demand may need the
provisioning by a transport network of ad-hoc secure end-to-end connections with …

Provisioning of interdomain connections has been a constant challenge for providers.
Clients (eg access networks) are asking for services that span across multiple different …

The increasing demand for high-bandwidth applications such as video-on-demand and grid
computing is reviving interest in bandwidth reservation schemes. Earlier attempts did not …

Many Grid applications require high bandwidth end-to-end connections between Grid
resources in different domains. Fiber optic networks, owned by different providers, have to …

User-controlled circuit-switched optical networks are gaining popularity in an effort to fulfill
the insatiable data transport needs of the online community. In this paper we consider the …

Recent growth in available network bandwidth envisions widespread use of broadband
applications such as uncompressed Internet HDTV, a cutting-edge application technology …

In this work we present an architecture for provisioning of connections in GMPLS optical
networks. Such architecture is based on Web services and allows the establishment of two …