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On fundamental issues in IP over WDM multicast

  • Lucent Technologies
  • Telcordia Technologies

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Abstract

As WDM technology matures, IP over WDM multicast will become a challenging new topic. Supporting multicast at the WDM layer provides additional advantages, but also raises many new issues that do not exist in IP multicast. For example, the limitation on the light splitting capability of switches is one major difficulty in WDM multicast, and in addition, the limitations on both the wavelength conversion capability and optical buffer space may affect multicast routing as well. In this paper, we focus on the IP over WDM multicast routing problem, i.e. how to construct multicast trees at the WDM layer based on IP multicast routing protocols. More specifically, we study how label switched paths for optical label switching can be set up for multicast traffic. We propose two approaches, one without modification of existing IP multicast routing protocols, and the other with modification of existing IP multicast routing protocols.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 8th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 1999
EditorsArun Somani, EK Park, Sudhir Dixit
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages84-90
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)0780357949, 9780780357945
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Event8th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 1999 - Boston, United States
Duration: Oct 11 1999Oct 13 1999

Publication series

NameProceedings - 8th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 1999

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 1999
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period10/11/9910/13/99

Keywords

  • DVMRP
  • IP over WDM
  • MOSPF
  • MPLS
  • multicast routing
  • optical label switching

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