The Optical Control Plane Will Rewrite the Rulebook

by Volkmar Kaufmann fibers.org News, 15 Aug 2005 Fundamental dislocation is under way in the optical network. As a matter of priority, service providers are looking beyond today's clunky service-delivery model, with its reliance on manual provisioning and long-term bandwidth allocation, to a next-generation network architecture capable of intelligent capacity utilization, automated delivery of value-added services and on-demand circuit provisioning. Underpinning that vision is the realization of a unified optical control plane that will enable service providers to create, manage and troubleshoot optical services end-to-end. Read more