METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FRAME AND FORMAT OPTICAL CONTROL AND DATA BURSTS IN WDM-BASED PHOTONIC BURST SWITCHED NETWORKS

摘要

A wavelength-division-multiplexed based photonic burst switched (PBS) network, which includes edge and switching nodes, optically communicated information formatted into PBS control and data burst frames. Each PBS data burst frame is associated with a PBS control burst frame. A PBS burst frame includes a PBS burst header and burst payload having fields to indicate whether: (a) the burst frame is a PBS control burst; (b) the control burst is transmitted on a wavelength different from that of the associated PBS data burst; and (c) the PBS burst frame has a label for use in a generalized multiprotocol label swapping (GMPLS)-based control system. The PBS burst payload frame includes fields to indicate (a) specific PBS payload infomation; (b) PBS data payload; and (c) an optional PBS payload frame check sequence (FCS) for error detection.