Performance of Wavelength Routed Optical Networks Employing GMPLS-based Control Plane

The proliferation of optical network technology has helped to alleviate the emerging of next generation transport networks; also known as intelligent optical network. Network functions previously processed in the electrical domain have now gradually migrated to the optical domain, thus giving a huge upgrade in terms of the network capacity. However, as these networks carry a huge volume of traffic, it is imperative that the performance of these networks is measured precisely. This article analyses such a network from modeling perspective which has been developed and simulated using Omnet++ Simulation platform. The GMPLS based optical control plane has been used entirely to build such a network model.