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SUMMARY
The MAINS project will design, develop and implement a novel metro architecture supporting sub-wavelength granularity. It addresses the expanding requirements of the Network of the Future at a metro level by proposing a novel solution leveraging combination of ring and mesh sub-wavelength switched metro network technologies, fully controlled by and advanced control plane.
The project team will develop an extended GMPLS control plane capable of controlling and provisioning end-to-end connectivity in a sub-wavelength switched network. The MAINS solution will also propose a novel service to network interface to enable direct access to network services at sub-wavelength granularity directly from the application layer. Furthermore, the MAINS project will evaluate its outcome in hybrid mesh-ring testbed that features innovative sub-wavelength switching nodes from University of Essex and Intune. Finally, MAINS will perform a field trial involving real users in Cyprus, which will demonstrate a virtual PC application over sub-wavelength network as a proof-of-concept.
The MAINS project output will allow for the efficient deployment of distributed application servers in a metro network by means of a novel service to network interface and an extended GMPLS control plane. As a result, both CAPEX and OPEX are reduced, while enhanced capabilities are achieved.
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SOLUTIONS
- Developing standardised web-service network interfaces
- Validating the improved performance of new innovative Optical packet switched networks with respect to current networks
- Demonstrating results in national testbeds
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LINK: http://www.ist-mains.eu/
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