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Title : Expedited Flooding for Restoration in Shared-Mesh
Transport Networks
Author(s) : R. Rabbat, et. al.
Filename : draft-rabbat-expedited-flooding-00.txt
Pages : 18
Date : 2003-10-22
Optical transport networks require fast restoration mechanisms with
tight time bounds in order to recover from resource failures in a
timely manner. These failures may include fiber cuts, transponder
failure and node failures. Time-bounded recovery is challenging in
mesh-based transport networks with shared protection. This draft
discusses some currently available mechanisms and their limitations,
and explains the need for an expedited flooding mechanism to
accomplish this objective. The draft also highlights some
challenges, mitigating factors, and possible solutions in the
implementation of an expedited flooding protocol.
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