Agilent Technologies Optical Routing and Switching Test System to Add Support for CIENAs OSRP.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 New Protocol Support Speeds Product Development and Verification, Facilitates Troubleshooting of Optical Networks Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A), a leading provider of innovative technologies for communications and life sciences, today announced that it will add support for CIENA Corporations Optical Switching and Routing Protocol A formula used by routers to determine the appropriate path onto which data should be forwarded. The routing protocol also specifies how routers report changes and share information with the other routers in the network that they can reach. (OSRP OSRP Off-site Source Recovery Project (Los Alamos National Laboratory) OSRP Oil Spill Response Plan OSRP Occupant Safety Research Partnership OSRP Optical Switching and Routing Protocol (Agilent Technologies) ) to Agilents recently announced system for testing optical switching and routing functions. Agilents new solution allows service providers and equipment manufacturers to test and verify the performance and interoperability of the hardware and software responsible for directing traffic carried on optical wavelengths and for dynamically requesting optical bandwidth across core networks. As an important step toward an open internetworking model, the Optical Signaling and Routing Protocol enables the dynamic responsiveness and flexibility that end-users are now requiring of telecommunications networks, said Beth Perry, senior vice president, CIENAs Core Switching Division. Agilents addition of OSRP to its system will help our customers more quickly exploit the potential of the intelligent optical Internet, and it supports our ongoing efforts in defining industry standards to speed the delivery of open optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. . OSRP support will allow CIENA engineers to use the Agilent system to speed ongoing product development and verification, while service providers can use the product to troubleshoot and verify intelligent optical networking installations in the field and lab, accelerating network and service deployment. OSRP will be added to the comprehensive range of protocols already supported by Agilent. OSRP, CIENAs pre-standard Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (networking) label switching - A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. (GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching) In a WDM optical networking system, it is the ability to route a data transmission based on the wavelength of light that carries it. ) solution, is an open, in band protocol that enables distributed, dynamic information exchange between CIENAs MultiWave CoreDirector intelligent optical switches and the Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) networking layer. By allowing carriers to provision, protect and restore services automatically and in real-time, OSRP enables each CoreDirector to read the status of the network, to evaluate the state of the network, and to dynamically select the best path for traffic to travel across the network to its destination. We are extremely pleased to be working with CIENA to enable our common customers to perform OSRP testing and analysis, said Bill Wood, general manager of Agilents Advanced Networks Division. About Agilents Optical Routing Test Solution Agilents Optical Routing Test Solution family is the first to focus on testing the optical control plane -- the software protocols and hardware that guide optical functions and communications between multiple switches and routers. The optical control plane plays a key role in fulfilling requests for bandwidth on demand, sharing network topology See topology. information and enabling communication between multivendor optical equipment. The solution is also the first to provide in-band testing of optical control plane protocols. In-band transmission permits communications between optical routers and switches to be carried within standard SONET/SDH frame overhead, eliminating the need to dedicate a separate optical wavelength or circuit for control communications In telecommunication, control communications is the branch of technology devoted to the design, development, and application of communications facilities used specifically for control purposes, such as for controlling (a) industrial processes, (b) movement of resources, (c) . U.S. Pricing and Availability OSRP protocols will be included in future releases of the Agilent E5170A Optical Control Plane Analysis software at no additional cost, beginning early in 2001. Additional product information is available at www.agilent.com/comms/opticaltest. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a diversified technology company with approximately 47,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. In fiscal year 2000, Agilent had net revenue of $10.8 billion. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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