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                   B O S T O N   U N I V E R S I T Y
                      Computer Science Department
                          C O L L O Q U I U M
                     Wednesday, December 6, 3:00 PM 
                       (Coffee served at 2:45PM)
                         Seminar Room / MCS 135

                   
                     Multiprotocol Lambda Switching

                              Bruce Davie
                              
                             Cisco Systems
 
 Optical switching is one of the current "hot" areas in networking. If
 optical networking is to live up to its promise, there must be a
 standard set of control plane protocols that can be used to
 dynamically configure optical cross-connects (OXCs). Multiprotocol
 Label Switching (MPLS) is a maturing standard, used to configure
 paths through routed and switched networks, that is in production
 deployment by dozens of service providers.  This talk will examine
 the control requirements of optical networks and the properties of
 MPLS that make it a suitable candidate for the optical control
 plane. We will also consider the extensions to MPLS that might be
 needed, leading to the set of protocols now known as MPLambdaS.

 Host: Ibrahim Matta (matta@cs.bu.edu)