Abstract: A scheduling method for switching including receiving an allocation request for a time slot from input nodes to which the time slot is not allocated, receiving property information of at least one of virtual output queues (VOQs) in which data received by the input nodes is stored, determining a transmission priority of the VOQs for transmission of the data stored in the VOQs based on the received property information of the VOQs, determining input nodes to which the time slot is to be allocated using outputter arbiters for output nodes corresponding to the VOQs, allocating the time slot to the determined input nodes, and updating elements used to allocate the time slot with respect to input nodes for which the allocating of the time slot is completed and output nodes for which the allocating of the time slot is completed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a communication method, a zone scheduler performing thereof, and an inter-zone scheduling coordinator (IZSC). A communication method performed by a zone scheduler may include transmitting an inter-zone scheduling request to an IZSC in response to an occurrence of an inter-zone traffic with respect to another zone scheduler, receiving an inter-zone matching pattern and information on a time slot from the IZSC, and transmitting the inter-zone traffic to the other zone scheduler by performing scheduling based on the inter-zone matching pattern in the time slot.

Abstract: An optical switching control method and apparatus. The method includes generating an optical switching path corresponding to a destination node of service traffic flowing from an external service network, generating an optical frame corresponding to the generated optical switching path, transmitting, to a control server, a request message for requesting an allocation of a time slot to transmit the generated optical frame, generating an optical signal having a predetermined wavelength to transmit the optical frame in response to an admission message being received as a result of admission with respect to the request message, and transferring the optical frame to the destination node based on the optical switching path using the generated optical signal.

Abstract: A protection switching management apparatus and method for effective use of resources in a multilayer or a multi-domain. The protection switching management method may include receiving an adaptation request from a network component included in an upper layer, determining whether to apply protection switching to a layer based on the received adaptation request, and setting a protection path in the layer based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: A radio-over-fiber (RoF) transmission system includes at least one baseband unit (BBU) connected to a core network of a service provider that provides a mobile Internet service, an optical line terminal (OLT) configured to convert a radio signal received from the at least one BBU into an optical signal, an optical distribution network (ODN) comprising an optical fiber and an optical splitter, at least one optical network unit (ONU) configured to receive the optical signal from the OLT via the ODN and convert the optical signal into a radio signal, and at least one remote radio head (RRH) configured to receive the radio signal from the at least one ONU and output the radio signal via a plurality of antennas.

Abstract: A protection switching management apparatus and method for effective use of resources in a multilayer or a multi-domain. The protection switching management method may include receiving an adaptation request from a network component included in an upper layer, determining whether to apply protection switching to a layer based on the received adaptation request, and setting a protection path in the layer based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for providing an interactive communication service of devices based on a wireless sensor network (WSN). The apparatus for providing the interactive communication service may include a creator to create a sociality profile including inter-node relationship information for a first service provided through a sensor network including a plurality of nodes, a selector to select at least one first node to participate in the first service among the plurality of nodes based on the sociality profile, and a setter to establish a data transmission relationship based on a kind and function of the at least one first node and to form a first social service group including the at least one first node performing the first service based on the established data transmission relationship.

Abstract: Provided herein is a link management method and apparatus in a multi-layered network, the method including confirming whether or not set virtual TE link resources can be committed to a virtual TE (traffic engineering) link; in response to the set virtual TE link resources being committable to the virtual TE link, committing the resources to the virtual TE link through resource commitment; in response to the set virtual TE link resources being not committable to the virtual TE link, determining whether or not the virtual TE link is an adaptive virtual TE link; and in response to the virtual TE link being determined as the adaptive virtual TE link and the adaptive bandwidth satisfying TE link setting standards, committing the resources to the virtual TE link.

Abstract: Provided herein is a path computation element based on Transport Network Assigned (TNA) address and a method for path computation based on User Network Interface (UNI). The path computation element and UNI based path computation method of the present disclosure minimize overhead caused by abstract Traffic Engineering (TE) link, and minimize manual environment set up, and routing information exchange and advertisements in a local domain or between domains.

Abstract: Provided herein is a link management method and apparatus in a multi-layered network, the method including confirming whether or not set virtual TE link resources can be committed to a virtual TE (traffic engineering) link; in response to the set virtual TE link resources being committable to the virtual TE link, committing the resources to the virtual TE link through resource commitment; in response to the set virtual TE link resources being not committable to the virtual TE link, determining whether or not the virtual TE link is an adaptive virtual TE link; and in response to the virtual TE link being determined as the adaptive virtual TE link and the adaptive bandwidth satisfying TE link setting standards, committing the resources to the virtual TE link.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an address resolution protocol (ARP) packet that searches, with respect to an ARP packet received from an end system, for a media access control (MAC) address of another end system indicated by the received ARP packet, transmits a proxy response packet to the end system that transmits an ARP packet using the found MAC address, and thus reduces an overload of a Layer 3 (L3) network through the proxy response packet being transmitted to the end system that transmits the ARP packet is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for creating a virtual traffic engineering (TE) link in an upper layer of an optical transport network (OTN). To create a virtual TE link, a node may determine to create the virtual TE link in an upper layer of an OTN, and may set up a forwarding adjacency (FA)-label switched path (LSP) between nodes in an OTN layer. The FA-LSP may be set up on a control plane of the OTN layer. The node may create the virtual TE link by registering the setup FA-LSP as a TE link of the upper layer of the node.

Abstract: Provided is an operating method of a database server in a Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) system including a network administrator, the database server, a switch and at least one end system. The database server may maintain a table including information about a network profile and information about a service profile, receive, from the switch, a request for information on a virtual station interface (VSI) type corresponding to a request message for setting up and canceling a VXLAN service that the switch receives from the at least one end system, retrieve a network property corresponding to the VSI type from the table in response to the request, and provide the retrieved network property to the switch.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for activating a link between a first node and a second node for transmission of a lower order optical channel data unit (ODU), in which the link may be activated based on a first adaptation function between a higher order ODU and the lower order ODU performed by the second node and a second adaption function between the higher order ODU and the lower order ODU performed by the first node, and may also be activated when the first node receives an activation message from a third node, a preceding node of the first node.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for realizing time reduction in shared mesh protection, the method including, in a protection path node, in response to a resource being used for a first protection path by a node, receiving a resource use request for setting a second protection path from another node; activating a protection switch through comparison of priorities of protection paths at the resource use request received; and transmitting, by the activation of a protection switch, to a next protection path node a first shared mesh protection message where a revert (RT) message for the first protection path and a protection switch (SF) message for setting a second protection path are multiplexed.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for managing resources of a transport network, the method including monitoring a fault occurring in a transfer path, and registering, when the fault occurs in the transfer path, a normal link of a second layer assigned to an operation path of a first layer in which the fault occurs.

Abstract: A method of supporting in-band Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) network is provided. The method may include generating a merged OAM packet by merging a plurality of OAM packets received from a plurality of leaf nodes, and transmitting the merged OAM packet to a root node through a Label-Switched Path (LSP).

Abstract: A method of recovering a fault in a multilayer network and an apparatus thereof are provided, the method including obtaining lower layer backup path setting information through a signaling message that is used for a label based path setting, setting a backup path at a lower layer based on the obtained lower layer backup path setting information, and upon detecting a fault at the lower layer, performing a protection switching through the set backup path at the lower layer.

Abstract: A generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) non-enabled network gateway for routing between a GMPLS enabled network and a GMPLS non-enabled network for connection between the GMPLS enabled network and the GMPLS non-enabled network, and an operating method for the GMPLS non-enabled network gateway are provided. The GMPLS non-enabled network gateway may include a border gateway protocol (BGP) routing unit to exchange routing information between a first GMPLS enabled network and a third GMPLS enabled network using a BGP, and a resource reservation protocol signaling unit to search for a path to another network using the routing information and to perform inter-autonomous system (AS) signaling by including a control plane of the first GMPLS enabled network or the third GMPLS enabled network and a signaling interface applying an out-of-band method.

Abstract: A user network interface (UNI) path setting method includes advertising an attribute and state information of a TNA interface, and updating a database using information collected through the advertising, computing a path to a destination TNA address from a source TNA address satisfying UNI path setting parameter information included in a path message in consideration of an attribute and state information of the updated TNA interface/link when receiving a path setting request message from an operator, transmitting a path message to a destination through a network based on the computed path, and transmitting a reservation (RESV) message for UNI path generation to a source through the network when normally receiving, by the destination, the path message.