Information model for Connection management in automatic switched optical network

The three types of connections (Permanent Connection, Soft Permanent Connection and Switched Connection) provided by ASON can adapt the requirement of different network services. Management and maintenance of these three connections are the most important aspect of ASON management. The information models proposed in this paper are used for the purpose of ASON connection management. Firstly a new information model is proposed to meet the requirement for the control plane introduced by ASON. In this model, a new class ControlNE is given, and the relationship between the ControlNE and the transport NE (network element) is also defined. Then this paper proposes information models for the three types of connections for the first time, and analyzes the relationship between the three kinds of connections and the basic network transport entities. Finally, the paper defines some CORBA interfaces for the management of the three connections. In these interfaces, some operations such as create or release a connection are defined, and some other operations can manage the performance of the three kinds of connections, which is necessary for a distributed management system.