We propose a metamorphic network system, based on autonomously controlled wavelength division multiplexed devices. We will address the issue of how to assure and manage wavelength accuracy and controllability over the whole network to implement practical optical path routed networks. Our solution uses smart devices with wavelength calibration tables to construct systems that can be self-controlled according to their own stored physical layer information. The devices are interactive and share renewable information and are therefore useful for realizing selfreconfigurable (metamorphic) network systems. To verify the proposed architecture, we performed practical examinations using subsystems with wavelength-managed 'disk filters' in a field trial (Chitose trial).
Nowadays each network management system (NMS) adopts different methods for collecting network information and different data structures. This makes NMS cooperation difficult, especially in multi-AS wide area network management. The current goal of the KANVAS (Knowledge base system in wide Area Networks with general Versatility, Availability and Scalability) project is to realize wide area network management by constructing a knowledge base system in networks. This paper discusses construction of a knowledge base system in a single AS (Autonomous System) towards the future wide area network management. This paper also shows the design and implementation of the knowledge base system that collects network configuration information from OSPF and SNMP, and stores it as instances of our proposed network ontology called Bonsai. Additionally, a prototype application that accesses the stored knowledge was implemented. The evaluation of basic performance and scalability of the system was carried out using a real AS topology and synthetic topologies and it was made sure that the prototype application works correctly. As a result, this paper shows that feasibility of the future wide area network management that adopts the knowledge base system.
Chaotic fluctuation of light, which is being intrinsically different from deterministic chaos in lasers, arises from quantum-optic stochastic processes, and it therefore cannot be artificially replicated. When the fluctuation is correlative, however, it will be of more use in practical applications such as cryptographic communications. Throughout various experiments, it was found that a double-ring laser having a common semiconductor gain medium with strong saturation characteristics can produce a stable light beam consisting of negatively correlative dual-color components. Although each component decomposed by chromatic beam splitting is chaotic, their combination regenerates a stable light beam. This means that the photon-number states can be controlled by using an optical processing scheme for a correlative dual-color chaotic beam. How such a beam is generated is explained by a simple numerical simulation using a finite Markov chain model that assumes strong short-term intensity correlation between the components. A possible cryptosystem is presented based on the controllability of the photon-number state.
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