Extending the UCLP software with a Dynamic Optical Multicast Service to support high performance digital media

intensive high performance, high quality digital media traffic cannot be accommodated on traditional Layer 3 networks. Alternative technologies to transmit this traffic through the network, such as optical multicast, are being investigated. A prototype of an optical multicast service was showcased during the 7
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annual LambdaGrid Workshop celebrated in Prague last September. The prototype used Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) technology as the data plane and User Controlled LightPaths (UCLP) as the control/service plane. This paper describes the extensions that were done to the UCLP Software to provide the Dynamic Optical Multicast Service and shows the results achieved during the Prague demonstration.