The Unified Modeling Language-Based Modeling of GMPLS Networks

We present a conceptual framework for modeling GMPLS-based networks and the solutions to their associated problems. The framework is targeted towards a larger scale initiative by us for designing a Unified Modeling Language (UML) Profile that can help with conceptual modeling of typical GMPLS network design problems. While there are pieces of literature available that describe profiles for other application areas, there are no profiles for use in networking problems, in general. Our work is an important step forward to address this deficiency.