Automatically switched optical networks benefits and requirements.

Automatically switched optical networks benefits and requirements.

The article summarizes driving forces that are behind automatically switched optical networks. It discusses potential features of ASONs as well as the benefits this concept may offer to carriers and their clients. The article begins with a brief discussion on limitations of existing optical networks...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Communications magazine 43, 2 (2005).
Main Author: Jaiszczyk, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automatically switched optical network.
Banking sector.
Discovery function.
Enabling mechanism.
Network routing.
Network signaling.
Protection scheme.
Restoration scheme.
Taxonomy.