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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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE Communications magazine 43, 2 (2005).
1. Verfasser:	Jaiszczyk, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Schlagworte:	Automatically switched optical network. Banking sector. Discovery function. Enabling mechanism. Network routing. Network signaling. Protection scheme. Restoration scheme. Taxonomy.