The application of optical packet switching in future communicationnetworks.

The application of optical packet switching in future communicationnetworks.

Telecommunication networks are experiencing a dramatic increase in demand for capacity, much of it related to the exponential takeup of the Internet and associated services. To support this demand economically, transport networks are evolving to provide a reconfigurable optical layer which, with opt...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE Communications magazine 39, 3 (2001).
1. Verfasser: O'Mahony, M.J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Schlagworte:
IP traffic aggregator.
Internet.
Bandwidth efficiency.
Circuit-switched optical layer.
Communication networks.
Customer control.
Edge network device.
Electronic domain.
End-to-end connection.
Fast circuit provisioning.
High-bandwidth flexible core.
Interface.
Multimedia traffic.
Network application.
Network capacity.
Network evolution.
Network resources.
Optical cross-connects.
Optical packet router.
Optical packet switching.
Reconfigurable optical layer.
Transport networks.