Progress in optical networking.

This article summarizes the present state of optical networking, how we got to this point, and what needs to be done to complete the job. The point of departure is an assumed future two-level structure in which the transport is by means of steadily growing interconnected all-optical islands of trans...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 39, 1 (2001).
Main Author:	Green, P.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	DWDM. IP. MPLS-based control plane. SDH. SONET. Channels. Communication layers. Dense wavelength division multiplexing. Interconnected all-optical islands. Optical architecture bottlenecks. Optical crossconnects. Optical fiber transport. Optical layer technology. Optical networking. Synchronous digital hierarchy. Synchronous optical network. Technology costs reduction. Two-level structure.