Intelligent optical networking for multilayer survivability.

Intelligent optical networking for multilayer survivability.

In recent years, telecommunication networks have faced explosive (IP) traffic growth. As traffic keeps growing, network reliability gains more and more importance. This article investigates to which extent switched connections and fast connection provisioning, typical for intelligent optical network...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Communications magazine 40, 1 (2002).
Main Author: De Maesschalck, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
IP traffic growth.
IP-over-optical multilayer network.
Capacity requirements.
Cost requirements.
Fast connection provisioning.
Intelligent optical networking.
Multilayer survivability.
Network reliability.
Switched connections.
Telecommunication networks.
Transport network flexibility.