Transport of Gigabit Ethernet directly over WDM for 1062 km in the MONET Washington DC network

Author

Xin, W. ; Chang, G.K. ; Gibbons, T.T.

Author_Institution

Oplink Commun., San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

24-28 July 2000

Abstract

We have transported Gigabit Ethernet packets directly over WDM for 1062 km in the successfully deployed MONET Washington DC network. The experiment indicates that the Gigabit Ethernet can be used for WAN or backbone transmission bypassing the ATM and SONET intermediate protocol layers. It also indicates that the physical layer of the fibre channel, which is adopted by the Gigabit Ethernet, can be used as a long-haul transmission protocol.

Keywords

optical fiber LAN; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; wide area networks; 1062 km; Gigabit Ethernet transport; MONET Washington DC network; WAN transmission; WDM; backbone transmission; eye diagrams; fibre channel physical layer; long-haul transmission protocol; network architecture; virtual LAN; Ethernet networks; Fabrics; Intelligent networks; Intersymbol interference; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Switches; Technology management; Testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Optical Sensing in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Electro-Optics in Space, Broadband Optical Networks, 2000. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

Aventura, FL, USA

ISSN

1099-4742

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6252-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869744

Filename

869744