Deutsche Telekom´s view on network convergence

Author

Falkenhagen, Lutz

Author_Institution

Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn, Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

19

Abstract

Deutsche Telekom´s view on network convergence from a strategic point of view is presented. For this purpose, a network vision is presented and compared to the existing network. Since all platforms of the existing network use a common WDM and SDH network, a potential for convergence is only seen for higher protocol levels. There, a convergence can be obtained by substituting the current ISDN/GSM based voice platforms using voice over IP. It is explained, why such a convergence is not expected within the next five to ten years for the existing network in Germany. Nevertheless an IP dominated network is expected due to higher traffic growth rates in this area

Keywords

ISDN; Internet telephony; cellular radio; optical fibre networks; protocols; synchronous digital hierarchy; wavelength division multiplexing; Deutsche Telekom; Germany; IP dominated network; ISDN/GSM based voice platforms; SDH network; WDM network; higher protocol levels; network convergence; network vision; traffic growth rates; voice over IP; Access protocols; Convergence; GSM; ISDN; Internet telephony; Middleware; Open systems; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Multiservice Networks, 2000. ECUMN 2000. 1st European Conference on

Conference_Location

Colmar

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6419-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECUMN.2000.880720

Filename

880720