Title :
Pan-European optical networking using wavelength division multiplexing
Author :
Berger, Matthias ; Chbat, Michel ; Jourdan, Amaury ; Sotom, Michel ; Demeester, Piet ; Van Caenegem, Bart ; Godsvang, P. ; Hein, Bernhard ; Huber, Manfred ; März, Reinhard ; Leclert, Alain ; Olsen, Torodd ; Tobolka, Gerald ; Van Den Broeck, Tom
Author_Institution :
Philips Kommunikations Ind. AG, Nuremberg, Germany
fDate :
4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The development of the information society will require the introduction of high-capacity transport networks with high performance and low cost. There are currently two ACTS (Advanced Communications Technologies and Services program launched by the European Commission) projects addressing specifically the problem of trans-European optical transport networks using WDM (wavelength division multiplexing). Important issues addressed are the high capacity transmission on existing fiber infrastructure and the introduction of flexibility in the network through the use of optical cross-connects. If these networks become a reality, they could drastically change the evolution of both telecommunication and computer networking because of their transparency and the abundance of inexpensive bandwidth
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; project engineering; wavelength division multiplexing; ACTS projects; Advanced Communications Technologies and Services; European Commission; PHOTON project; WDM; computer networking; fiber infrastructure; high capacity transmission; high capacity transport networks; high performance networks; information society; network bandwidth; network flexibility; network transparency; optical cross-connects; panEuropean optical networking; telecommunication networking; transEuropean optical transport networks; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength routing; Asynchronous transfer mode; Availability; Bit rate; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Technology management; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
