DocumentCode
1454380
Title
The perspective of optical packet switching in IP dominant backbone and metropolitan networks
Author
Jourdan, Amaury ; Chiaroni, Dominique ; Dotaro, Emmanuel ; Eilenberger, Gert J. ; Masetti, Francesco ; Renaud, Monique
Author_Institution
Alcatel CIT, France
Volume
39
Issue
3
fYear
2001
fDate
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
136
Lastpage
141
Abstract
This article analyses the rationale and technical solutions for the use of optical packet switching techniques for both backbone and metropolitan applications. It also provides information on state-of-the-art technologies available for medium-term product development
Keywords
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; IP dominant backbone network; MAN; medium-term product development; metropolitan area networks; optical packet switching; transport network; wavelength crossconnect; Costs; Intelligent networks; Next generation networking; Optical packet switching; Resource management; Routing; Scalability; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0163-6804
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/35.910601
Filename
910601
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