Title :
Availability comparison of pan-European optical backbone networks
Author :
De Maesschalck, Sophie ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario ; Demeester, Piet
Author_Institution :
IMEC, Ghent Univ., Belgium
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, some network topologies for a pan-European backbone network, able to carry the increasing (data) traffic demands, are compared with each other in terms of cost-efficiency and availability of the connections.
Keywords :
costing; data communication; network topology; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; connection availability; cost efficiency; data traffic; network topologies; optical backbone networks; pan-European backbone network; Availability; Cities and towns; Costs; IP networks; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 4th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7375-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2002.1009518
