Bossnet: an all-optical long haul networking testbed

Author

Marquis, Douglas

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

29

Abstract

Bossnet (Boston South Network) is an optical networking testbed developed for the purposes of expanding knowledge about long haul communication using fiber optic transmission technology, and for demonstrating futuristic applications that demand very high bandwidths. Bossnet is the creation of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, and Qwest Communications. The network became active in December of 1999 and is planned to remain operational through December 2003. This paper describes the infrastructure, reviews our initial experiments, and gives an overview of our plans

Keywords

computer networks; optical fibre networks; transport protocols; Bossnet; Boston South Network; DARPA; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Qwest Communications; all-optical long haul networking testbed; fiber optic transmission technology; long haul communication; reviews; very high bandwidths; Bandwidth; Cities and towns; Doped fiber amplifiers; Laboratories; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.890657

Filename

890657