Directions for high capacity optical backbone networks

Author

Berthold, J.E.

Author_Institution

CIENA Corp., USA

fYear

1997

fDate

11-13 Aug. 1997

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

25

Abstract

The two protocols which will dominate the Internet optical telecommunications backbone in the future are IP, the Internet protocol, and ATM, asynchronous transfer mode. While there is much speculation about which of these two protocols will dominate, it is likely that both will be important, and fill complimentary roles. Both IP and ATM equipment have made a great deal of progress in the total data throughput and port speeds.

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; ATM; ATM equipment; IP equipment; Internet optical telecommunications backbone; Internet protocol; asynchronous transfer mode; high capacity optical backbone networks; port speeds; protocols; total data throughput; Aggregates; Asynchronous transfer mode; IP networks; Internet telephony; Optical fiber networks; Protocols; Spine; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vertical-Cavity Lasers, Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure, WDM Components Technology, Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications, Gallium Nitride Materials, Processing, and Devi

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que., Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3891-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1997.619128

Filename

619128