The National Transparent Optical Network (NTON): moving key WDM technologies off the lab bench into public and private networks

Author

Lennon, W.J.

Author_Institution

Adv. Telecommun. Program, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-9 Aug. 1996

Firstpage

5

Abstract

The National Transparent Optical Network Consortium (NTONC) and the Defense Advanced Projects Research agency (DARPA) are jointly funding a full scale wavelength-routed regional optical demonstration network featuring live traffic to investigate strategies for commercial deployment. The NTONC comprises world leaders in many areas of optical data transmission technology. They are Pacific Bell, Sprint, Northern Telecom, Uniphase Telecommunications Photonics, Hughes Aircraft, Rockwell International, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), University of California at San Diego and Columbia University. Northern Telecom is leading the overall effort and in particular the development of new optical technology. LLNL is leading the network integration, deployment of demonstration applications and operation of the prototype network and testbed.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; DARPA; NTONC; National Transparent Optical Network; WDM; optical data transmission technology; private network; public network; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Data communication; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Photonics; Prototypes; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Applications of Lasers in Materials Processing/Broadband Optical Networks/Smart Pixels/Optical MEMs and Their Applications. IEEE/LEOS 1996 Summer Topical Meetings:

Conference_Location

Keystone, CO, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3175-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540688

Filename

540688