Title :
Metropolitan optical network
Author_Institution :
Ericsson Telecom AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
Optical WDM networks would be attractive in the metropolitan area, but differ in demands and requirements must be met to compared to applications within long distance networks. The ACTS-METON consortium is developing a rearrangeable optical network for use in the metropolitan area.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ACTS-METON; WDM network; metropolitan optical network; Asynchronous transfer mode; Information management; Monitoring; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Telecommunications; Urban areas; WDM networks;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540712
