Gigabit networking research

Author

Lalk, Gail R.

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Morristown, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

367

Abstract

Two approaches to achieving transmission capacities of 20 Gbit/s that are currently being supported in various network testbeds are a) expanding the SONET/SDH transmission hierarchy to the OC-192 (9.953 Gb/s) data rate and b) using wavelength division multiplexing techniques. The former approach offers the potential to upgrade existing optical fiber facilities and to use transmission protocols and operations procedures that are already familiar to the data communications community. One of the most significant advantages to OC-192 systems is the potential to reduce network implementation and operations costs

Keywords

synchronous digital hierarchy; 10 Gbit/s; 9.953 Gbit/s; Gigabit networking research; OC-192; OC-192 systems; SONET/SDH transmission hierarchy; data communications community; data rate; network implementation; network testbeds; operations costs; operations procedures; optical fiber facilities; transmission capacities; transmission protocols; wavelength division multiplexing techniques; Costs; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; SONET; Switches; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1470-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.586619

Filename

586619