Title :
Transparent optical networking in backbone networks
Author_Institution :
Corvis Corp., Columbia, MD, USA
Abstract :
The explosive growth of Internet traffic is stressing both the transport and processing capabilities of backbone networks. Transparent optical networking employing ultra-long-reach dense-WDM transport and all-optical cross-connects is shown to provide a scalable and economic solution to this problem.
Keywords :
Internet; optical fiber networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; Internet traffic; all-optical cross-connects; backbone networks; economic solution; explosive growth; processing capabilities; scalable solution; transparent optical networking; ultra-long-reach dense-WDM transport; Add-drop multiplexers; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Repeaters; Scalability; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868522
