Title :
Demonstration of synchronous traffic transport over a time-multiplexed WDM ring
Author :
Gripp, J. ; Duelk, M. ; Simsarian, J. ; Zirngibl, M.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a periodically-scheduled, time-multiplexed WDM ring that combines the bandwidth granularity and scalability of time-slotted WDM rings with the QoS characteristics of SONET. The ring transports SONET traffic over wavelength-switched asynchronous 10 Gb/s packets.
Keywords :
SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre networks; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbits; QoS characteristics; bandwidth granularity; ring transport SONET traffic; synchronous traffic transport; time-multiplexed WDM ring; wavelength-switched asynchronous packet;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
