Deployment of intelligent optical switches in North America

Summary form only given. The path to higher network efficiency, lower cost of network ownership, and improved operating margin continues to be coupled with the development of optical technology. Williams has undertaken the largest scale development and deployment of optical mesh network systems to date. It is projected to provide a minimum bandwidth efficiency on the wide area network of 67% while providing real time provisioning and service differentiation through the inherent quality of service that offers more availability than traditional layer 1 networks. Looking forward, development will not only be centered around improving functionality of the optical switching and signaling, but continued effort and excitement will come from the creation of new services that are enabled though the optical network.