Title :
Economic analysis of IP/optical network architectures
Author :
Li, Guangzhi ; Wang, Dongmei ; Doverspike, Robert ; Kalmanek, C. ; Yates, Jennifer
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs-Res., Florham Park, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This paper analyzes four architectures for carrying a typical, large ISP backbone over an optical network. Our results suggest that providing restoration via an opaque reconfigurable optical network does not provide significant cost savings.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication network routing; IP network architecture; ISP; economic analysis; optical network architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
