DocumentCode
452513
Title
Impact of Switch Node Architecture upon Capacity Efficiency in Williams North American Core Network
Author
Blair, Loudon ; Ranganathan, Raghu ; Berthold, J. ; Ward, Robert
Author_Institution
CIENA Corp., Linthicum, MD
Volume
4
fYear
2002
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Three fundamental switch node architectures are compared using the Williams North American core network. Network efficiency is measure with respect to the number of WDM transceivers required to support short-term and long-term traffic loads
Keywords
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM transceivers; Williams North American core network; long-term traffic load; network efficiency; short-term traffic load; switch node architecture;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN
87-90974-63-8
Type
conf
Filename
1601328
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