Next generation transport networks - physics or management?

Author

Andersson, Per O.

Author_Institution

Ericsson Telecom AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

29

Abstract

The performance of optical components to a very high degree sets both the ultimate performance and the ultimate cost of today´s optical communication systems. This paper discuss the business drivers we see today in the core optical networks that, although extremely successful in terms of capacity, nonetheless struggle with their functionality and cost-effectiveness. The present keywords of cost/bit, fast provisioning, and new services are overviewed from a business standpoint, and interpreted in systems terms, leading to a discussion on what optical functionalities and components are needed to match the needs of the emerging optical networks that will carry the traffic in the transformation into the mobile and broadband Internet user world.

Keywords

Internet; broadband networks; commerce; computer network management; economics; mobile communication; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; technological forecasting; broadband Internet; business drivers; cost-effectiveness; cost/bit; fast provisioning; functionality; mobile Internet; next generation networks; optical communication systems; optical components; optical networks; transport networks; Cost function; IP networks; Next generation networking; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Physics; Telecommunication traffic; Ultraviolet sources; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 4th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7375-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2002.1009499

Filename

1009499