• DocumentCode
    1723408
  • Title

    Availability comparison of pan-European optical backbone networks

  • Author

    De Maesschalck, Sophie ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario ; Demeester, Piet

  • Author_Institution
    IMEC, Ghent Univ., Belgium
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Abstract
    In this paper, some network topologies for a pan-European backbone network, able to carry the increasing (data) traffic demands, are compared with each other in terms of cost-efficiency and availability of the connections.
  • Keywords
    costing; data communication; network topology; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; connection availability; cost efficiency; data traffic; network topologies; optical backbone networks; pan-European backbone network; Availability; Cities and towns; Costs; IP networks; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
  • 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.2002.1009518
  • Filename
    1009518