Title : 
Architecture and Performance of Multicast Optical Network
         
        
            Author : 
Hu, Weisheng ; Jin, Yaohui ; Sun, Weiqiang ; Guo, Wei ; Sun, Jun ; Zhou, Jun
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
To support IPTV efficiently, it is necessary to introduce multicasting capability to automatic switched optical network (ASON). This paper discusses the merits of multicast IP and ASON, an architecture and performance of overlay and tiered multicast IP/ASON, and a regional testbed in China.
         
        
            Keywords : 
IP networks; digital television; multicast communication; optical communication; China; IPTV; automatic switched optical network; multicast IP/ASON; multicast optical network; multicasting capability; Bandwidth; HDTV; IPTV; Multicast protocols; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Quality of service; Sun; TV; Testing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Seoul
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1173-3
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1174-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391625