• DocumentCode
    2328027
  • Title

    USA metropolitan network value opportunities

  • Author

    Li, M. ; Wesolowski, P. ; Nederlof, L. ; Vaughn, M. ; Brisker, M. ; Wagner, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Corning Inc., NY, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    414
  • Abstract
    System costs of SONET, next-generation SONET and WDM transparent ring with 2.5 and 10 Gb/s bit rates are compared for metro applications. WDM ring technology offers significant cost reduction compared to other approaches.
  • Keywords
    SONET; cost reduction; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network planning; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; SONET cost; USA metropolitan network; WDM ring technology; WDM transparent ring; metro applications; network cost reduction; next-generation SONET cost; Bit rate; Cities and towns; Costs; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; SONET; Spine; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248307
  • Filename
    1248307