Title :
Transport of Gigabit Ethernet directly over WDM for 1062 km in the MONET Washington DC network
Author :
Xin, W. ; Chang, G.K. ; Gibbons, T.T.
Author_Institution :
Oplink Commun., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have transported Gigabit Ethernet packets directly over WDM for 1062 km in the successfully deployed MONET Washington DC network. The experiment indicates that the Gigabit Ethernet can be used for WAN or backbone transmission bypassing the ATM and SONET intermediate protocol layers. It also indicates that the physical layer of the fibre channel, which is adopted by the Gigabit Ethernet, can be used as a long-haul transmission protocol.
Keywords :
optical fiber LAN; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; wide area networks; 1062 km; Gigabit Ethernet transport; MONET Washington DC network; WAN transmission; WDM; backbone transmission; eye diagrams; fibre channel physical layer; long-haul transmission protocol; network architecture; virtual LAN; Ethernet networks; Fabrics; Intelligent networks; Intersymbol interference; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Switches; Technology management; Testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Optical Sensing in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Electro-Optics in Space, Broadband Optical Networks, 2000. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Aventura, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6252-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869744
