Title :
High speed optical networks projects in the EC RACE programme: From the customer access connection to the transit network
Author :
De Albuquerque, Augusto A.
Author_Institution :
Commission of European Communities, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
RACE is a European community program aimed at the introduction of broadband telecommunications systems and services. Work done in RACE related to the customer access connection (CAC) and customer premises network (CPN) is presented. The very high bit rates resulting from the CAC and CPN imply the introduction of higher bit rates for the transit network. Time division multiplexing (TDM) direct detection systems, wavelength-division-multiplexing direct detection and coherent detection systems are exploited for this purpose. To cope with the fast switching needs, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) photonic switching is introduced
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre networks; optical signal detection; photonic switching systems; project engineering; wavelength division multiplexing; ATM; European community; RACE; TDM; asynchronous transfer mode; broadband telecommunications systems; coherent detection systems; customer access connection; customer premises network; direct detection systems; high speed optical networks; photonic switching; projects; transit network; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Communication switching; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Switching systems; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0950-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1993.397468
