Title :
Backbone Network Trends and Expectations: Assessing Evolving Needs & Costs
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
Abstract :
Traffic growth, capacity requirements, technological advances, and cost reduction are inexorably linked. Innovating technologies for next-generation optical communication backbones can benefit by considering what to build, when to build, and how much it will cost?
Keywords :
channel capacity; cost reduction; optical communication; telecommunication traffic; channel capacity requirements; cost reduction; innovation technologies; optical communication; telecommunication traffic growth; Costs; Optical fiber communication; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279189
