Title :
Results from the COST 239 project. Ultra-High Capacity Optical Transmission Networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
Abstract :
The objective of COST 239 (Ultra-High Capacity Optical Transmission Networks) is to evaluate the feasibility of an optical overlay network interconnecting major cities within Europe. This European Optical Network employs wavelength routing to provide the required interconnection between network nodes. The study has a number of key activities and achievements relating to traffic modelling, transmission, network topologies and dimensioning, and protection strategies. In this paper the emphasis is on network rather than transmission aspects.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; project engineering; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; COST 239 project; European Optical Network; European cities interconnection; WDM grid-connect; link capacity; network dimensioning; network feasibility; network topologies; optical overlay network; protection strategies; traffic modelling; ultra-high capacity optical transmission networks; wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
