DocumentCode
378386
Title
Asymmetric IP traffic and its consequences for the optical layer
Author
De Maesschalck, Sophie ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario ; Demeester, Piet
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ. - IMEC, Gent, Belgium
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
48
Abstract
This paper studies the influence of the asymmetric nature of IP traffic on the cost of the underlying optical transport network, which contains bidirectional optical line-systems and is thus inherent symmetrical.
Keywords
Internet; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; asymmetric IP traffic; bidirectional optical line-systems; optical layer; underlying optical transport network; Bandwidth; Bidirectional control; Costs; Explosives; IP networks; Information technology; Internet telephony; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6705-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989426
Filename
989426
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