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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989426
