Title :
Impact of Switch Node Architecture upon Capacity Efficiency in Williams North American Core Network
Author :
Blair, Loudon ; Ranganathan, Raghu ; Berthold, J. ; Ward, Robert
Author_Institution :
CIENA Corp., Linthicum, MD
Abstract :
Three fundamental switch node architectures are compared using the Williams North American core network. Network efficiency is measure with respect to the number of WDM transceivers required to support short-term and long-term traffic loads
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM transceivers; Williams North American core network; long-term traffic load; network efficiency; short-term traffic load; switch node architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
