High capacity metropolitan area networks for the next generation Internet

Author

Kazovsky, Leonid G. ; White, Ian M. ; Shrikhande, Kapil ; Rogge, Matthew S.

Author_Institution

Opt. Commun. Res. Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

4-7 Nov. 2001

Firstpage

3

Abstract

High capacity metropolitan area networks must be developed to enable future generations of high-speed multimedia Internet applications and services. This paper discusses emerging issues in the development of future optical metropolitan area networks and describes the pioneering research at Stanford University to address some of them. In particular, the HORNET project, which boasts a new architecture and novel subsystems for next generation high capacity metropolitan networks, is featured in this paper.

Keywords

Internet; access protocols; metropolitan area networks; multimedia communication; optical fibre networks; HORNET project; MAC protocol; Stanford University; high capacity MAN; high capacity metropolitan area networks; high-speed multimedia Internet applications; high-speed multimedia services; network architecture; High speed optical techniques; IP networks; Laboratories; Metropolitan area networks; Next generation networking; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 2001. Conference Record of the Thirty-Fifth Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7147-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.2001.986870

Filename

986870