Title :
SONET equipment availability requirements
Author_Institution :
Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The author discusses channel availability criteria for synchronous optical network (SONET) network elements. He considers the existing short-haul, interoffice channel availability requirements that apply to the current asynchronous network, discusses how these requirements apply to the synchronous network, and translates the requirements to channels transmitted through SONET network elements. The SONET network elements must have minimum availability requirements to enable the SONET network to meet end-to-end availability performance. Individual terminal and regenerator availability criteria are proposed
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical links; reliability; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network management; SONET equipment availability; SONET network elements; end-to-end availability; interoffice channel availability; synchronous optical network; system reliability; Availability; Hardware; High speed optical techniques; Optical design; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; SONET;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition 'Communications Technology for the 1990s and Beyond' (GLOBECOM), 1989. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1989.64201
