Title :
Fiber-based metropolitan access networks for Internet traffic
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
While fiber optics has made the Internet what it is today, more advanced uses of fiber such as local access networks must deal with some of the challenging characteristics of Internet traffic.
Keywords :
Internet; metropolitan area networks; optical fiber subscriber loops; telecommunication traffic; 1 to 10 Mbit/s; Internet traffic; fiber optics; fiber-based metropolitan access networks; local access networks; Capacity planning; Communication system traffic control; Computer science; IP networks; Internet; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Telecommunication traffic; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868235
