• DocumentCode
    378386
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    48
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989426
  • Filename
    989426