Title :
Investigation of the impact of traffic growth and variability on future network architectures
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonic Networks & Network Archit., T-Syst. Int. GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
It is discussed how future growth in traffic volume and traffic statistics might impact network architectures, and which control plane functionalities might be necessary to provide the required service levels and maximise efficiency.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; control plane functionalities; fiber-to-the home; network architectures; telecommunication service levels; traffic growth; traffic statistics; traffic variability; traffic volume;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1