optical network access
A Network Management Architecture for Robust Packet Routing in Mesh Optical Access Networks
White Paper This paper describes architecture for optical Local Area Network (LAN) or Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) access. The architecture can be utilized with an arbitrary, link-redundant mesh network (node-redundancy is necessary only to handle all node... [18 Jul 2008]
Using Dynamic Optical Networking for High-Speed Access
White Paper This proposal enables the use of hybrid Ethernet-optical access circuits set up and released on demand. Through the use of switched optical circuits the number of hosts that can be supported on a metropolitan area core ring network can be increased... [18 Jul 2008]
Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) Technologies for Broadband Access: A Review [Invited]
White Paper The Passive Optical Network (PON) is an optical fiber based network architecture, which can provide much higher bandwidth in the access network compared to traditional copper-based networks. This includes enabling device technologies for WDM-PONs... [18 Jul 2008]
A Survey of MAC Protocols in Optical Networks
White Paper This paper provides a comprehensive review of Medium Access Protocols (MAC) for optical networks. All-Optical networks, where the entire path between end nodes is optical, represent the third generation in the use of fiber in communication systems. [18 Jul 2008]
The Problem of Upstream Traffic Synchronization in Passive Optical Networks
White Paper Recently Passive Optical networks gained a lot of attention as a possible solution to the broadband local access network. In the upstream direction PON is a multipoint-to-point network. Because distance from central office to every network unit is... [18 Jul 2008]
Joint Source-Channel Multistream Coding and Optical Network Adapter Design for Video Over IP
White Paper The paper consists of three equally weighted subtopics which cover some novel thoughts in designing and implementing the video over IP system in the different areas, namely, a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) network adapter for backbone... [18 Jul 2008]
Ultra Low Latency Optical Networks
White Paper This paper presents research on an ultra low latency optical network that is on the order of minimum time of flight limits on data access latency. Employed techniques include a non-blocking, bufferless topology, single pulse packets incorporating... [18 Jul 2008]
WDM and SDM in Future Optical Networks
White Paper To meet these demands, optical techniques are being introduced in public networks but on a link-to-link basis. This paper addresses future networks that will be to a large extent all-optical. It is prompted by the fact that both SDM and WDM are... [18 Jul 2008]
Dynamic Routing in Translucent WDM Optical Networks: The Intra-Domain Case
White Paper Translucent WDM optical networks use sparse placement of regenerators to overcome physical impairments and wavelength contention introduced by fully transparent networks, and achieve a performance close to fully opaque networks at a much less cost. [18 Jul 2008]
Light-Trail Testbed for Metro Optical Networks
White Paper As an initial step towards solving this problem, the paper demonstrates a streaming media application implemented utilizing Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) on a 3 Gbps optical fiber network employing light-trail technology. [18 Jul 2008]
End-to-End Dedicated Protection in Multi-Segment Optical Networks
White Paper The networking segments refer to any portion of an optical path that requires special consideration for wavelength routing, such as separate administrative domains, sub-networks characterized by different levels of traffic aggregation (e.g.access... [11 Jul 2008]
Bidirectional Optical Ring Network Having Enhanced Load Balancing and Protection
White Paper Massive growth of the Internet traffic in last decades motivated the design of high-speed optical network for traffic aggregation from different access technologies. OTDM technology is used for statistical traffic multiplexing while reservation... [10 Jul 2008]
Gigabit Ethernet Technology and Services
White Paper Optical wavelength division multiplexing and transmission equipment that carry Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the future, directly over optical wavelengths are becoming available. Gigabit Ethernet connectivity from the user directly... [10 Jul 2008]
A Reconfigurable Ethernet/SONET Circuit-Based Metro Network Architecture
White Paper Primary among these is that it allows a metro optical circuit-switched network to be operated at a high utilization, which is important to achieve a cost-effective bandwidth-efficient network. This paper proposes a service concept in which high... [10 Jul 2008]
Protected Ethernet Rings for Optical Access Networks
White Paper This paper proposes a centralized link layer architecture for providing low latency fault recovery for optical access rings. Consequently, when compared with a standardized Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol implementation, the design of the proposed... [08 Jul 2008]
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