Application, design, and evolution of WDM in GTS's pan-European transport network

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 114-121

  Struyve, Kris ^a   Wauters, Nico ^a   Falcao, Pedro ^a   Arijs, Peter ^b   Colle, Didier ^b   Demeester, Piet ^b   Lagasse, Paul ^b  

^a GTS Network Services   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTERNET; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

GLOBAL TELESYSTEM; PAN EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING NETWORKING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TECHNOLOGY;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0033903857     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.825648     Document Type: Article

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