The NGI ONRAMP test bed: Reconfigurable WDM technology for next generation regional access networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1697-1708

  Froberg, N M ^a   Henion, S R ^b   Rao, H G ^a   Hazzard, B K ^a   Parikh, S ^b   Romkey, B R ^a   Kuznetsov, M ^b  

^a PhotonEx Corporation   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metropolitan area networks (MANs); Network reconfiguration; Next generation internet (NGI); Optical flow switching; Optical networks; Optical packet networks; Regional access networks; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTERNET; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKET NETWORKS; ROUTERS; SWITCHING NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

NEXT GENERATION INTERNET; OPTICAL FLOW SWITCHING; OPTICAL PACKET NETWORKS; REGIONAL ACCESS NETWORKS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0034453716     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.908695     Document Type: Article

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