Pan-European Optical Transport Networks: An Availability-based Comparison

Photonic Network Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-225

  De Maesschalck, Sophie ^a,f   Colle, Didier ^a   Lievens, Ilse ^a   Pickavet, Mario ^a   Demeester, Piet ^a   Mauz, Christian ^b   Jaeger, Monika ^c   Inkret, Robert ^d   Mikac, Branko ^d   Derkacz, Jan ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c T SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Availability; Expected loss of traffic; Pan European fiber optic topologies; Traffic forecast

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INSTALLATION; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL DESIGN; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

FIBER-OPTIC TOPOLOGIES; TRAFFIC FORECAST;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0037257309     PISSN: 1387974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023088418684     Document Type: Article

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