NEXT GENERATION SONET/SDH NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES

摘要

Given the current economic climate of the embattled telecom industry, service providers are diligently seeking out new methods to significantly reduce their operational costs, while simultaneously offering new revenue generating data services. These emerging data services must fully leverage, and not strand, the huge installed base of SONET/SDH networking equipment to facilitate a cost-effective migration path. Although numerous technologies to carry data services exist, the use of certain interrelated technologies is gaining in popularity within the metro networking market space. In particular, this paper discusses the suite of technologies listed below as one possible method of meeting the often contradicting goals of introducing new revenue generating services at a reduced cost. 1. GFP -