Re-examine the business case for metro optical Ethernet

Ted D. Chang

doi:10.1117/12.521073

15 April 2004 Re-examine the business case for metro optical Ethernet

Ted D. Chang

Proceedings Volume 5282, Network Architectures, Management, and Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.521073
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications, 2003, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Ethernet is the next big thing in the telecom industry. In the metro network, access capacity is always an issue - not enough bandwidth to offer broadband services which will generate new revenue for service providers. Ethernet has been identified as one of the technologies that can break this spell in the next few years. Then why have we not seen large scale metro Ethernet deployment from any carriers? This article examines the issues in optical Ethernet technology, and the strengths and weakness of works in progress trying to solve them.

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Ted D. Chang "Re-examine the business case for metro optical Ethernet", Proc. SPIE 5282, Network Architectures, Management, and Applications, (15 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.521073

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