Rethinking IP core networks

S Das, G Parulkar, N McKeown - Journal of Optical …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet core today is completely based on IP routers. Circuits are only used to provide
static point-to-point optical links between routers. As others have recognized, current …

Switched optical backbone for cost-effective scalable core IP networks

S Sengupta, V Kumar, D Saha - IEEE communications …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of WDM technology, IP backbone carriers are now connecting core routers
directly over point-to-point WDM links (IP over WDM). The advances and standardization in …

IP over optical cross-connect architectures [topics in optical communications]

G Li, D Wang, J Yates, R Doverspike… - IEEE …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IP over optical network architectures have been extensively discussed within the research
literature over the past few years. However, although signaling protocols between IP routers …

IP over optical networks: Architectural aspects

B Rajagopalan, D Pendarakis, D Saha… - IEEE …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet transport infrastructure is moving toward a model of high-speed routers
interconnected by intelligent optical core networks. A consensus is emerging in the industry …

Cost comparison of IP/WDM vs. IP/OTN for European backbone networks

I Tsirilakis, C Mas, I Tomkos - Proceedings of 2005 7th …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the demand for Internet-based services grows rapidly, carrier IP networks are becoming
more of a crucial social infrastructure. Network operators must target to offer higher speeds …

Analysis and design of backbone architecture alternatives for IP optical networking

S Baroni, JO Eaves, M Kumar… - IEEE Journal on …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The unprecedented growth of IP traffic is leading Internet service providers and network
operators worldwide to investigate architectural alternatives for cost effective, reliable …

Optical packet switching in core networks: between vision and reality

TS El-Bawab, JD Shin - IEEE Communications Magazine, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The research on optical packet switching (OPS) has witnessed considerable progress in the
1990s. We examine the future potential of OPS in the core network by discussing this …

The perspective of optical packet switching in IP dominant backbone and metropolitan networks

A Jourdan, D Chiaroni, E Dotaro… - IEEE …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The perspective of optical packet switching in IP dominant backbone and metropolitan
networks Page 1 IEEE Communications Magazine • March 2001 136 The Perspective of …

Advances in the management and control of optical internet

JY Wei - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Given the ever increasing demand for network bandwidth, and the phenomenal advances in
optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networking technologies, a major …

Packet optical networks for high-speed TCP-IP backbones

F Callegati, M Casoni, C Raffaelli - IEEE Communications …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new proposal for TCP-IP backbone implementation based on optical
packet switching technology. The proposed network architecture merges the flexibility in …