Five Essential Elements for Future Regional Optical Networks Title Slide Internet2 2006 Fall Member Meeting Christian Todorov
Use Case – Network Design Objectives High Level Objectives: To light and utilize fiber path from Detroit to Chicago Be able to utilize a wide variety of framing methods Provide flexibility in Add/Drop locations Facilitate connectivity and research by Internet2, its members and partners
Use Case - Partners Internet2 partners for lighting and maintaining the Detroit to Chicago fiber: Merit Network CANARIE Meriton Networks Level 3 Communications Internet2
Network Design
Node Design – Add/Drop
Node Design - Amplifier
Capabilities Provided Eight waves turned up in total Two for Merit Network Two for CANARIE Two for HOPI Two for Internet2 Software configurable framing types LAN & WAN-PHY, OC-192 Ease in moving Add/Drops among the four deployed nodes Provides CANARIE a connection from Ontario to Chicago Provides Merit Network connections from Ann Arbor to Chicago and Detroit Allows for a HOPI connection from Ann Arbor to the node in Chicago Allows for Internet2 to connect in Chicago for additional experimentation resources
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