Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) plans to interweave its optical and routing technologies more closely, as part of a strategy designed to accommodate the converging of carrier networks.
The emergence of packet-optical transport systems (P-OTS), for instance, shows a melding of the optical and IP layers. The trend is taken to more ambitious levels in optical burst switching, which uses wavelengths to assign packets' destinations; Matisse Networks has been developing such a technology, and now Intune Networks appears ready to come to market as well. (See Matisse Primes Metro Ethernet Makeovers and InTune Lands Irish Gig.)
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Friday, August 7, 2009
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