Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Packet optical transport: Hollowing the network core... - Gazettabyte

Roy Rubenstein, editor of Gazettabyte, interviews Intune Network's CEO, Tim Fritzley and CTO John Dunne on how Intune's Optical Packet Switch and Transport Technology can hollow out the core.

Intune Networks has developed an optical packet switching and transport (OPST) system that effectively turns fibre into a distributed switching fabric.

The platform enables a fully-meshed metropolitan networkIntune Networks' CEO, Tim Fritzley (right) and John Dunne, co-founder and CTO with software support for web-based services, claims the Irish start-up.

“What we have designed allows for the sharing of the same fibre switching assets across multiple services in the metro,” says Tim Fritzley, Intune’s CEO.

The company is in talks with several operators about its OPST system, which is being used for a nationwide network in Ireland. The system is also part of an EC seventh framework project that includes Spanish operator Telefónica...

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