Five Essential Elements for Future Regional Optical Networks
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This use case explores the design objectives for a regional optical network connecting Detroit to Chicago, focusing on high-level goals, partnership involvement, node design, and amplifier capabilities. The aim is to provide flexibility, facilitate connectivity and research for Internet2 and its partners.
Five Essential Elements for Future Regional Optical Networks
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Five Essential Elements for Future Regional Optical Networks 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
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