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Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Transmission

Overview Synchronous optical network (SONET) offers cost-effective transport both in the access area and core of the network. For instance, telephone or data switches rely on SONET transport for interconnection.

The optical layer provides the foundation of transport services for both metro and long-haul applications. It also directly supports data services. The optical layer is now evolving to provide the same level of sophistication that has been achieved with synchronous transmission, such as performance monitoring and network resilience (i.e., the ability to recover quickly from a link being cut). Thus, the SONET layer will remain for some time.

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Publisher	International Engineering Consortium	File Format	HTML & PDF
Date Published	August 2003	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Optical Networking, Monitoring Systems

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