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To: mtnlady who wrote (4517)	1/27/2000 12:38:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) of 14638

Article from Inter@ctive Week helps understand Nortel's Packet Core. Article quotes Avici but the concept applies to Packet Core. "Before a router can divert traffic toward a new destination, a technician must first provision an optical channel to carry the new traffic flow... Linking the two systems under a common management system, however, would create a dynamic environment in which routers could adapt to congestion sensed on an existing path. 'What it ultimately means is that our router will go to the optical switch and say we need another wavelength... zdnet.com As I understand it, this is what Nortel's Packet Core will do. The router (Versalar) will go to the optical switch and provision wavelengths where needed.

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