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To: c. carlson who wrote (175)	3/8/2000 7:21:00 PM
From: Vijay Mehta	Read Replies (2) of 620

>>I plead ignorance on this subject, but hundreds of times >>a second sounds too slow. I live in a world where I am >>used to hearing 400MHZ or 500MHZ. >>Can anyone who knows something about this subject tell me >>what hundreds of times a second means for this technology?? Actually, I think these core optical switches will be used in the backbone of the internet by large service providers. Today, they use SONET/SDH rings where re-provisioning and re-routing customer data takes 3 to six months. This is the issue that all-DWDM all-optical networks are solving. Some folks like Sycamore, Monterey Networks (now Cisco) solve it by software. To be able to change routes houndred times a second means that this switch can be deployed more in the edges of the network. Think of it this way: in the core of the network, there are a few major interchanges you need to get to, so fewer routes and longer-life routes. You don't need to change routes that often. As your network expands to larger size by including more of the edges, you need to change routes based on traffic more often. Vijay

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