TP, as far as I know, NT still owns its share of Avici. Here is the part of the Duffy article which I found most interesting.
The other part is Nortel's focus on leadership in optical networking, which is fine with some of its customers. Pathnet, a "carrier's carrier" in Reston, Va., says the company has some optical IP trials under way that will dispel any notion of Nortel not being an IP company.
Nortel has a method for binding Multi-protocol Label Switching, which is used for engineering traffic
through IP and ATM networks, directly to dense wave division multiplexing gear that will drive quality of service down to the lambda level, and may be years ahead of competitors, says Gerry Sharp, Pathnet's chief technology officer. He says Nortel's technique alleviates the need to convert wavelengths to electrical impulses and back again.
If Nortel has a product which differentiates data according to Qos at the lambda level, they have a product with great appeal to the carriers. I have not read about this feature with any other vendor. Have you? |
