Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP

[Tony Mumm <tonym () netins net>]

It seems that the goal is to apply IP packets right onto the
lambda windows.  But without any ability to provide IP QoS,
it seems like a point of diminishing return.

Hop-by-hop routing is on its way out....and not soon enough.

As for reinventing the virtual circuit, I don't think we can
get much lower than this.

-tm

 Vadim Antonov <avg () kotovnik com>
    wrote
> > ** Disclaimer; I work for a vendor: PLURIS, but this question concerns a
> > personal curiosity that I have about OXCs. **
>
> Disclaimer: I do not work for a vendor: PLURIS
>
> > I also don't
> > see much NSP participation in the relevant standards bodies about signaling
> > in optical networks.
>
> Probably because the said standards bodies (and on-demand fiber capacity
> allocation in general) have little relevance to the NSPs and Internet
> backbones in general?
>
> --vadim
>
> PS I keep wondering why people keep reinventing virtual circuits.