Page 280 - Optical Switching And Networking Handbook
P. 280

11_200023_CH10/Bates  1/17/01 9:06 AM  Page 265










                    The Future of Optical Networking (Where Is It All Heading?)                  265


                                                                            MPLS-QoS Parameters configured on
                    Figure 10-25                                            customer site—not in the distribution network.
                    The use of MPLS
                    guarantees QoS
                                            CUSTOMER

                                                           MPLS-Traffic        Route 1
                                                           Engineering Paths
                                                                                                CUSTOMER



                                                                 Route 2













                                                                                              CUSTOMER
                                       Source: Terabeam







                                             7
                    Figure 10-26
                    The investments for      6
                                          In $ billions of investment  3
                    the future               5
                                             4


                                             2

                                             1
                                             0
                                                                         2002
                                                  2000
                                                             2001
                                            Optical IP      Multiservice DWDM       2003       2004
                                                                                      Multiservice SONET
   275   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285