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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: MCI [ATM overhead]
>> There's beginning to be some expectation that there will be a transmission >> capacity crunch in the carrier's Sonet nets, and this ~25% ATM cell tax may >> be looked at carefully as packet over Sonet solutions emerge. > I.e. a dual clearline DS-3 actually carries as much user data as OC-3c ATM. > Which, incidentally, was why SprintLink backbone design is easily expandable > to dual links (that includes carefully considering implications for routing). > Sean presented that design on NANOG a year ago, BTW. Funny thing, the design > is expandable beyond that, too, so OC-3 ATM is already obsolete. > > --vadim Other than the SprintLink design Vadim mentions above, what other alternatives are emerging for high bandwidth IP transport? Is anyone implementing PPP over SONET (RFC 1619)? Shikhar
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