Entwicklungstendenzen photonischer Nachrichtennetze

Photonic networks will be the base of a future broadband Internet that permits easy access to a variety of multimedia services. Optical frequency and time division multiplexing techniques enable an optimum matching of the photonic network's capacity to the increasing communications demand, thereby reacting to the requirements of new services in a flexible way. Flexibility and reliability with high profitability are the crucial characteristics of future photonic networks.