MAXIMISING EFFICIENCY OFFUTURENEXTGENERATIONOPTICALNETWORKING (Invited paper)

Thiscontribution reviews theInternational Telecommunication Union(ITU) policy forintroducing NextGeneration Networks (NGN)intheITUStudy Period 2005-2008. Theguidelines fortheactual network evolution inorder toefficiently combine real-time delay-sensitive services andnon-real time services including mobile services inasingle optical transport network with amaximised useoftheavailable bandwidth areout- lined. TheQuality ofService guarantees forreal-time andnon-real time services arediscussed.