Chapter 11. Dynamic Packet Transport

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Dynamic Packet Transport in metropolitan-area networks (MANs)

  • Dynamic Packet Transport fundamental concepts

  • Spatial Reuse Protocol

  • Dynamic Packet Transport frame format unicast, multicast, and broadcast transmissions across a Dynamic Packet Transport ring

  • Quality of service operation in a shared packet Dynamic Packet Transport ring

  • Dynamic Packet Transport fault recovery

IP+Optical networking environments lower equipment prices, make efficient use of bandwidth, and lower operational costs when compared to legacy time-division multiplex (TDM)-based systems. SONET is a voice-driven technology that has inefficiencies when transporting data. Although the SONET overhead is not ...

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