For all practical
purpose, optical wireless mesh can be thought of as an interconnection of carrier-grade
Ethernet service??“capable switches interconnected by FSO links. To the extent that
a mesh network of switches interconnected by means of fiber-optic cable can deliver
Carrier Ethernet services, so can a mesh network of nodes interconnected by means
of FSO links. Therefore, an optical wireless mesh network of MEF-compliant nodes can
deliver MEF-compliant services.
Service Management The same arguments for the support of TDM services also applies
to the service management attributes of optical wireless mesh networks. Optical wireless
links are virtually zero latency PtP physical layer links that behave no differently
from fiber-optic links. These links do not have or need to have any notion of service.
Therefore, the extent to which service management is supported by optical wireless
mesh is determined by the switching equipment serving as the nodes of the mesh.
Applications
Throughout the rest of this section, we will discuss the wide varieties of applications for
optical wireless mesh networks. Some applications relate directly to Carrier Ethernet
services, whereas most of the applications are various derivates of such services where
the optical wireless mesh network excels over other technologies in its suitability.
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