Definitions
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- abbreviation Synchronous Optical Networking
- abbreviation Sonar Network (?)
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Ethernet is interoperable with other networking technologies such as SONET and has carefully added technology to the standard to enable Ethernet packets to travel across SONET links with very little inefficiency.
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The performance exceeds many industry standard specifications such as SONET/SDH, OTN, Ethernet, and Fiber Channel.
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- Prior working knowledge of layer 1 protocols such as SONET/SDH and GigE is highly desirable
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Basically we needed to implement some networking protocols such as SONET setup and transport; Queueing / Scheduler algorithms; Label Switching; and Constraint based routing.
Planet Geek 2009
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It provides services primarily to enterprises and can save them a lot of money, especially compared with older technologies such as SONET, frame relay or ATM.
unknown title 2009
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Here, resources are accessed by not just the Internet or MPLS VPNs, but perhaps instead by metropolitan or regional optical transport networks supporting non-IP data center protocols such as Fibre Channel or even Infiniband over SONET.
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Their SONET ring is the laughing stock of the industry.
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There are three options: Switched Ethernet Service, an all-Ethernet option, and an Ethernet over SONET choice.
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Now, new players and some of the established incumbents will be pulling SONET to the tower.
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Cisco killed the Monterey product in 2001 and has steadily lost share and expertise in optical multiservice SONET/SDH provisioning platforms (MSPP), a $6 billion market where the Cerent platform competes.
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