Friday, August 06, 2004

What Is Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)

Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) is the North American transmission standard for transporting information over Fiber Optic Transmission Systems. SONET represents a fundamental change from asynchronous technology in the process of planning and designing fiber networks. It provides a standard, optical interface for the interconnectivity and interoperability of network transmission equipment. Essentially, SONET adds thousands of additional traffic lanes to the information highway for voice, data, video, and imaging traffic.

posted by Dietrich Bonhoeffer at 6:29 AM