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Article: Jiangsu Telecom and Lucent Technologies Celebrate Launch of Next-Generation Intelligent Optical Network in China.
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- January 18, 2005
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BEIJING -- New Network First in China to Be Based on Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON) Technology
Jiangsu Telecom today announced the launch of its next-generation intelligent optical transmission network, which was built by Lucent Technologies. This new network, which employ's Lucent's LambdaUnite(R) Multi-Service Switch (MSS), marks the first deployment of Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON) technology in China and supports voice and data traffic in Jiangsu Province.
ASON is an advanced optical technology that, in effect, makes a network more flexible and "intelligent" than a traditional optical network. A distributed control plane in the ...