TBONE: TestBed For all-Optical NEtworking

Abstract

The TBONE project is an ARPA-sponsored three-,year collaborative effort between MITRE, Optivision, and TASC. The objectives of the project are twofold: to implement and demonstrate a switched all-optical, multi-user image communications network in an applications environment, and to provide a testbed for developing and demonstrating optical network protocols, and other optical network technology. The testbed network will comprise two optical crossbar switches and two full-duplex single mode dark fiber links spanning the -20km distance between TASC and MITRE. High performance workstations and image servers at the two sites will be linked by the network (see Figure 1).