and ATM Self-Healing Ring
A number of technology transition activities are underway with members of the Consortium. Lucent
Technologies is actively pursuing the commercialization of their OC-192 optical technologies as part
of Lucent's ongoing commercial SONET equipment business. In addition, extensive internal work at Bellcore
has focused on SONET OC-192 product analysis methodology in preparation for the launch of Bellcore's
commercial OC-192 compliance analysis services through Bellcore's Professional Services organization.
Tektronix has incorporated technology developed in this program into
products serving the networking and telecommunications industries.
Washington University in St. Louis has completed a set of three chips and associated
hardware and software that implements a uniquely scalable and flexible ATM switch supporting link speeds
from 150 Mb/s to 2.4 Gb/s and capable of supporting configurations with total throughputs from 10 Gb/s
to more than 10 Tb/s. Washington University is actively seeking collaborations or partnerships to make
this technology more widely available. This includes relationships with commercial organizations interested
in producing and selling high performance ATM switching systems using this technology. Further information
can be found at the Washington University
Gigabit ATM Switch web site.