Networking at the speed of light

	Researchers demonstrated an optical network provisioning protocol between systems at the Defense Department and the Naval Research Laboratory. It was the first real-world use of the Just-in-Time protocol across the optical Advanced Technology Demonstration Network.

Researchers demonstrated an optical network provisioning protocol between systems at the Defense Department and the Naval Research Laboratory. It was the first real-world use of the Just-in-Time protocol across the optical Advanced Technology Demonstration Network.

JIT allows applications to request, use and release high-speed optical bandwidth almost instantly over standard optical networking switches. The Naval Research Laboratory wants to quickly and easily supply gigabits of bandwidth for high-performance computing applications.

 

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