Dominion Telecom Acquires Dark Fibers from Level 3 4. The Stealth IP protocol is a fixed length packet of 6 bytes, which is used to issue commands or gather statistics. The Stealth IP packet remains invisible to OSI Layers 2 and above, and because of its 6 byte size it has a higher tolerance to signal noise than traditional SNMP packets. Stealth IP could be used for dynamic bandwidth allocation, bandwidth usage statistics, loopback testing, power and bit error rate monitoring. The company s Radiance Optical Ethernet System will consist of a Central Service Platform capable of provisioning Ethernet in one Mbps increments up to a gigabit, a customer premise service switch, and an element and service provisioning management system.
Beta testing is underway.
The 13,000 km network, which is scheduled for service commissioning in the summer of 2002, will be the first 80 wavelength transatlantic system. The cable will link Long Island and New Jersey in the United States with Cornwall in the UK, and Brittany in France. The cable will use four fiber pairs per leg. Marine operations are already underway. Alcatel was selected to build and maintain the network.