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   ocr: Long-haul backtone Switch Metro core, Metro access Switch Metro access Customer premises Dstomer premses Figure 1. Metropolitan networks consist of the core and the access connecting to the user. Switches connecting to those enable wavelengths to be shared among customers. Incoming access traffic gets put onto another frequency and sent across the core network, where the process is reversed.