Lightwave
May 2010
Volume 27, Issue 5
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Lightwave — May 2010

Applications

A fiber-based approach for Ethernet services growth and flexibility

By John Spencer, P.E. Overview Muxponders provide a key building block for service provider networks as traffic migrates to higher speeds and transport evolves from SONET/SDH to...

Architecting a next-generation access strategy

By Jim Theodoras Overview Next-generation access for residential and business applications requires a next-generation approach, such as WDM-PON. With requirements such as fiber to the desktop...

Industry

The green imperative in telecommunications: challenges and opportunities

By Scott Wilkinson Overview The bottom line of the green imperative in telecommunications is cost savings, which is not necessarily a new concept. What is new is the industry’s collective...

Technology

Coherent technology adds spice to 40G alphabet soup

By Stephen Hardy Overview A spate of 40-Gbps announcements based on coherent detection at OFC/NFOEC signals yet another technology shift in that space. If choice is good, life is really good...

Tech Trends

Test vendors tout real-time scopes for 224-Gbps DP-QPSK testing

By Meghan Fuller Hanna Overview New, real-time 30+ GHz oscilloscopes target system vendors developing long-haul, high-speed transmission systems, such as those encoded using a 56-Gbaud (224-Gbps...