By Paul Mooney Overview It’s true that 100G Ethernet is still Ethernet, just faster. But the speed increase creates several hurdles when it comes to system test. The clock is ticking...
By Ralph Santitoro Overview By combining the best attributes of connectionless Ethernet and SONET/SDH, connection-oriented Ethernet is ideally suited to mobile backhaul networks, providing...
By Saeid Aramideh Overview As carriers seek to evolve their networks to 40 and 100 Gbps, new cost-effective ways to deal with the resulting signal impairment issues and the longer transmission...
By Serdar Kiykioglu Overview Network complexity has increased the popularity of managed services offerings. Regardless of who does the managing, however, networks require tools that increase...
By Raju Kankipati Overview With 16-Gbps Fibre Channel now in the standardization process, transceiver vendors have already begun work on appropriate modules. But the expected requirements pose...
By Meghan Fuller Hanna Overview With networks becoming increasingly complex, the use of software tools for network design and simulation has grown. Today’s software mirrors future...
Not surprisingly, 100-Gbps networking provided one of the main topics of discussion within both the conference and exhibit halls at last month’s ECOC 2009. Despite the various technologies...