LW-October
Lightwave
October 2009
Volume 26, Issue 10
Subscribe

Lightwave — October 2009

Applications

40/100-Gigabit Ethernet: Watching the clock

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...

Case by Case

Connection-oriented Ethernet for 4G mobile backhaul networks

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...

Industry

The emerging role of electronics in optical networks

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...

Strategy Analysis

Managing the managed services

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...

Technology

Transceiver design a key for 16G Fibre Channel success

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...

Tech Trends

Design software follows optical network trends

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...

Up Front

Editorial

The price of doing business

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...