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    Packet Transport

    The green imperative in telecommunications: challenges and opportunities

    May 1, 2010
    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 agreement on a ...
    High-Speed Networks

    Coherent technology adds spice to 40G alphabet soup

    May 1, 2010
    A spate of 40-Gbps announcements based on coherent detection at OFC/NFOEC signals yet another technology shift in that space.
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    FTTX

    Architecting a next-generation access strategy

    May 1, 2010
    Next-generation access for residential and business applications requires a next-generation approach, such as WDM-PON.
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    Network Design

    A fiber-based approach for Ethernet services growth and flexibility

    May 1, 2010
    Muxponders provide a key building block for service provider networks as traffic migrates to higher speeds and transport evolves from SONET/SDH to Ethernet.
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    High-Speed Networks

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

    May 1, 2010
    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 line rate) DP...