Volume 25, Issue 10

FEC and EDC drive cost-effective metro/Carrier Ethernet deployment

Oct. 1, 2008

by Mark Donovan and Keith ConroyWith new data and video applications driving massive increases in Internet traffic, service providers and telecom and datacom OEMs have been under...

DWDM & ROADM

JDSU brings integration to optical amplification

Oct. 1, 2008

by Meghan Fuller HannaAt last month's European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), JDSU (www.jdsu.com) announced that it has brought the benefits of functional integration...

Earnings Statements

How to deliver 40 and 100 Gbits/sec on 10-Gbit/sec optical networks

Oct. 1, 2008

by Andres VieraService providers are facing a challenge. They have revenue-generating opportunities from bandwidth-intensive services driven by video, yet their networks are nearing...

FTTH/B

In Amsterdam, even houseboats are well-connected

Oct. 1, 2008

by Meghan Fuller HannaAmong readers of Lightwave, the acronym "FTTH" is well-understood to mean fiber to the home. But for subscribers of Amsterdam's CityNet network, the "H" ...

Network Design

40- and 100GbE transmission over multimode fiber

Oct. 1, 2008

by David MazzareseThe explosion in demand for bandwidth and, consequently, for high-capacity computing, is driving an urgent need for higher Ethernet network speeds. Several factors...

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Packet Transport

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Oct. 1, 2008

Standard singlemode coupler/splitters are used to either combine two or more signals into one or split one signal into multiple paths. They are available in 1Ã�2, 1Ã�3, 1Ã�4, ...

Market Research

Fiber-optic attenuator market to surge by 2012

Oct. 1, 2008

ElectroniCast Consultants (www.electronicastconsul tants.com) has released the second of two studies in 2008, this one detailing the global market consumption and technology trends...

PON/Systems

Fiber cabinets protect and connect

Oct. 1, 2008

by Meghan Fuller HannaThey may be easy to dismiss as simple metal boxes that clutter our neighborhoods and crowd our curbsides, but today's fiber cabinets provide much more than...

Packet Transport

Carrier Ethernet improves IP service delivery

Oct. 1, 2008

by Morteza GhodratFlourishing IP services in consumer and enterprise markets have created substantial demand for IP connectivity at the customer premises. Ethernet is the most...

Market Research

Readers rate transceiver/ transponder vendors

Oct. 1, 2008

For the second year in a row, Lightwave asked those of you involved in the purchase of transceivers and transponders to tell us about the factors that go into selecting the right...

Market Research

FTTH future brightens

Oct. 1, 2008

by Stephen M. HardyYou'd expect the programming at the Fiber to the Home Conference and Exposition held last month in the cavernous Gaylord Opryland resort in Nashville, TN, to...