Cable/MSO Optical Transport Featured Articles

What’s ahead for optical communications in 2012

The November/December 2011 Lightwave magazine cover story “A look ahead at 2012,” is the annual technology forecast, written by Editorial Director and Associate Publisher Stephen Hardy....

Ensuring cloud computing performance on data communications networks, Part 2

In Part 1 of this three-part series on cloud computing, we introduced you to the concept of reference points (RPs) as a means for software designers and network architects to better understand and...

The evolution in packet-optical transport systems

The tremendous growth of data services over the last several years has resulted in unprecedented bandwidth and capacity challenges for operators. In response to these challenges, infrastructure...

Ensuring cloud computing performance on data communications networks: Part 1

Cloud computing promises to reduce IT expenditures, increase network flexibility, and streamline communication infrastructure. This is the first in a series of three articles in which we will...

Strategies for reducing latency in optical networks

In the September/October 2011 edition of Lightwave magazine, David Mazzarese of OFS writes in the article “Minimizing latency in long-haul networks” that the most significant...

Timing options for mobile backhaul networks

In the September/October 2011 edition of Lightwave magazine, Jim Theodoras of ADVA Optical Networking and the Ethernet Alliance reviews several timing options for mobile backhaul networks in the...

Fiber reaches the antenna

According to the September/October 2011 Lightwave magazine cover story “The X factor has changed in FTTx,” new fiber-based methods of cabling cellular antenna towers can bring several...

CCAP and optical communications technology

According to the July/August 2011 Lightwave magazine cover story “Paving the path to IP with CCAP,” cable operators should be thinking now about how they plan to implement Converged...

Agility is important in FTTH networks

In the July/August 2011 edition of Lightwave magazine, Per Lembre of Xelerated writes in the article “Programmable switching improves fiber access ROI” that flexibility is now becoming...

Salt and sea water blocking for ‘totally dry’ terrestrial optical cables

Over the last decade many optical cable producers have promoted the use of so called dry blocked cables for outdoor use. These cable designs bypass oils, gels, and/or other flooding compounds and...