In the November/December 2011 edition of Lightwave magazine, Paul Brooks of JDSU describes in the article “New test techniques required for CFP 100G optics” how the latest generation of...
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....
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 past few years have witnessed a spike in the submarine cable construction that began a decade ago with projects to circle Africa with international cables and provide terrestrial links to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The continued evolution and growing use of high-bandwidth services should continue to drive the need for increases in optical network capacity for several years to come. Today 40G systems are being...
