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Test Strategies for 40G/100G Network Deployment
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The potential deployment of 40- and 100-Gbps links carries significant challenges. These high-speed signals are more prone to chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion. This increases the network measurement and monitoring burden for carriers, who must first determine if their links are robust enough to support such high-speed traffic, then monitor how well those links perform once the new services begin. This webcast will review the strategies and technologies available to meet these challenges.
The potential deployment of 40- and 100-Gbps links carries significant challenges. These high-speed signals are more prone to chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion. This increases the network measurement and monitoring burden for carriers, who must first determine if their links are robust enough to support such high-speed traffic, then monitor how well those links perform once the new services begin. This webcast will review the strategies and technologies available to meet these challenges.
Speakers
Olivier Jerphagnon
VP MarketingMonitoring Division Inc.
Olivier Jerphagnon has more than 10 years of experience in the Optical Telecom industry and in international business development, having worked with Tier-1 customers in North America, Europe and Asia. As first employee of the US office he joined our company to drive the Marketing & Sales strategy. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Jerphagnon was previously part of the original team at Calient Networks, and he started his career as an intern working on early WDM systems at Alcatel Submarine Networks. At Calient, he took upon a series of increasing leadership roles in Engineering, Marketing and Sales to take photonic switching from lab to market, and was last Vice President for Europe where he led business development in the Fiber-To-The-Home market. Mr. Jerphagnon holds an M.S. degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is a Graduate of the Grenoble Institute of Technology in France. He is a seasoned conference speaker and sought-after writer, and is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Frederic Neddam
Telecom EngineerOrange Labs
• Worked 3 years at Alcatel R&D in Marcoussis, doing research on Chromatic Dispersion maps for WDM submarine systems to enhance system reach and capacity. • Worked 4 years at Corvis in Lannion as a system design engineer. Working on terrestrial and festoon products. • Joined Orange Labs in Lannion three years ago as a WDM system engineer. Working on the qualification of WDM systems before deployment on Orange networks, focusing on performance and 'optical' aspects
Ralf Stolte
Business DevelopmentAgilent Technologies
Dr. Ralf Stolte has been founder and CEO of Adaptif Photonics GmbH, a company focusing on PMD and Polarization effects in networks. Adaptif has been known in industry for its variety of advanced test & measurement solutions as well as for its work on PMD mitigation. Ralf moved into a business development role in Agilent when Adaptif was acquired by Agilent in 2007. Before starting Adaptif in 2002, Ralf was in various marketing and R&D roles with Hewlett-Packard and Agilent. Ralf is a graduate in Electrical Engineering of the Technical University in Hamburg-Harburg.
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