Global broadband changes fiber game throughout networks

Check out our Telecom Insights guide, Best practices for optical network design, with specific sections on optical d...

Digg This!     StumbleUpon     Del.icio.us

RELATED CONTENT Commentary Supply chain revolutionary: AT&T leads procurement zone adoption Effective service delivery platforms: Are we there yet? Telecom industry trends hint at big changes to come NSN moves on up with major 4G wireless and optical networking moves LTE vs. WiMAX for 4G Wireless Broadband: Which one and why? AT&T partners to search for wireless revenue streams Wi-Fi: You can take it with you Five design factors to facilitate efficient router virtualization IP transformation: Improving network efficiency, increasing revenue Mobile broadband forecast bright, but there's no joy in ARPU Optical Networks Alcatel-Lucent floats converged backbone concept to increase network value Three optical and IP network architectures enable converged backbone Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks assets: Why no sale? The physics of fiber in optical networks The best of SearchTelecom.com 2008 The year's 5 hottest telecom topics and editor's picks Best practices for optical network design Packet optical: Differing views on network elements Carrier Ethernet, metro optical lead telecom industry trends NXTcomm 2008 is about telecom advances, not breakthroughs

RELATED GLOSSARY TERMS Terms from Whatis.com − the technology online dictionary dense wavelength division multiplexing  (SearchTelecom.com) optical fiber  (SearchTelecom.com) passive optical network  (SearchTelecom.com) ROADM (reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer)  (SearchTelecom.com)

RELATED RESOURCES 2020software.com, trial software downloads for accounting software, ERP software, CRM software and business software systems Search Bitpipe.com for the latest white papers and business webcasts Whatis.com, the online computer dictionary

esign for different parts of the networks. Additional topics addressed include:

• Recent developments in FTTX ("fiber to the whatever") deployment and passive optical networking (PON) technology in access networks
• Factors affecting metro network use of SONET, WDM or Ethernet, and the services that will be supported by fiber deployment
• Specific core optical network design considerations including aggregation, geography and reconfigurability.