Optical Networks

EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 15

	Three optical and IP network architectures enable converged backbone Submitted By: SearchTelecom.com | 17 Sep 2009 TIP - IP and optical networks can create a converged backbone using using three network architecture models -- IP-over-WDM, port-level grooming and finally subport-level grooming.

	Alcatel-Lucent floats converged backbone concept to increase network value Submitted By: SearchTelecom.com | 18 Sep 2009 TIP - Alcatel-Lucent is backing IP and optical converged backbones to increase applications enablement in service delivery networks to lower network costs and increase services revenue.

	Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks assets: Why no sale? Submitted By: SearchTelecom.com | 04 Sep 2009 TIP - Nortel's Metro Ethernet Network assets have been for sale for a year with no final bids. IDC analyst Eve Griliches looks at why a competing equipment vendor hasn't closed the deal.

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NEWS: 1 - 3 of 4

	NXTcomm 2008 is about telecom advances, not breakthroughs SearchTelecom.com | 19 Jun 2008 ARTICLE - NXTcomm 2008 saw a lot of incremental telecom advances, as ideas years in the making start to penetrate market, explains analyst Ron Westfall in this video.

	Telecom product and service news from NXTcomm08 SearchTelecom | 18 Jun 2008 ARTICLE - Telecom service providers and vendors made a wide variety of announcements at its annual NXTcomm08 trade show, with enhancements to existing technologies making most of the news.

	Post-bust, backhaul providers are probably insulated from possible recession SearchTelecom.com | 17 Apr 2008 ARTICLE - Burnt once by a telecom meltdown, backhaul providers are better prepared to weather a possible recession while keeping prices in check.

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REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 3

	The physics of fiber in optical networks SearchTelecom.com | 21 Jul 2009 CHAPTER DOWNLOAD - "Optical Fibers," Chapter 5, from The Cable and Telecommunications Handbook looks at the evolution of optical fibers and the impact of convergence on optical networks.

	Best practices for optical network design SearchTelecom.com | 11 Nov 2008 TELECOM INSIGHTS - Fiber-optic deployment has become the network technology of choice in metro and access networks, which means the list of best practices for fiber deployment is growing.

	Working with optical networking's new capabilities SearchTelecom.com | 05 May 2008 TELECOM INSIGHTS - The optical networking strategy telecom service providers choose now will define the advanced services they can offer later and when they can expect ROI.

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 4

	ROADM (reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer) 18 Jul 2007 WORD - A reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) is a device that can add, block, pass or redirect modulated infrared (IR) and visible light beams of various wavelengths in a fiber optic network. ROADMs are used in ...

	passive optical network 31 Jul 2001 WORD - A passive optical network (PON) is a system that brings optical fiber cabling and signals all or most of the way to the end user. Depending on where the PON terminates, the system can be described as fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), ...

	dense wavelength division multiplexing 18 Aug 2001 WORD - Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) is a technology that puts data from different sources together on an optical fiber, with each signal carried at the same time on its own separate light wavelength. Using DWDM, up ...

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Optical Networks:  IPTV and Video on Demand, Telecom Routing and Switching, Carrier Ethernet, MPLS (Multi-protocol Label Switching) Networks