Volume 5, Issue 1

End-to-end Ethernet testing matures

Jan. 1, 2008

As you might expect from a predominantly LAN-based technology that has migrated into the WAN, Ethernet has suffered from a relative lack of standardisation when it comes to test...

Electronics

The road to SFP+: Examining module and system architectures

Jan. 1, 2008

SFP+ is the latest pluggable optical module form factor for use in 10 Gbit/s Ethernet and 8.5 Gbit/s Fibre Channel systems. The objectives of this new form factor are to increase...

Design & Manufacturing

Vitesse embeds waveform viewing into chip architectures

Jan. 1, 2008

Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (www.vitesse.com) says it has developed a technology that enables design engineers and end users to view waveforms within an IC, thus improving signal...

Network Design

Update

Jan. 1, 2008

iamba Networks (www.iamba.com) has teamed with a European sales representative, Scantec (www.scantec.de/us/), to advance its strategy to bring iGES (iamba GPON Eco-System), its...

Transmission

Taking the guesswork out of PMD tolerance testing

Jan. 1, 2008

The dynamic nature of polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) makes system tolerance measurement and evaluation of systems and transponders particularly difficult. Simply defined, ...

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FTTH/B

2008 FTTH Council Europe Showcase

Jan. 1, 2008

COMPONENTSThe second-generation compact CWDM Mux and Demux (multiplexer/demuliplexer) module features not only the smallest footprint for a CWDM product, but also the lowest insertion...

Market Research

FTTX, ROADMs drive fibre-optic test equipment growth

Jan. 1, 2008

The global fibre-optic test equipment (FOTE) market registered revenues of $586.1 million in 2006, up 4.4% over the previous year, reports market research firm Frost & Sullivan...

Packet Transport

Metro Ethernet equipment to nearly double by 2010

Jan. 1, 2008

Worldwide sales of metro Ethernet equipment are forecast to nearly double between 2006 and 2010, when they will reach $18.8 billion, according to “Metro Ethernet Equipment,” a...

Market Research

Global equipment market to exceed $109.9B in 2011

Jan. 1, 2008

The worldwide market for telecom infrastructure equipment will exceed $109.9 billion in 2011, increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2%, reveals new...

Market Research

Optical market looks to build on 2007 momentum

Jan. 1, 2008

Market researchers suggest that when the final numbers are counted, 2007 will have been the best year for optical communications hardware since 2001. Most of these analysts limit...

FTTH/B

FTTH: The European cat and mouse game

Jan. 1, 2008

It’s a paradox that our “fair play” mentality in Europe can be virtuous about protecting the rights of individual parties at one level while compromising at another an emerging...

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