Category Archives: Optical systems

ECOC 2009: Technology, money, people

By Pauline | Published: September 23, 2009
Here’s a copy of my leader article in the ECOC magazine: And so to Vienna for the 35th year of ECOC, which is billed — quite rightly in my view — as the leading optical networking event in Europe. Personal highlights from last year included the post-deadline paper from Alcatel-Lucent and Draka, which reported 40 [...]
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The 40G market embarks upon a 'golden age'

By Pauline | Published: July 8, 2009
This article originally appeared on fibresystems.org. The market for 40 Gbit/s optical transport equipment is growing strongly and looks set to enjoy a five-year period of deployment opportunity before the 100 Gbit/s market gets into full swing, according to industry analysts. The latest figures from research firm Dell’Oro indicate that worldwide revenues for 40 Gbit/s equipment are [...]
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NSN, Juniper pick up the IPoDWDM baton

By Pauline | Published: July 2, 2009
This article originally appeared on fibresystems.org. WDM NICE, 2009 — Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Juniper Networks seem to be forging an ever closer relationship. Having recently joined forces to sell Carrier Ethernet equipment, the pair are now working together to integrate IP routing with WDM equipment — a concept called IP-over-DWDM or just IPoDWDM. This development [...]
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Zero touch optical networks: a progress report

By Pauline | Published: July 1, 2009
Multiple equipment vendors at IIR's WDM Nice conference talked up their strategies for optical network automation using GMPLS.
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Draka, Bell Labs go ultra-long on 40G

By Pauline | Published: September 24, 2008
A new design of transmission fibre is key to sending 40G signals over transoceanic distances.
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Vendors unite to develop next generation Ethernet

By Pauline | Published: July 7, 2008
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of FibreSystems Europe magazine. The standardization of higher data rates is vital if Ethernet is to continue as a ubiquitous end-to-end protocol. Pauline Rigby finds out how standards are progressing. Ethernet has traditionally evolved in multiples of 10, from the first successful commercial version of Ethernet at 10 [...]
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Opinion: Beginnings of a bubble?

By Pauline | Published: February 25, 2008
From Terabit Ethernet to "exafloods" there are some predictions of crazy Internet growth being talked about at OFC. Is all this hype good for the industry?
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