fiber
RSS fiberFTTX TCO Comparison - Obtaining Faster Time to Revenue
White Paper The prohibitive expense of optical components at one time meant fiber access deployments were reserved for only the largest of service providers. However, with recent reductions in the cost to acquire, deploy and operate... [13 Nov 2009]
Fiber Channel Over Ethernet: Enabling Server I/O Consolidation
White Paper The development of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) opens the door to the real possibility of transporting more than one I/O traffic flow over a Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), also called a Data Center Bridging (DCB), link. [12 Nov 2009]
Demystifying Storage Networking DAS, SAN, NAS, NAS Gateways, Fiber Channel, and iSCSI
White Paper Options for connecting computers to storage have increased in a short time. Variations and associated acronyms for storage networking seem to be materializing faster than they can be tracked. Storage networking offers capabilities and... [09 Nov 2009]
Performance Evaluation of Single-Mode and Multimode Fiber in LAN Environment
White Paper This paper studies and evaluates single-mode and multimode fiber transmission by varying the distance. Optical networks are high capacity networks that meet the rapidly growing demand for bandwidth in the terrestrial... [09 Oct 2009]
The Emerging Optical Control Plane
White Paper In this model, the transport plane carries the user data and comprises network equipment, such as line interface cards, switch fabrics, backplanes and fiber plant. Traditional transport networks can be modeled as the... [30 Aug 2009]
Calculating Fiber Loss and Distances
White Paper Fiber optic networking can be a daunting undertaking, but it really is not as difficult as it seems. Understanding factors such as fiber modes, fiber launch power, receive sensitivity,... [28 Aug 2009]
A Path to Ultra Broadband: Motorola Cable PON
White Paper Commonly defined as greater than 50 Mbps symmetrical throughput, Ultra-Broadband solutions such as Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP) for the home, business, or Multi-Dwelling Units (MDU5) can easily service today's broadband... [15 Aug 2009]
Transformation of the Enterprise Network Using Passive Optical LAN
White Paper Incumbent vendors are recommending upgrading Ethernet switches to 10 Giga-bit Ethernet (GbE) uplinks which typically require single-mode rather than multimode fiber optic cable and replacement of lateral CAT 5 cable with... [15 Aug 2009]
WDM/CWDM/DWDM: Segmentation Primer-Maximizing Capacity for Revenue
White Paper WDMICWDMIDWDM techniques offer better utilization of the existing fiber resources. Simple WDM techniques can double the fiber capacity, and CWDMIDWDM techniques can Increase the capacity multiple times. [04 Aug 2009]
The Journey Forward: Passive Optical LAN for the Corporate Wide Enterprise - How Passive Optical LAN Solutions Enable The-Journey to Enterprise IT Resource Optimization
White Paper Enterprise communications travel over an optical fiber for a distance of up to 20km. These days, virtually everyone who works in an office environment is struggling with the enterprise-wide mandate to do more work with... [04 Aug 2009]
FTTP Shootout - Active Ethernet Vs PON
White Paper Carriers and municipalities that announce plans to rollout triple play (voice, video and data) services are faced with a number of choices for an access mechanism - DSL, Fiber or even wireless. This paper focuses on... [31 Jul 2009]
40G to 100G - What's All the Fuss About Optical Gigabits?
White Paper Preventing a worldwide bandwidth crisis hangs by a thread - a fiber-optic thread thinner than a human hair yet filled with untapped potential. And, that potential within each tiny fiber-optic thread is... [31 Jul 2009]
Cost Considerations in 40G Networks
White Paper Increasing the line rate 4x (by moving from 10G to 40G) or 10x (10G to 100G) causes nasty problems - impairments - due to the physical properties of light passing through glass fiber. Off late, optical backbones and... [31 Jul 2009]
3Com Case Study: Three-Gorge University (China)
White Paper The core campus network is connected with fiber and uses Gigabit Ethernet technology, providing necessary backbone bandwidth. Three-Gorge University is a public full-time undergraduate university in China. [12 Jun 2009]
Verizon Keeps Customer Service High With a Resilient, Flexible Information Infrastructure From IBM
White Paper Consider Verizon Communications is a leader in wireline, wireless, broadband communication and FiOS (Fiber-Optic based) TV services. The company wanted to maintain high availability of critical business data to help... [12 Jun 2009]
