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RSS opticalOptical Burst Switching Network: A Multi-Layered Approach
White Paper This paper defines a new multi-layered architecture for supporting Optical Burst Switching (OBS) in an optical core network. The architecture takes into account both the control plane as well as the data... [11 Sep 2008]
Optical Networking and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
White Paper This paper deals with the twin concepts of optical networking and dense wavelength division multiplexing. The paper talks about the various optical network architectures and the various components of an... [02 Sep 2008]
Optical Flow Switching
White Paper With the ubiquitous deployment of WDM in core networks in the last few years, long-haul transmission is now cheaper than router switching at core nodes; this is because the rate of decrease in cost per unit of optical... [11 Sep 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Optical Media in Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast provides an overview of the advantages of using optical media in the Windows Vista operating system. It takes a look at the new user interface for backing up and restoring information in Windows Vista. [05 Oct 2007]
Embarcadero Technologies Case Study: Optical Solutions
White Paper Optical Solutions designs, manufactures, and markets the only true Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) Passive Optical Network (PON), for voice, video and data to Service Providers worldwide. Software in... [10 Feb 2005]
TechNet Webcast: Optical Media in Windows Vista (Level 300)
White Paper This webcast provides an overview of some of the enhancements of using optical media in the Windows Vista operating system. It covers the new user interface for backing up and restoring information in Windows Vista and... [15 Jan 2008]
The Bloor Perspective: E-marketplaces made simple, optical internet deal in the offing, and internet access uneven
Comment At present the makers of optical systems can't build them fast enough to meet demand from the carriers. Corning has transformed itself from a sleepy manufacturer of ovenproof glassware into a leading player in the... [31 Jul 2000]
Optical Proximity Communication in Packaged SiPhotonics
White Paper This paper reports 10Gb/s Optical-Proximity-Communication with reflecting mirrors micro-machined into Si and co-integrated to low loss SOI waveguides for chip to chip communication using a self-aligned-packaging... [31 Jul 2009]
Nortel Network Case Study: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Optical Backbone
White Paper LVHHN selected Nortel to physically connect 3 hospitals, 2 administrative office campuses, a data center and a remote clinical site over a private OC-48 Synchronous Optical NETtwork (SONET), which, at 2.4 Gbit/s, is one... [11 Jan 2008]
10 Gb/s LAN Networking: Optical Fiber LAN Design Considerations
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to guide premise wiring telecommunications specialists through the decision making process regarding future optical fiber cabling implementations for LAN environments. One will go through the... [06 Dec 2007]
Optical VPN Connecting ONUs in Different PONs
White Paper All optical Virtual Private Network (VPN) in a Passive Optical Network (PON) provides dedicated optical channels to connect VPN users. Several schemes based on waveband or wavelength... [11 Sep 2008]
CMOS Optical Receiver Chipset for Gigabit Ethernet Applications
White Paper This paper describes a 1.25-Gb/s simplified CMOS optical receiver chipset for Gigabit Ethernet applications, consisting of a TransImpedance Amplifier (TIA) and a Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) circuit. [11 Sep 2008]
Multi-Layer Analysis to Quantify the Impact of Optical Burst Reordering on TCP Performance
White Paper This paper provides a new methodology to quantify the impact of optical burst reordering in OBS networks on the TCP/IP end-to-end performance. The paper assumes a multi-layer network stack consisting on TCP/IP on top of... [06 Dec 2007]
MPLS in Optical Networks
White Paper An analysis of the features of MPLS and Generalized MPLS and their application to Optical Networks, with reference to the Link Management Protocol and Optical UNI. With the success of MPLS in packet... [22 Jun 2007]
New Fiber Delay Line Usage Strategy in Optical Burst Switching Node
White Paper Optical Burst Switching (OBS) is a new paradigm for future all-optical networks. In an OBS node, a Fiber Delay Line may be used to delay a burst, effectively increasing its offset time. Traditionally,... [11 Sep 2008]
