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RSS societyEC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on... [22 Jul 2008]
Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) Technologies for Broadband Access: A Review [Invited]
White Paper The Passive Optical Network (PON) is an optical fiber based network architecture, which can provide much higher bandwidth in the access network compared to traditional copper-based networks. Incorporating Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (WDM) in a... [18 Jul 2008]
Effectiveness of Shared Risk Link Group Auto-Discovery in Optical Networks
White Paper Shared Risk Link Groups (SRLGs), introduced in, provide inputs necessary to plan for reliability in transport networks. An SRLG is associated with an entity at risk, typically a fiber span, though more general risks might be modeled. [18 Jul 2008]
Utilizing Path Diversity in Optical Packet Switched Interconnection Networks
White Paper SPINet (Scalable Photonic Integrated Network) was recently introduced as an optical packet switched interconnection architecture for local area applications such as high-performance computing systems and storage-area networks. [18 Jul 2008]
Gain Uniformity Optimization of SOA-Based Optical Packet Switching Nodes for Performance and Scalability Improvements
White Paper A design methodology is proposed in this paper that can potentially provide effective bandwidth and scalability improvements to optical packet switching environments utilizing semiconductor optical amplifiers as broadcast-and-select switching... [18 Jul 2008]
Classification of Two-Link Failures for All-Optical Networks
White Paper As all-optical networking becomes feasible, a need arises to understand the relationship between failure modes and appropriate recovery algorithms. Failure of a link is a common failure mode in such networks. [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News Thomas said: "Before major new databases are launched careful consideration must be given to the impact on individuals' liberties and on society as a whole. The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised... [15 Jul 2008]
BMC Recovery Manager Plays Key Role in Business Continuity at Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
White Paper The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the nation s largest not-for-profit provider of senior care and services. The Society wanted to support the enterprise business continuity strategy by providing efficient backup that protects vital... [11 Jul 2008]
On Cascades of Resonators for High-Bandwidth Integrated Optical Interconnection Networks
White Paper The power penalty characteristics of high-speed optical signals transmitted through a variety of filters based on multiple microring resonator devices are analyzed by numerical simulation. The technique used here has been verified with single-ring... [11 Jul 2008]
Novel Segmented Cascade Electroabsorption Modulator With Improved Bandwidth-Extinction Product
White Paper Standard lumped-element Electroabsorption Modulators (EAMs) are the workhorse of InP integrated modulation, due to their simple operation and small size. A short length of passive waveguide is appended to a laser or other photonic circuit, and... [11 Jul 2008]
Distributed Intrusion Detection for Computer Systems Using Communicating Agents
White Paper Intrusion detection for computer systems is a key problem of today's Internet connected society. Almost all government agencies, businesses, schools, and most homes use the Internet, and many of their service providers use the Windows NT operating... [10 Jul 2008]
Implementing Ethernet I/O in the Pulp Mill
White Paper The majority of process variables that are displayed to operators, archived in historians, sliced, diced and analyzed by engineers are simple analog and discrete inputs. Large numbers of control outputs in process industries are simple outputs. [10 Jul 2008]
Load Balancing in Arbitrary Network Topologies With Stochastic Adversarial Input
White Paper This paper studies the long-term (steady state) performance of a simple, randomized, local load balancing technique under a broad range of input conditions. It assumes a system of n processors connected by an arbitrary network topology. [10 Jul 2008]
BEA Enterprise 360o Platform Helps "Warm" Up the Elderly in Taiwan
White Paper Taiwan's Secom Group (SECOM) planned to roll out a new elderly care service - U-Care to meet the needs of the growing number of senior citizens in the society. SECOM is recognized as a pioneer in Taiwan's security services industry and remains the... [09 Jul 2008]
The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim Ensures 24/7 Availability for Physicians With Scalable Platform
White Paper The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim wanted to create a stable platform for the ever-increasing number of users accessing the doctors' Web services portal and provide 24/7 availability for both the doctors' service portal and the general health... [08 Jul 2008]
