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::: News Digest

Long-Haul DWDM Sales Surge as the Bandwidth Glut Ends, New Report Finds
Earthtimes.org:  Worldwide sales of long-haul DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) products grew by more than 30 percent in 2006, to $1.8 billion, as network operators scrambled to add capacity in the wake of surging demand for bandwidth, according to a major new report from Heavy Reading (), the market research division of CMP Technology's Light Reading...more
Vendors Vie for FT GPON Deal
Light Reading:  FTTH Council Europe 2007 -- Fiber access equipment vendors are lining up to pitch for a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) deal at France Telecom SA (NYSE: FTE - message board), which is planning to spend €270 million (US$351 million) on a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) buildout during the next two years. (See FT Fleshes Out FTTH and PON & FTTx Update.) ...more
Lucent and Freescale, a semiconductor company, have teamed up for GPON
TMCnet:  Alcatel (News - Alert)-Lucent and Freescale, a semiconductor company, have teamed up in order to speed up the adoption of fiber-to-the-home technologies by jointly developing gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) technology and interoperability specifications for vendors of terminal equipment. ...more
Amedia to Deliver First-Ever GPON Home Gateway with Built-In Home Networking and Media Library
Business Wire (press release), CA:  Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTC BB: AANI), a provider of next generation media gateways to distribute and manage ultra-broadband triple-play services in the home, today announced the development of the worlds first GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) gateway with built-in home networking capabilities and a personal media library. The HG-G1000 is being designed to provide the integrated functionality of an in-home Broadband Home Router (BHR), an outdoor Optical Network Term...more
MAGPI/University of Pennsylvania Connect to New Internet2 Network
PR Newswire (press release), NY:  Internet2 today announced that the MAGPI advanced networking hub at the University of Pennsylvania has connected to the new Internet2 Network, providing the research and education community in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware region access to the most high-performance nationwide networking capabilities available. The new network node located in Philadelphia extends the reach of Internet2's 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) nationwide network to its members in the region. With ov...more
Asia’s Communications System Begins to Return to Normal
Asia Sentinel, China:  As the New Year dawns, Asia’s telecommunications and cable companies appear finally to be making progress in returning the region’s communications structure to normal in the wake of the December 26 earthquake that damaged undersea cables on the sea floor thousands of meters below the surface a few kilometers south of Ta...more

::: White Papers

Pondering Passive Optical Networking Deployment :  This paper will assess the key considerations in selecting among alternatives for PON, and propose a...more
The Benefits of Reconfigurable Photonic Networks :  Reconfigurable OADMs (ROADMs) facilitate network design, commissioning, set-up and provisioning, bot...more

::: E-Zines

Laser Focus World Magazine :  Magazine providing expertise in laser technology advances, photonics technology, photovoltaic techno......more
Lightreading :  Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), owned by CMP Media, is the ultimate source for technology and......more

::: Industry Forums, Standard Bodies and Technical Groups

IEEE P802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile Task Force :  IEEE P802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile Task Force...more
Active IETF Working Groups :  Active IETF Working Groups; IETF stands for Internet Engineering Task Force...more

::: Magazines and Journals

IEEE Communications Magazine :  IEEE Communications Magazine, considered by many to be their most important member benefit, provides...more
Electronics Letters :  Electronics Letters is the essential journal containing the latest developments and research in the ...more

::: Online Seminars and Tutorials

International Engineering Consortium :  The IEC Web ProForum tutorials feature the latest technical and business issues of vital concern to ...more
Ciena Optical University :  Ciena Optical University ...more

::: Books

Optical Networking Crash Course:  Penetrate the facts behind the speculation on optical networking's promise as a potential solution t...more
MPLS-Based VPNs Designing Advanced Virtual Networks:  Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) enables enterprises and service providers to supercharge their ...more

::: Network Planning and Simulation Tools

OPNET WDM Guru :  SP Guru Transport Planner is an advanced network planning solution that enables service providers an...more
VPI transportmaker :  With an array of powerful network planning capabilities, VPItransportMaker can produce optimal netwo...more

::: Techincal Paper Search Engines

ITPapers search :  White paper search ...more
Computer Science Biblio. :  http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/...more

::: Free Patent Search

Complete list: Patent Search Engines :  Complete list: Patent Search Engines...more
WIPO Patent Database (International) :  The Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides access to intellectual property data col...more

::: Technical Writing and Research Skills

Research Resources (complied by Richard G. Baraniuk) :  Useful tips on how to succeed in graduate school and your subsequent research career ...more
Paul Hensel's Writing Tips :  The primary purpose of this web page is to give students easy access to tools that might help their ...more

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