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- Free On-Demand Webcast: How to Perform Advanced Fiber Troubleshooting using an OTDR
- An Optical Time Domain Reflectometer OTDR is an important instrument used by organizations to certify the performance of new fiber links and detect problems with existing fiber links. New technology has enabled a wide range of automatic capability in today's OTDRs. However, understanding OTDR traces and how...
- Tags: Performance, On-demand, Fluke Networks, Fiber, Optical Time Domain Reflectometer, Network Technology, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Webcasts 2008-04-01
Additional Resources
- Advanced OTDR Analysis - Has Technology Made it a Lost Art?
- Is the ability to manually set up tests and interpret Optical Time Domain Reflectometer OTDR traces becoming a lost art, due to embedded processors and sophisticated software? This article discusses some of the advanced OTDR techniques that expert technicians use to perform during testing. Similar to a...
- Tags: Fluke Networks, Productivity, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2008-04-23
- Light Trails: A Sub-Wavelength Solution for Optical Networking
- All-optical networks are able to transport data from source to destination entirely in the optical domain. This is a departure from current optical networks that rely on Optical-Electrical-Optical OEO conversion at each intermediate connection node to route data properly. The opacity inherent in traditional networks is costly in terms of...
- Tags: Iowa State University, MPLS, Network, Node, Networking, Fiber Optics, Network Technology, Optical Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Free On-Demand Webcast: Choosing an OTDR for your Enterprise Fiber Optic Testing
- Whether you're a Network Engineer responsible for preparing your network for new applications, or a Cabling Contractor certifying new fiber links, an optical time domain reflectometer OTDR can be a powerful tool for you. "How to Choose an OTDR for Enterprise Fiber Testing" is the first available webcast in a...
- Tags: Webcast, On-demand, Fiber-optics, Fluke Networks
- Webcasts 2008-02-01
- Cooperative Data-Optical InterNetworking: Distributed Multi-Layer Optimization
- This paper presents a novel approach for joint optical network provisioning and IP traffic engineering, in which the IP and optical networks collaboratively optimize a combined objective of network performance and lightpath provisioning cost. A framework is developed for distributed multi-layer optimization. This framework is built upon the IP-over-Optical IPO...
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Solution, Optical Network, Optimization, Network, Formulation, Provisioning, Domain, Framework, Alcatel, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers
- Service Level Agreement in Optical Networks
- This paper proposes a Service Level Agreement applied to the Optical domain (O-SLA), which is expected to be the near and long term network technology thanks, among other things, to the great bandwidth capacity offered by optical devices. After an exposition of the rationale behind an optical SLA, parameters which...
- Tags: SLA, Optical Network, Service Level Management, Networking, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2004-11-15
- Distributed Nonlinear Integer Optimization for Data-Optical Internetworking
- This paper presents a novel approach for joint optical network provisioning and Internet Protocol IP traffic engineering, in which the IP and optical networks collaboratively optimize a combined objective of network performance and lightpath provisioning cost. The authors develop a framework for distributed multilayer optimization. This framework is built upon...
- Tags: Optical Network, Optimization, Network, Formulation, Provisioning, Domain, IEEE, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Optical Networking and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
- 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 all-optical network like Optical Amplifiers, Optical Add/Drop Multiplexors, Optical Splitters etc. Important optical networking concepts like wavelength routing and wavelength...
- Tags: DWDM, Optical Networking, Fiber Optics, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 1999-11-24
- Optical CDMA With Optical Orthogonal Code
- This paper examines optical CDMA communication techniques with optical orthogonal codes. Simulations that show the desired properties of theses codes and their use in optical CDMA are reported in the paper. Based on the simulations, the paper investigates the properties of optical CDMA. Probability of error is also evaluated in...
- Tags: CDMA, University Of Texas, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2002-12-11
- Embarcadero Technologies Case Study: Optical Solutions
- 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 Optical Solutions' products is embedded, and because it operates behind-the-scenes, customers expect it to work hassle-free. Optical Solutions also recognized a huge opportunity in...
- Tags: Embarcadero Technologies, Optical Solutions, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, UML, Telecommunications, Networking, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- ADOS (exe)
- ADOS, a program for automatic design, analysis, and optimization of optical systems. ADOS is optical design program with scope needed to meet today's requirements of optical designers. ADOS provide an integrated software environment that enables you complete almost any task in contemporary optical design. ADOS is full-featured program that can...
- Tags: Program, Environment, ADOS
- Software downloads 2004-12-30
- New Life for Dead Storage Technologies: Consumer-Driven Optical Storage in the Data Center
- Download this white paper from PowerFile to find out why consumer-driven optical technologies like DVD and its next-generation blue-laser counterparts are leading a "coming rebirth" of optical technology in enterprise data centers. The paper examines: Why optical storage technology has been a near-failure for the last...
- Tags: PowerFile, Data Center, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2006-10-01
- MPLS in Optical Networks
- 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 switched IP networks, optical network providers have driven a process to generalize the applicability of MPLS to ...
- Tags: Optical Network, MPLS, Fiber Optics, Networking, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications
- White papers 2001-07-12
- Basics of Optical Networking
- Optical networks have been making “waves” recently, following the opening up of the national long distance market. We can expect a few Indian operators to install national optical networking backbones (surely, even just going by all the digging on the streets!). By and large, these backbones...
- Tags: DWDM, Optical Networking, Fiber Optics, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2000-11-28
- Optical Mouse Problems - Windows XP
- The problem I am currently having is that my optical mouse (Logitech MX-510 Performance Optical Mouse) will freeze from time to time for about 5-10 seconds, and I usually have to pick it up and put it back down a few times to "wake" it back up again.I'm wondering if...
- Tags: Mice, jaredm82@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, optical mouse, mouse
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Dynamic Injection Control Module for Optical Packet Switching Fabrics
- Optical Packet Switched OPS networks offer the unique combination of encompassing the enormous capacity of the optical domain while providing versatile connectivity afforded by individual packet routing. The insertion of OPS networks to alleviate the electronic bottleneck has been proposed for a range of systems including core routers, local- and...
- Tags: Packet, Network, Packet-switching, Columbia University, High-performance Computing, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Networking, Management
- White papers 2005-10-27
- Multi-Hop Optical-Label Switching Using Optical 3R Regeneration
- This paper experimentally demonstrates the multi-hop operation of an optical-label switching router with label swapping and optical 3R at each hop. A semiconductor optical amplifier based Mach-Zehnder interferometer wavelength converter performs reshaping. A Fabry-Perot filter all-optically recovers the clock from the incoming packets in burst mode. The synchronous modulation through...
- Tags: Hop, University Of California, 3R Regeneration, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Routers & Switches, Semiconductors, Telecommunications, Hardware
- White papers 2006-07-04
- Optical Illusion Of The Day (zip)
- Optical Illusion Of The Day pulls the latest illusion from Mighty Optical Illusions Web site and shows it on your desktop. If you click on the image, browser takes you to that particular illusion's description and comments.
- Tags: Illusion, Web Browsers, Desktops, Internet, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-04-18
- Design Tools for Transparent Optical Networks
- Optical technology promises to revolutionize data networking by providing enormous bandwidth for data transport at minimal cost. A key to cost reduction is to increase transparency, that is, to keep a data stream encoded as an optical signal for as long as possible. Wavelength switching increases transparency by allowing different...
- Tags: Optical Network, Wavelength, Tool, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Productivity, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-08-04
- Data and Media Migration From the IBM 3995 Optical Library Dataserver to 30GB Ultra Density Optical (UDO) Media in an i5/OS Environment
- IBM introduced the 3996 Optical Library for attachment to the IBM System i platform using i5/OS. The 3996 features the latest 5.25 inch optical technology 30GB Ultra Density Optical UDO drives and media. IBM has also enhanced i5/OS to support and has tested interoperability with the Plasmon G-Series for IBM...
- Tags: Media, Migration, IBM Corp., Ultra Density Optical, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2006-10-03
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