Optical networkingWill the all-optical network of the future provide high-capacity, low-cost transport for Internet, multimedia and advanced digital services?
Overviews
What is optical fiber? Discusses primarily the benefits of fiber optic cable. Startech.com. Tutorials on optical networking Simple, coherent collection of tutorials with the addition of some British wit. Optastic.com. Major optical resources
Network World review of optical hardware Optastic.com. All-Optical Networking Consortium A consortium formed by Bell Labs, Digital Equipment and MIT, and funded by DARPA with the goal of building prototypes for all-optical networks.
Dense wavelength division multiplexing Extensive list of links to a large number of optical projects. All-Optical Networking Consortium. National Transparent Optical Network Consortium (NTONC) A DARPA-funded project to develop an advanced networking research testbed.
SPIE Web (International Society for Optical Engineering)
Archive of the Optical Networking newsletter Online forum for optical industry professionals. Light Reading E-zine on optical networking for the professional. Optical Internetworking Forum Optical forum to promote and publish international standards. 2000 Laser and Fiber - Optical Networks Modeling IEEE Staff (Editor) IEEE, 2000. $124.00 ExperTech Series - ATM, DWDM & ISDN Hill Associates, Inc. Hill Associates, Inc, 1999. $269.00 ExperTech Series: Introduction to DWDM Hill Associates, Inc. Hill Associates, Inc, 1999. $139.00 Introduction to DWDM Technology: Data in a Rainbow Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos IEEE, 1999. $64.95 Multichannel Optical Networks (Network Theory and Applications, V.1) Peng-Jun Wan Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. $149.00 Multiwavelength Optical Networks: A Layered Approach Thomas E. Stern, Krishna Bala Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1999. $73.00 Optical Networking Crash Course Steven Shepard McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 2001. $34.95 Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective, Second Edition Rajiv Ramaswami, Kumar Sivarajan Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2001. $69.95 Optical WDM Networks - Principles and Practice Krishna M. Sivalingam (Editor), Suresh Subramaniam (Editor) Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. $125.00 Dark fiber Dark fiber - a definition Whatis.com. Shedding new light on dark fiber Network World, 03/05/01. Nextlink spreads its wings overseas Network World, 06/05/00. FPL FiberNet and BellSouth sign dark fiber agreement Fiber Optics Online 4/12/01. SONET
Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Tutorial Features primer and tutorials, vendor links, FAQs, standards and a glossary.
Can we ditch SONET? Network World, 04/10/00.
New optical standard needed to surpass SONET The Edge, 12/18/00. SONET telecommunications standard primer A graphical depiction of SONET technology. Tektronix.com Introduction to SONET technology. About.com. Intelligent services make MANs hot Network World, 05/08/00.
What is DWDM An excellent tutorial on the importance of DWDM in optical networks. A Web Proforum from the IEC. DWDM - A basic description for the non-technologist A bit of typically British humor. Optastic.com. Optical networks and DWDM Abstract of academic paper (available free online) that deals with both available technology and industry issues. Ohio State University. Building 10 Gigabit/DWDM metro area networks Light Reading, 10/27/00. Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing A technology guide. (Must register). Techguide.com.
WDM and DWDM
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Web Resources
WDM Description Network World, 04/10/00.
The end of DWDM as we know it? Network World, 04/17/00.
Lucent in venture to beam network traffic through lasers
Making optical networks more flexible
Not just smoke and mirrors Today's problems and tomorrow's promises. Light Reading, 3/2000. The direction of the optical networking market A tutorial on future trends in optical networking. IEC. The optical networking war rages on Forbes.com, 5/30/00. Predicting the unpredictable - technology and society A paper predicting technology trends 1999 to 2009 for the non-technologist audience. David Farber, University of Pennsylvania. All-optical networks may one day form national backbone Although this article was written in 1999, it presents in interesting diagrammatic form the all-optical network that is still in the future. OE Reports, 08/99. Optical provisioning: Light years ahead Light Reading, 08/2000. Tunable Lasers and Future Optical Networks Compound Semiconductor Magazine, 08/2000. The Future of Metro Optical Networks Evolution rather than revolution says Astral Point. Broadband Industry News. Security and optical networks Advanced Network Group's project on secure all-optical networks. More links List of optical associations Light Reading lists Optical Associations. What's next in broadband? Building the high-speed access ramp Clever graphic slide presentation from Lucent Technologies. Metropolitan optical networks Light Reading, 6/23/2000. Take the fiber-optics trivia challenge A new game every week to test your fiber optics knowledge. Fiber optics online. A Fiber-Optic Chronology 2500 B.C. through the present. Jeff Hecht The latest news on optical networking Network World. Know of other resources that should be listed here? Mail your suggestions to Online Researcher Elaine Valovic.
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