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OFC/NFOEC News & Analysis Google Wants Variable-Rate Ethernet 03/27/2013 - It's a fringe requirement, but somehow, we're guessing we'll hear more about it Most Recent Post: mvissers... "to suffer from massive structural inefficiency, which will be worsening with the ever coarser L1/0 connection bandwidth granularity (100>400>1000Gbps), so long as the L1 bandwidth rates are non-adaptive." You seem to... More by Craig Matsumoto Cisco Defends Its 100G Silicon Project 03/25/2013 - The company insists its CPAK 100Gbit/s transceivers are the right move, even though the proprietary parts don't seem that far ahead of the market Most Recent Post: Rush21120... They brought Lightwire, what else does anyone think they would do? Follow? Nope, not Cisco. However, its been proven many times to go against standard is not the best path,... More by Craig Matsumoto Related Broadcom Helps Out With a Key 100G Part 03/21/2013 - A key chip in the coherent 100G ecosystem gets a refresh, with Broadcom getting invited to help Japan Inc. Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... I guess ClariPhy is expected to be the next company out with a merchant 100G coherent DSP....? I didn't have a chance to ping MultiPhy at OFC/NFOEC. Anyone know what... More by Craig Matsumoto Related Juniper's Optical Plan Didn't Faze ADVA 03/21/2013 - Yeah, Juniper's PTX can now snub its 100G partner, but that was all part of the plan, ADVA's CEO says Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... Juniper's architecture diagrams show T4000s sitting just outside the supercore (as Juniper calls it), feeding into the PTXs/ROADMs there. Other routers are involved, too; naturally, it's one of those pictures... More by Craig Matsumoto Related Photos from OFC/NFOEC 2013 03/20/2013 - A first sampling of the optical confab at work and play (mostly work) in Anaheim Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... ahem (and thank you, Disqus) ... as I tried to say, Phil came up with a better caption: "Layers of the network." You've got the beer layer, the wine layer... More by Craig Matsumoto Related OpenFlow Goes Optical 03/20/2013 - Optical vendors have said for a while that they're a perfect match for OpenFlow. Now they're taking the relationship to the next level Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... There's lots of SDN buzz at OFC/NFOEC. Optical vendors see it as a way to increase their importance to carriers, but they admit it's a years-long change, since carriers don't... More by Craig Matsumoto Related Pics: OSA Exec Forum 2013 03/19/2013 - CenturyLink, Verizon, and Google executives spoke at the annual Optical Society of America Executive Forum this week in Anaheim, Calif. More by Phil Harvey Related Facebook Could Use Some Optical Help 03/18/2013 - Traffic challenges in Facebook's data centers will require some optical ingenuity to fix, a keynoter says at the OSA Executie Forum Most Recent Post: PDXJay... Hi Craig,I think we may have what Najam is looking for. At Lightfleet, we have built a working optical distribution module using free space optics in a confined space. It... More by Craig Matsumoto Related Coriant's OFC Outing 03/18/2013 - Marlin Equity unveils its pitch to the optical sector, confirms the name Light Reading revealed last month and unveils its logo Most Recent Post: Phil Harvey... I was thinking of punctuation. In fact, I'm still thinking of punctuation. Period. With ripples in the pond. More by Ray Le Maistre Related Juniper Aims Big With 100G Optical 03/18/2013 - Who knew Juniper was that much of an optical company? (Who knew the PTX system was a 'router?') Most Recent Post: chechaco... Can assure you and readers that IETF standard would not violate MPLS-TP Architecture. Can not speak for ITU-T though, nor any proprietary solution there might be. More by Craig Matsumoto Related Ericsson Runs 1Tbit/s for Telstra 03/17/2013 - The week's OFC/NFOEC coverage kicks off with terabit, of course More by Craig Matsumoto Related Startup Acacia Makes a 100G Splash 03/15/2013 - It's been a pretty good year for the optical startup. When's the last time you saw that sentence? Most Recent Post: chuckj... Forgive me for being highly skeptical of anything these Telco's tell their suppliers about their demand, is 1000, 10% of the total 100G coherent devices ever deployed, or is 1000,... More by Craig Matsumoto Related Cisco Goes Inside With Silicon Photonics 03/14/2013 - The Lightwire acquisition has already been applied to Cisco's next generation of ASICs Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... Yep, I agree the router low-end will get eaten away. Cisco seems to doubt that (or, to put it another way, maybe they can't afford to believe it?) -- Lloyd's... More by Craig Matsumoto Related Coherent 100G Starts Getting Pluggable 03/13/2013 - All the pieces to shrink 100G interfaces are on the way, including some line-side CFP2 modules that will be shown at OFC/NFOEC Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... Hadn't heard about that issue at all. Thanks for bringing it up. Anybody else have any insights into this? Connectors aren't an area I know much about. More by Craig Matsumoto Related AT&T Claims 400G Distance Record 03/12/2013 - Brace yourself for a bevy of 400G papers at OFC/NFOEC, including one that promises to send signals halfway around the world Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... I realize 12K km is an OFC "hero" kind of result, but there's a part of me that likes to revel in those while at OFC. It's part of the... More by Craig Matsumoto Related MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS OFC/NFOEC Newswire Feed NeoPhotonics Closes Lapis Deal - 03/29/2013 Sumitomo Targets 100G CPF4 - 03/21/2013 Sumitomo Shows 100G Tunable Lasers - 03/21/2013 Huawei Unveils 40T WDM Protoype - 03/21/2013 Anritsu, Semtech Demo Linear Driver Implementations - 03/21/2013 OE Intros Cooled Single-Channel - 03/21/2013 Tektronix 'Scopes Reach 70GHz - 03/21/2013 Cisco Brings 100G to Kansas - 03/21/2013 M/A-COM Intros Low-Power EML Driver - 03/21/2013 Juniper Adds 100G to Supercore - 03/21/2013 JDSU Storms OFC/NFOEC - 03/21/2013 Inphi Intros 2nd Gen Gearbox - 03/21/2013 MORE NEWSFEED	#OFCNFOEC Slideshows More OFC/NFOEC 2013 Pics Photos from OFC/NFOEC 2013 Pics: OSA Exec Forum 2013 OFC/NFOEC 2012: In Pictures OSA 2012: In Pictures MORE SLIDESHOWS Heavy Lifting ANALYST NOTES Next-Gen Challenges of LTE RF Design By Tim Kridel Current challenges add up to major, emerging, long-term opportunities for antenna vendors and other RF companies MORE HEAVY LIFTING Special Features EuroProfile: SwiftServe Paul Rainford A subtle blend of British and Singaporean talent, SwiftServe is on a mission to bring the fine art of transparent caching to the world of content delivery EuroProfile: Streamwide Paul Rainford Value-added services developer is going global as mobile broadband and the cloud become the norm New Product Recap: November 2012 SPIT dominates our monthly new-product roundup MORE SPECIAL FEATURES Research Services MORE RESEARCH REAL WORLD RESEARCH Biometrics Offer Promise for More Secure Smartphones This report examines the market for biometric authentication on smartphones, analyzing the most lucrative verticals for the market, and discussing drivers and challenges in the industry. 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See us at: Booth #: 2519 MORE Events Webinars MORE EVENTS Events Webinars MORE WEBINARS Most Popular Read Blogs Talk Cisco Preps Its Next Core Router: The 'CTR' 05/31/2013 Photos: Ethernet's 40th Anniversary 05/23/2013 ZTE Passes Alcatel-Lucent 05/29/2013 Euronews: AlcaLu D-Day Is June 19 05/30/2013 Is NSN Ready to Be Sold? 06/14/2013 Security Concerns Cling to Huawei 06/06/2013 Read Blogs Talk Cisco Preps Its Next Core Router: The 'CTR' 05/31/2013 Photos: Ethernet's 40th Anniversary 05/23/2013 ZTE Passes Alcatel-Lucent 05/29/2013 Euronews: AlcaLu D-Day Is June 19 05/30/2013 Is NSN Ready to Be Sold? 06/14/2013 Security Concerns Cling to Huawei 06/06/2013 Read Blogs Talk Google Fiber's Future Looks Limited upd: 2013-05-21T21:48:14 CTIA: Verizon Pushes for Single-Mode LTE upd: 2013-05-22T09:00:17 Playing the Mobile Data Game upd: 2013-05-17T20:11:50 CTIA: T-Mobile's 4G/LTE Snaps at Verizon's Heels upd: 2013-05-22T16:34:49 Verizon Taps AlcaLu & Ericsson for 4G Small Cells upd: 2013-05-21T21:26:34 MW13 Slide Show: Nice is Nice! upd: 2013-05-17T05:47:10 White Papers SPONSORED CONTENT Featured New Popular Programmable Panacea or Executable Nightmare? What Telcos Need to Know About Session Virtualization - by Heavy Reading 06/17/2013 Policy Control & SDN: A Perfect Match? - by Heavy Reading 06/06/2013 Putting Metaswitch's SBC Software to the Test - by Metaswitch Networks 06/05/2013 Network Transformation - by Light Reading 05/31/2013 Mobile Security: Protecting the DNS & Other Key Infrastructure - by Heavy Reading 05/30/2013 The True Cost of SMS Spam - by Heavy Reading 05/20/2013 Synchronization for Next Generation Networks—The PTP Telecom Profile - by Symmetricom 05/09/2013 Control Plane Elasticity & Virtualization in the 4G Core - by Heavy Reading 05/09/2013 Cable Finds Big Opportunity in Big(ger) Business - by Heavy Reading 05/08/2013 Small Cells and the Evolution of Backhaul Assurance - by JDSU 05/07/2013 Developing a QoS Aware Framework for LTE - by Aricent 04/11/2013 Understanding Ethernet Ring Protection Switching for Carrier Networks - by Aricent 04/11/2013 LTE: The Trigger for Next-Gen Backhaul - by Heavy Reading 04/08/2013 Global Communications Industry Insight: A Holistic Approach To Customer Experience – by Oracle 04/03/2013 Vectoring: Accelerating the Delivery of Ultra Broadband Services - by ADTRAN 04/03/2013 The Road to True "TV Everywhere" - by Heavy Reading 03/28/2013 Build your cloud, build your profit - by Citrix 03/20/2013 Building success in the cloud - by Citrix 03/20/2013 Enhancing Customer Experience Through Rapid MPLS Provisioning - by Heavy Reading 03/15/2013 Optimizing Small Cells and the Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) - by JDSU 03/07/2013 When the Voice of the Customer is Not Enough - by JDSU 03/04/2013 Adoption of Cloud Computing Hinges on Application Performance - by JDSU 03/04/2013 A Breakthrough for Network Intelligence - by JDSU 03/04/2013 LTE Network Monetization: Combining the Data Plane, Signaling and User Data - by F5 Networks 02/19/2013 Cross-channel marketing and sales provides a uniform, personalized buying experience - by Analysys Mason 01/23/2013 ALL WHITE PAPERS Featured New Popular Programmable Panacea or Executable Nightmare? 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