Fiber-Optic Communications
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Technology Map Detailed Contents May 2003
Recent Developments
- Telecom Threats and Opportunities from China
- Intel's Push Into the Optical-Networking Industry
- Carrier-Class Linux
- Trenchless Deployment Techniques for Access Networks
Updates
Importance of the Technology
The Technology in Brief
- Optical-Fiber Properties
- Transmitter, Amplifier, and Receiver Components
- Supporting Components: Splices, Connectors, and Couplers
- Multiplexing/Demultiplexing
- Networking Technologies
Commercial Development Parameters
- General Constraints
- Regulatory Factors
- Competing Technologies
- Synergistic Technologies
Areas to Monitor
- Chinese Vendor Success
- Component Commoditization
- Network Processors
- Migration to 40 Gbits/s
- Hype
- xDSL
- Plastic Optical Fiber
- Trenching Restrictions
- Demand
Implications
- Demand for Extreme Access
- Fiber Glut?
- The Need for Informed Decisions
- Full-Service Networks
- Network Reliability
- Fiber-Optic Computer Networks
Market Development
Applications
- Submarine Transmission
- Trunk Telecommunications
- Local Loops and Metro Loops
- Local-Area and Premise Networks
- Digital Cable-Television Distribution
- Military Applications
- Commercial and Military Avionics
- Automotive Control Systems
- Highway Networks
- Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Systems
- Electric Power Distribution Systems
- Electronic Circuit Interconnects
- Orbital and Spacecraft Systems