Optical nets brace for even heavier traffic.

Thanks to that Internet, backbone traffic has been increasing at a compound annual growth rate of more than 100 percent for several years. The owners of the backbone infrastructure, which is almost entirely fiber-based, are therefore eagerly embracing technologies that add to the capacity of fiber-o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE spectrum 38, 1 (2001).
1. Verfasser:	Riezenman, M.J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Schlagworte:	TDM data stream bit rate increase. WDM. Economics. Fiber optic backbone infrastructure. Fiberless optics. Last mile. Optical networks. Time division multiplexing. Unguided laser beams transmission. Wavelength division multiplexing.