New global standard set for metro networks.

New global standard set for metro networks.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has removed a barrier to better short-haul optical communication networks in urban centers with the approval of a new standard. Officially known as ITU-T Recommendation G.694.2, the new standard specifies a set of wavelengths for use in what are known...

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Published in:IEEE spectrum 39, 8(duplicate) (2002).
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20 nm.
CWDM systems.
ITU.
ITU-T Recommendation G.694.2.
International Telecommunication Union.
Coarse wavelength-division multiplexing.
Short-haul optical communication networks.
Urban centers.
Wavelengths.