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Fiber Optic:
Information Gatekeepers Inc.
Market Study October 2003
To date, a great deal of research and subsequent product development in the optical networking area has focused on the fundamentals of providing long distance, high-capacity transport technology. This work has resulted in the startling advancements in DWDM, CWDM, optical switching, high-capacity routers, new specialized fibers, optical amplifiers and other supporting hardware and software. In just two years, the focus has turned to more efficient ways to use the capacity and capabilities made possible by all of this development. Broadly speaking, we can characterize this new effort as ‘Control,’ and that control will be all important, because of its impact on operations costs.
This newest report from the Lightwave Series, "R-OADMs – The Lightwave Under Control!" is the definitive report on Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexers (R-OADMs). These devices are finally going to answer all carriers’ desires to be able to control optical domain networks with the same flexibility and ease, as they are familiar with in SONET oriented networks. R-OADMs will provide all of the capacity of wavelength engineering with the ease and familiarity of SONET! These devices will usher in the truly intelligent optical network era.
R-OADMs will be systems that allow the very flexible, remote selection of wavelengths transiting a given intermediate node on a fiber network for drop and/or adding.
- They will allow access to any of the wavelengths going through a given node.
- They will allow the use of the data on the chosen wavelength and possibly adding to or modifying the data on that wavelength for transmitting on to the next node(s).
- All of this can be done without impacting the through wavelengths in any way.
The market forecasts included in the report are very comprehensive, including various types of R-OADMs, as well as forecasts for the major sub-systems and components of R-OADMs. Both US and Global forecasts are provided and units as well as market totals are included. All of theses forecasts are based on discussions with industry participants as well as on the author’s extensive experience in the industry. A comprehensive model for development (a time schedule for significant events) of the R-OADM market is the prime driver of the forecasts. This model is explained in detail in the report.
This report covers all aspects of this rapidly developing product line. Included are:
- Full description of the R-OADM and its relationship to other network elements.
- Detailed analysis of the application possibilities for R-OADMs
- Discussion of all the technologies and architectures being considered for implementing R-OADMs.
- Discussion and analysis of the market drivers for R-OADMs.
- A detailed model for the market development of R-OADMs.
- Detailed US and Global forecasts for R-OADM markets, both on a unit basis and a dollar basis.
- Forecasts for US and Global components resulting from R-OADM development and deployment.
- Sensitivity analysis for market forecasts.
- Listing and discussion of the major vendors involved in R-OADMs both at the component and system level.
- A compilation of which vendors are following each of the candidate architectures.
- All sections are profusely illustrated with original drawings, tables, and charts.
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