This article proposes a service level agreement applied to the optical domain (O-SLA),
which is expected to be the near-and long-term network technology of the great bandwidth …

Optical transmission technology is progressing to the point where it can deliver data at rates
that can strain conventional electronic broadband networks. We discuss how optical …

Optical access technology is now standardized, commercially available, and being deployed
in some countries. In general, technology continues to develop, and optical access is no …

It is clear that there is a huge potential demand for high bandwidth services that, at some
point in the future, could be deliveredover the fixed network. The most promising technology …

Long-Reach Optical Access Technologies Page 1 5 0890-8044/07/$20.00 © 2007 IEEE IEEE
Network • September/October 2007 s broadband uptake increases globally, the services offered …

The Internet revolution. Once, the public was delighted with 14.4 modem access and
fascinated by low-tech Web site content. But not for long. Technology has raced to keep up …

This article takes a broad look at a variety of optical network technologies that have been
developed over the past two decades and comments on why some were successful in the …

Over the past 25 years, networks have evolved from being relatively static with fairly
homogeneous traffic to being more configurable and carrying a heterogeneous array of …

Since the collapse of the market for optical communications equipment at the beginning of
the millennium, there has been diminished interest and investment in technologies for long …