Role of Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers in WDM Environment ASSESSMENT OF MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGIES

1.0 INTRODUCTION 7

• 1.1 GENERAL 7
• 1.2 IMPROVEMENTS 7
• 1.3 OTN 7
• 1.4 OADM ROLE 8
• 1.5 DEMAND 9
• 1.6 HISTORY 9
• 1.7 SCOPE 10
• 1.8 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 11
• 1.9 TARGET AUDIENCE 11

2.0 TECHNOLOGY 12

• 2.1 NETWORK LAYERED STRUCTURE 12
  • 2.1.1 SUB-LAYERS 14
• 2.2 DWDM SYSTEM 15
• 2.3 OADM 17
  • 2.3.1 BENEFITS 19
• 2.4 OADM TYPES 19
  • 2.4.1 FIXED 20
  • 2.4.2 RECONFIGURABLE 20
  • 2.4.3 DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE 20
  • 2.4.4 SYSTEMS, SUBSYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS 21
• 2.5 FIXED OADM 22
  • 2.5.1 GENERAL 22
  • 2.5.2 CHOICES 23
  • 2.5.3 COMPONENTS 24
    • 2.5.3.1 Optical Interference Filters 24
    • 2.5.3.2 Fiber Grating 25
    • 2.5.3.4 Planar Waveguides 26
  • 2.5.4 LIMITATIONS 27
• 2.6 RECONFIGURABLE OADM 28
  • 2.6.1 REASON 28
  • 2.6.2 HISTORY 28
  • 2.6.3 TYPES 28
  • 2.6.4 ECONOMICS: CONSIDERATIONS 31
• 2.7 DR-OADM 31
  • 2.7.1 HISTORY: REALITY 31
  • 2.7.2 STRUCTURE 32
  • 2.7.3 DRIVERS 32
  • 2.7.4 BENEFITS 33
  • 2.7.5 CHALLENGES 34
  • 2.7.6 MAJOR COMPONENTS 34
    • 2.7.6.1 VOA and Switches 34
    • 2.7.6.2 Tunable Laser 35
• 2.8 SUMMARY 36

3.0 MARKET 37

• 3.1 METHODOLOGY 37
• 3.2 APPLICATION 37
• 3.3 CHANGES 37
• 3.4 A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY 38
• 3.5 DWDM MARKET 39
  • 3.5.1 CORE APPLICATIONS 39
    • 3.5.1.1 Categories 39
    • 3.5.1.2 Market Drivers 40
    • 3.5.1.3 Market Forecast 42
      • 3.5.1.3.1 Model Assumptions 42
      • 3.5.1.3.2 Estimates 42
  • 3.5.2 METRO DWDM 46
    • 3.5.2.1 General 46
    • 3.5.2.2 Estimates 46
• 3.6 OADM MARKET 47
  • 3.6.1 GENERAL 47
  • 3.6.2 FORECAST: METRO SEGMENT 47
  • 3.6.3 FORECAST: CORE SEGMENT 48
  • 3.6.4 SEGMENTATION 49
    • 3.6.4.1 By OADM Type 49
    • 3.6.4.2 By Geography 50

4.0 VENDORS 51

• AC PHOTONICS 51
• ADVA 52
• AFOP 53
• ALCATEL 54
• AOCTECH 56
• ALLIED TELESYN 57
• AVANEX 58
• CANOGA PERKINS 60
• CHROMUX 62
• CIENA 63
• CAPELLA PHOTONICS 65
• CISCO 66
• CORVIS (BROADWING) 67
• DICON (C, M ) 68
• FINISAR 69
• FUJITSU 69
• GLOBAL OPTICOM 70
• JDSU (M, C) 71
• LAMBDA CROSSING 74
• LIGHTCONNECT (C ) 75
• LYNX (C ) 76
• LUCENT 77
• MAHI NETWORKS 77
• MARCONI 78
• MRV 79
• NEC 80
• NEOPHOTONICS 81
• NORTEL 81
• O-ELAND (C ) 82
• OPTUN (C ) 83
• OPTOPLEX 84
• OPTOWAVES (C, M) 85
• PADTEC 85
• PHOTONIC BRIDGES 86
• PHOXTAL (C ) 87
• PRIMANEX (C, M) 89
• RBN (M, S) 90
• SANTEC 91
• SUMITOMI ELECTRIC 91
• TELLABS 92
• TERAXION 93
• TROPIC NETWORKS 94
• WORLD WIDE PACKETS 96
• XTELLUS 97
• XTERA 97

5.0 CONCLUSIONS 99