Opportunities in Dispersion Compensation: Electronic, Optical and Tunable

Table of Contents

• E.1 Opportunities in Dispersion Compensation
• E.2. Firms to Watch
• E.3 Summary of Market Forecasts

• 1.1 Background to this Report
  • 1.1.1 PMD and CD
• 1.2 Goals and Scope of this Report
• 1.3 Methodology of this Report
• 1.4 Plan of Report

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Emerging Dispersion Compensation Issues in the Public Network
  • 2.2.1 Long-Haul and Ultra-Long Haul Networks
  • 2.2.2 Metro Networks
  • 2.2.3 Potential Need For Dispersion Compensation Access Networks
  • 2.2.4 Impact of Deployment of Advanced Modulation Schemes
• 2.3 How Dispersion Compensation is Being Used in 10 GigE Networks

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Current and Future Role of Dispersion Compensation Fiber in the Network
• 3.3 Fiber-Based Dispersion Compensation Modules: Current and Future Use
• 3.4 Tunable Dispersion Compensation Modules
  • 3.4.1 Mechanisms for Tunability
  • 3.4.2 Current and Future Use
• 3.5 Electronic Dispersion Compensation
  • 3.5.1 EDC for 10 GigE
  • 3.5.2 EDC for Public Networks

• 4.1 Forecasting Methodology
  • 4.1.1 Sources of Error and Alternative Scenarios
• 4.2 Forecast of Dispersion Compensation Products by Network Segment
• 4.3 Forecast of Dispersion Compensation products by Technology