Perfect Eye! Nortel's WARP Chip and eDCO Optical Dispersion Correction Technology

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
• Situation Overview
  • Introduction
  • Technology Positioning
  • Figure: Schematic Eye Diagrams of Uncompensated Optical Signal, Before and After Dispersion
  • Technology Life Cycle
  • Figure: Evolution of Fibre-Optic Line Capacity, 1980-2006
    • Faster Lasers
    • Dense Wave-Division Multiplexing
    • Dispersion Compensation
    • Figure: Conventional Fibre Optic Dispersion Management with Compensating Fibre Modules
  • Nortel' s Novel Approach and eDCO Benchmarks
  • Figure: Mathematics of Optical Chromatic Dispersion - or Eye Closure
  • Figure: Nortel WARP Optical Dispersion ASIC
  • Figure: Optical Signal Eye Diagrams at 10Gbps with Nortel eDCO Processing
  • New Technology Drivers
    • Need for Bandwidth
      • Triple-Play Services
    • FTTX Deployment Options
      • Passive Optical Networks
      • Ethernet and GPON
      • Figure: Examples of FTTH Deployments in Japan and United States
    • FTTX Deployment Beginning in Earnest
  • Pricing Trends
  • Figure: Cost of a Fibre-to-the-Home Connection per Home, 2000-2007 ($US)
• Future Outlook
  • Market Impact
  • Figure: Comparison of Optical Network with and Without eDCO Compensation
  • What Does This Mean?
    • Expanded Optical Market
      • Optical Ethernet
        • Competition from Cisco
      • Wireless Backhaul
    • Improved Performance for Nortel
    • Toward All-Optical Networks
• Essential Guidance
  • Strategies
  • Partners
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Definitions
  • Methodology
  • Synopsis