WDM PON Forum Mission Statement

 

The goal of the WDM-PON forum is to provide a resource for researchers, component and equipment suppliers, carriers, and other parties interested in passive optical networking technologies that utilize dedicated wavelengths as a method to provision services in access networks and to promote and advance the technologies required to enable cost-effective wavelength division multiplexing in Passive Optical Networks.

 

The forum endeavors to advance these technologies as means to provide high bandwidth, scalable services with physical-layer security, low energy consumption, and low total lifetime cost of ownership.
  		 

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  • Marlin brings Sycamore Network Solutions under Coriant

    In an expected move, Marlin Equity Partners has folded Sycamore Networks Solutions, Inc., which it acquired this past January (see “Sycamore Networks Solutions begins new chapter”) into Coriant, the former optical networks business of Nokia Siemens Networks that Marlin purchased this past May (see “Coriant unleashed as Marlin Equity Partners closes acquisition”). Sycamore now becomes Coriant America Inc. and Coriant adds optical mesh switching, multi-service switching, and additional intelligent control plane expertise to its existing line of optical transport and software-defined network (SDN) enabled software platforms, including the newly released Intelligent Optical Control platform

  • Accedian Networks SkyLIGHT shines on performance assurance

    Accedian Networks has unveiled a performance assurance software platform called SkyLIGHT that it says provides the benefits of software-defined networking (SDN) to mobile backhaul applications. SkyLIGHT is designed to support real-time optimization of mobile backhaul performance, even in a multi-vendor network.

  • Alcatel-Lucent shifts and optical transport, FTTx shift with it

    Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) CEO Michel Combes today unveiled his vision for how he’ll reshape the company from what he called a “generalist” approach to the market to one that focuses on high-growth areas. The strategy, called “The Shift Plan,” will see Alcatel-Lucent focus on IP networking and ultra-broadband access, shedding assets that fall outside these areas. Combes did not identify specific product and service lines that will be targeted for removal. However, initial indications were positive for the company’s current optical-related business lines.