Abstract
Driven by increased high-bandwidth traffic, including video, the reduction in the last mile bottleneck resulting from ubiquitous DSL and growing fiber-to-the-home connections and an increasing global digital population, the demand and deployment of long haul and, especially, metro WDM optical networks is experiencing substantial growth. We provide a view of the research directions and activities that will be essential to innovate the cost-effective optical networks needed to meet this growing global appetite for information-intensive services. Article not available.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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