by Chris Cole, David Allouche, Frank Flens, Bernd Huebner, and Thelinh Nguyen, Finisar Corp. Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 14 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: 100 Gigabit Ethernet
As part of the IEEE Ethernet Standards development process, the 802.3 HSSG (Higher Speed Study Group) approved 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s data rate objectives for the next Ethernet LAN (local area network) standard with formal adoption possible by 2010. Presentations made at the HSSG in support of the technical and economic feasibility of 100 Gb/s are excellent references......
by Gary Nicholl, Mark Gustlin, and Oded Trainin, Cisco Systems Inc. Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 13 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Standardization for the next generation of Ethernet started in July 2006, when the IEEE 802.3 agreed to form a Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG). The early focus of the group was on 100 Gb/s only as the next rate for Ethernet. However, a key finding by the HSSG was a divergence betwen the computing and networking industries in bandwidth requirements. As a result, the HSSG c.....
by John McDonough, NEC Corporation of America Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: 100 Gigabit Ethernet
One of the safest predictions about technology evolution is that higher-speed networks will be needed in the future. While the fortunes of individual networking companies have varied dramatically, the requirements for networking equipment with higher bandwidth, lower latency and more robust service has risen steadily at well over a 50 percent per year growth rate [1].....
by Serge Melle, John Jaeger, Drew Perkins and Vijay Vusirikala, Infinera Corp. Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Ethernet has evolved well beyond its early incarnation as a simple method for connecting PCs around an enterprise office, deployed purely in an intra-building local area network (LAN). Over the past 25 years of deployment and evolution, Ethernet has continued to expand its footprint and demonstrate itself as a reliable and valuable networking standard across campus LANs,.....
by Thomas F. La Porta Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: 100 Gigabit Ethernet
I hope you enjoy our third issue of IEEE Applications and Practice. This issue introduces our second series: 100Gb Ethernet. We are grateful to our series editors Milorad Cvijetic, and Peter Magill. This series is scheduled for two issues: this current issue and one schedule for publication in December of 2007......
by Milorad Cvijetic, NEC Corporation of America Peter Magill, AT&T Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 10 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: 100 Gigabit Ethernet
In today's environment of converging networks, a transition to a unified, packet-based, core/edge-network architecture is occurring. The core network will have a two-layered architecture with packets sent over DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed) transport. This is the most cost-effective way of providing shared network capacity, of unifying protection schemes, an.....
by John McDonough, NEC Corporation of America Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: HSSG , OTN , NESCOM , 100 gigabit ethernet
The quickly rising tide of new bandwidth requirements driven by IP traffic, IP video, IPTV broadband and transaction-intensive Web 2.0 has caused carriers to purchase growing numbers of 10G interfaces on routers, carrier Ethernet switches and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems [1–3]. Equipment is now being deployed with 40G interfaces, and some long-hau.....
by Winston I. Way, OpVista Inc. Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: 100-GIGABIT-ETHERNET Keywords: 100 Gigabit Ethernet
The majority of proposals in the current IEEE Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) focus on short-haul 100GbE and 40GbE interfaces with transmission distances of less than 40 km. The study group has not yet defined, however, how 100GbE/40GbE transmission should be carried out in a MAN or WAN beyond 40 km......
by Mark Allen, Chris Liou, Serge Melle, and Vijay Vusirikala, Infinera Corp. Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 13 Jun 2008 Category: OPTICAL Keywords: optical comminications , PICs , ROADM , OEO
During the late 1990's and early 2000's, multi-wavelength optical transmission based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) enabled a rapid increase in capacity per fiber and drove down network cost significantly......
by Osman S. Gebizlioglu and John Spencer Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: OPTICAL Keywords: optical comminications , PONs , SANs
It is our distinct pleasure to introduce the first issue of IEEE Communications Society's Applications & Practice — Optical Communications Series. Optical communications technologies have been revolutionizing every aspect of our daily lives with globally expanding broadband communications capabilities. With the practically infinite bandwidth of optical fiber, we have.....
by Klaus Grobe and Jörg-Peter Elbers, ADVA AG Optical Networking Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 13 Jun 2008 Category: OPTICAL Keywords: optical comminications , PONs , TDMA
Passive optical networks (PONs) are discussed for the various fiber-to-the-X (or FTTX, where X can mean the home, curb, cabinet, or building) applications for more than a decade......
by Si Yin, Yuanqiu Luo, Lei Zong, Stephen Rago, Jianjun Yu, Nirwan Ansari, and Ting Wang Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 14 Jun 2008 Category: OPTICAL Keywords: optical comminications , S-PONs
The rapid growth of data-intensive applications, including multimedia, e-business, e-learning, and Internet protocol television (IPTV), is driving the demand for higher data-storage capacity. Organizations want their huge amounts of data to be stored so it can be easily accessible and manageable. Furthermore, they require the critical data to be securely transported, stor.....
by Howard Bassen, Seth Seidman, Jonathan Rogul, Abiy B. Desta, and Steven Wolfgang Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: RFID , UHF , Helmholtz
We developed hardware and software to perform exposure studies of the effects of certain RF electromagnetic fields on solid and liquid pharmaceuticals and biologics. The fields generated by our systems are similar to those emitted by RFID readers operating in the U.S. licensed HF and UHF bands (13.56 and 915 MHz, respectively). Our systems can expose drug samples (pharmac.....
by Justin Patton and Bill Hardgrave, RFID Research Center Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: RFID , Training , WIP
The Center's base of operations is the RFID Laboratory located inside Hanna's Candle Company in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Hanna's site contains both a manufacturing and warehousing facility; the Laboratory is located within the warehouse wing. The Laboratory serves as a teaching and research facility for the academic community, provides testing and training services to.....
by Vipul Chawla and Dong Sam Ha, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 14 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: ANA , RFID
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system consists of readers (also called interrogators) and tags (or transponders). A typical system has a few readers, either stationary or mobile, and many tags, which are attached to objects, such as pallets, cartons, bottles, etc. A reader communicates with the tags in its wireless range and collects information about the objects.....
by Bridget McRea Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: RFID , EPC , Wi-Fi
In one corner, a team of students and professors are huddled, working with a manufacturer of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to develop a more effective product. Across the room, a grad student pores over her laptop, learning how to most effectively replicate the physical characteristics of a specific company’s shipping and receiving environment. Smack in the m.....
by Tom Kerr Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID
The supply chain industry is one of the largest market segments served by the company where I work. A few short years ago it was virtually impossible to pick up a trade magazine and not find a feature article related to RFID. Industry pundits were predicting a massive rollout that would transform the entire industry. Driven largely by mandates from mass merchandisers and.....
by Marlin H. Mickle, University of Pittsburgh Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: RFID
The origin of the technology base that established the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) can be traced to a project to find lost hearing aids. The concept was to place some small device in the molded portion of the hearing aid requiring no battery and no connection to the battery or electronics of the hearing.....
by Andrea Cangialosi and Joseph E. Monaly, Jr., California Institute of Technology Samuel C. Yang, California State University Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: Fixed , Mobile , Readers , RFID
The application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to patient care in hospitals and healthcare facilities is just beginning to be accepted. The technology offers great potential benefits and is the next big step in identifying and tracking patients, objects, and assets, and speeds up or eliminates many manual operations in checking and processing patients. It can, f.....
by Swapna Dontharaju, Shenchih Tung, Alex K. Jones, Leo Mats, Justin Panuski, James T. Cain, and Marlin H. Mickle Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 13 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: RFID
The concepts supporting Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) have been around for about 70 years. However, today the commercial implementation of RFID is a very popular subject in many areas of business and technology. There are two types of tags, active with an on board power source, and passive with no on board power source. The current popularity results from the abil.....
by Leena Ukkonen, Lauri Sydänheimo, and Markku Kivikoski, Tampere University of Technology Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: RFID
The deployment of passive ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) systems is increasing rapidly nowadays. In that process, handheld RFID reader units become increasingly important in various applications, such as in supply chain, warehouse and retail store management. Important requirements for the handheld reader unit are ergonomic size and weigh.....
by Pattabhiraman Krishna and David Husak Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 17 Jun 2008 Category: RFID Keywords: RFID
Geared to general interest readers and entry-level practitioners, this paper takes an in-depth look at the elements of an RFID infrastructure, including its tags and readers and protocol layers, and the roles they play. History has taught us that a technology cannot and will not be deployed pervasively and globally without a robust set of standard protocols specified betw.....
by Thomas F. La Porta Director of Magazines IEEE Communications Society Publish Date: 10 Jun 2008 Revised Date: 10 Jun 2008 Category: RFID
Welcome to our second issue of IEEE Applications and Practice. This is the newest IEEE Communications Society publication. I will take this opportunity to reiterate its goals and provide an overview of this publication. The goal of this magazine is to present articles of interest to the engineering practitioners who comprise a vital part of our membership. We wil.....
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