This paper describes the photonics technologies that make it possible to support exploding traffic demand in next generation broadband networks combining telecom and broadcast arena. Technology trends of high capacity transmission and network node are summarized including some Japanese government funded projects, together with access technologies and some emerging device technologies that support the system requirements.

Date Published: 10 September 2007
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6774, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for Networking VI, 677402 (10 September 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.725111

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6774:
Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for Networking VI
Werner Weiershausen; Benjamin B. Dingel; Achyut Kumar Dutta; Ken-ichi Sato, Editor(s)