Pluggable coherent optics are now being developed for 400G applications with two distinct streams emerging. One is high performance CFP2 based for 1000+km reach and multi-service applications and the other is QSFP-DD ZR (and perhaps OSFP) for DCI and metro Ethernet applications. Both streams present new challenges for test and measurement, not just to meet […]
At the end of March, Viavi attended the OFC 2017 conference in Los Angeles, California. It was a vibrant, busy show with a great international showing – both in the exhibitors and attendees. There are many new, exciting innovations and collaborations happening in the fiber optics arena and we are proud to be a part […]
The acid test of any emerging communications rate is a live field trial. The whole ecosystem must come together—from chips to systems, from lasers to complete optical links—before a single bit of large traffic can be sent. It’s where the rubber meets the road. Furthermore, large carriers like AT&T need technology to be robust and […]
At the MEF16 conference in Baltimore, Viavi partnered with three Tier 1 Carriers and a software orchestration vendor to execute a demonstration as part of the MEF Third Network Proof of Concept (PoC) Showcase. We competed against 13 other PoCs for the top honor—and came out ahead. The winning team is pictured here from left […]
In this Olympic year, the motto Citius, Altius, Fortius (Latin for Faster, Higher, Stronger) seems very relevant to where we are with Ethernet networking. We need faster bandwidth, higher levels of service and stronger performance to push around all those videos of cats—as well as the more serious (and less cute) business traffic. Approximately every […]
