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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedOptical Networking Trial Underway at University.(Brief Article)
Fiberoptic Product News, November, 2000 by Porter, Brenda
Lucent Technologies, Canoga Perkins, and the University of Washington are conducting what may be the industry's first enhanced Wideband Wave Division Multiplexing (WWDM) trial transmitting in the 1400 nanometer (nm) band of optical fiber. The trial, which began this fall, is being conducted at the University of Washington, Seattle, using Canoga Perkins' 6000 Series WWDM optical networking system and Lucent's AllWave [TM] Fiber.
This trial allows the University a more cost-effective way to maximize existing fiberoptic assets by utilizing the WWDM technology to provide more bandwidth between locations. The applications and capabilities of the technology are inherent in the Internet technologies that they use.
"The University of Washington has been...
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