This white paper provides an overview of reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) in optical networks, covering applied technologies, market trends, and the shift toward open specifications. It also highlights market growth fueled by rising data traffic and OpenROADM initiatives.
The OpenROADM Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) fosters an open, standards-driven optical network ecosystem that enables interoperability, scalability, and vendor diversity.
Submarine networks are critical infrastructure, and demand is steadily growing on all undersea routes.
Smarter OpenROADM testing with Anritsu’s MT1040A & MS9740B—ensure interoperability, automate workflows, and validate optical network performance.
Generative AI and IOT increase data processing needs, so the data transmission technologies used by data centers and their relevant test solutions must expand as the data processing loads increase.
6:05Understanding Key Performance Indicators is crucial for optimizing your 400G ZR/ZR+ deployments and ensuring peak network performance.
4:54Demystifying 400G ZR and ZR+ Optics: three specific challenges associated with deploying 400G ZR and ZR+ optics.
Submarine cables can be damaged by ship anchors or natural disasters, so it is necessary to quickly identify the optical fiber failure location, pull up the submarine cable, and repair it in such case
Dive into the intricacies of Passive Optical Network (PON) technology, offering detailed insights into its specifications and the challenges that might arise within PON networks.
0:50The Anritsu Coherent OTDR MW90010B is a portable device that can locate faults in submarine cables up to 20,000 km. It has a wider wavelength range than previous models and a built-in tunable light so
Maintaining transmissions through subsea cables has a profound impact on more than just how people gather and exchange information.
This document explains how to use a scenario to automate testing using the Network Master Pro MT1040A and the OSA MS9740B when deploying 400ZR and helps reduce data center interconnect operation costs
This document explains use of scenarios to automate BER testing using the Network Master Pro MT1000A/MT1040A. The scenarios are used to evaluate WDM networks.
This document explains the use of scenarios to automate testing for the Layer 2 control protocols (L2CP).
This document explains the use of scenario (xCVRQuickCheck.obcfg) for the optical transceiver (XCVR) simple check using the Network Master Pro MT1000A/MT1040A.
As more applications are moving to 400Gbps, this is driving the need for proper, reliable testing across a range of use cases
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