Primers

Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Technology Review overview, 3/99.

Fundamentals of DWDM
White paper from DWDM vendor Ciena.

Evolution of DWDM
Ciena expounds on the future of the technology.

More advanced topics and news

Are megarouters coming to your net?
Internet router start-ups see applicability of their DWDM-based products in campus networks. Network World, 5/17/99.

Optical routing to set bandwidth free
The new gear - from Monterey Networks, New Access and others - adds intelligence to DWDM technology, which is typically found at the core of carrier networks. The idea is to tweak DWDM nets by adding optical routers. The new boxes take in optical traffic from DWDM multiplexers and switch the individual wavelengths. Network World, 2/8/99.

@Home Network to create 5 million user 'Net backbone
Cable ISP @Home Networks has signed a 10-year agreement with AT&T to create a nationwide IP network using AT&T's DWDM backbone. Network World, 1/6/99.

Dense wave division multiplexing gets denser
SilkRoad, an upstart in fiber transmission technology, recently made big claims about revolutionizing the use of fiber-optic cable. Network World, 11/4/98.

New broadband technology boosts backbone convergence
Network World Tech Update on Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode, which can be used over DWDM. 3/22/99.

DWDM and New Switching Architectures
Business Communications Review, 7/98.

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