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07/01/2009
NTT DOCOMO Selects Alcatel-Lucent for LTE Backhaul
Alcatel-Lucent announced today that it has been selected by NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s largest mobile network operator, to build the mobile backhaul network for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) service with Alcatel-Lucent’s Ethernet transmission solution. Alcatel-Lucent’s packet optical solution will provide NTT DOCOMO with Ethernet–based aggregation and transport from the base stations to the core network. […]
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04/20/2009
Ciena Expands Carrier Ethernet Portfolio
Ciena has announced an expansion of its Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD) portfolio, including multiple new service delivery and aggregation switches, which leverage a common service-aware operating system and unified Ethernet management software. The platforms are designed to enable service providers to quickly and economically expand their addressable market for Carrier Ethernet services by meeting […]
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04/20/2009
Rogers, Bell Canada Team on Massive WiMAX Net
Americans participating in the discussion about a national broadband plan can look to the North for an example. In Canada, the country’s largest cable and wireless operator, Rogers Communications, partnered with the nation’s largest phone company, Bell Canada, to create a Canada-wide wireless broadband network. The joint venture entity, Inukshuk Wireless, built a national WiMAX […]
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02/01/2009
The Case for EPON
EPON is technically and economically superior to SONET rings for cell backhaul operations. Although 2.5G/3G backhaul can benefit from these savings, PON efficiencies will be required for 4G networks' data rates and increased cell tower density.
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01/12/2009
Picocells, Femtocells Offer Backhaul
Question: Which is smaller, a pico or a femto? Answer: A femto, which is one-quadrillionth, while the larger pico is one-trillionth. It follows then that femtocells are deployed mostly in residential settings, while the more robust picocells are deployed in larger buildings. Both femtocells and picocells are mini base stations that connect to the Internet […]
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11/04/2008
Ethernet Reaches Cellular Backhaul
On this election day, Ethernet might not be as hot a topic as the economy, taxation and Joe the plumber, but among cable operators, the technology is making headlines more frequently as talk turns into action on the commercial services front. As Ethernet has gained momentum and credibility among cable operators, it has been parlayed […]