A Window Into NXTcomm

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Despite the focus on applications and the user, the network remains of key importance. The move to new services requires operators to drive service intelligence across the network and to ensure the network offers the reliability and resilience that will translate into delivering good customer experiences. In "A Window Into NXTcomm," an eBook sponsored by Fujitsu Network Communications, xchange's editors who attended the show in Chicago peer into many of the prevalent themes that surfaced relating to network transformation - from PBT and ROADM to WiMAX and home networking.

Table of Contents

ROADM Reaches the Edge
Flexible ROADM technology is extending its reach into carrier networks with increasing integration in metro platforms and even applications at the edge.

Proving PBT
Backers of PBT have something to prove. That is, that the carrier Ethernet transport technology is ready for prime time. Hardware and software vendors came out in force at NXTcomm in an effort to settle service providers' lingering doubts.

WiMAX and the Push to 4G
With mobile WiMAX's impending arrival next year, the technology arms race is cranking into high gear. Forget 3G - 4G is the next strategic goal.

Home Networking Challenges Re-Emerge
Soaring content sharing in the home coupled with consumer demand to link portable gaming devices and gaming systems has put home-networking back on the front-burner for service providers looking to provide a simple and rich-media experience.