Increasing Demand for Bandwidth Drives Adoption of MAN Technologies.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46586) has announced the addition of "World Metro Area Network (MAN) Test Equipment Markets" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service entitled World Metro Area Network (MAN) Test Equipment Market provides an in-depth analysis of the market that includes key challenges, drivers, and restraints that are impacting MAN test equipment vendors. It also provides a detailed overview of technological and market trends as well as major market opportunities and strategic recommendations to test vendors. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following application segments: research and development (R&D), installation and maintenance (I&M), and manufacturing. This analysis is available through our Test & Measurement Growth Partnership Service program. With this program, clients receive industry-leading market research such as this, along with technical and econometric data and many interactive features including Analyst Inquiry Time and Client Councils. Market Sectors Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research: * Research and development (R&D) MAN test equipment * Manufacturing MAN test equipment * Installation and maintenance (I&M) test equipment Technologies The following technologies are covered in this research: * Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet (GigE), and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE): Ethernet came forward as a standard system level network because of its universal acceptance. The term Ethernet was initially used to refer to the family of local area network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) products but with the emergence of GigE and 10 GigE, the Ethernet technology expanded its market to MANs and WANs as well. * Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH): SONET/SDH refers to a group of fiber optic transmission rates that are able to transport digital signals with different capacities. SONET technology offers a cost-effective transportation both in the access area and core of network. Telephone or data switches, for instance, rely on SONET transportation for interconnection. * Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ): MPLS is a method that is used to increase the speed of network traffic flow by inserting information about a specific path routed to its destination. MPLS appeared to be a successful solution to meet the bandwidth management and service requirements for next-generation IP-based backbone networks. MPLS deals with scalability and routing issues and can subsist sub·sist v. sub·sist·ed, sub·sist·ing, sub·sists v.intr. 1. a. To exist; be. b. To remain or continue in existence. 2. over ATM and frame relay networks. * Resilient Packet Ring See RPR. (RPR (Resilient Packet Ring) A packet-based protocol that provides fault tolerance and statistical multiplexing for the metropolitan and national SONET and Ethernet networks of the carriers. ): RPR is also known as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.17 standard. It is a technology that is designed to improve the data traffic transportation over fiber rings. It is intended to provide the flexibility of SONET/SDH networks with a packet-based transmission in order to increase the efficiency of the Ethernet and IP services. RPR technology provides fast recovery from network faults and ring topology typical of SONET, as well as the data efficiency, simplicity, and cost benefits traits of Ethernet. * Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (communications) wavelength division multiplexing - (WDM) Multiplexing several Optical Carrier n signals on a single optical fibre by using different wavelengths (colours) of laser light to carry different signals. (WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. ): There are two fundamental ways by which multiplexing can happen in fiber-optic networks: WDM and time division multiplexing (communications) time division multiplexing - (TDM) A type of multiplexing where two or more channels of information are transmitted over the same link by allocating a different time interval ("slot" or "slice") for the transmission of each channel. I.e. (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ). WDM is a technology that multiplexes several optical carrier signals on a single optical fiber by using various colours of laser light to carry different signals. It allows for increase in capacity as well as makes it possible to perform bidirectional communications over one strand of fiber. * Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing ): DWDM is an optical technology used to increase bandwidth over existing fiber optic backbones. It also makes it possible for carriers to be able to increase their network capacity eighty or more times. DWDM networks are capable of carrying a variety of traffic types at different rates over an optical channel. * Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing See CWDM. (CWDM (Course WDM) An optical transmission method that is used for shorter distances than dense WDM (DWDM). Also known as "wide WDM," CWDM transmits fewer channels and uses wider spacing between the channels for distances up to 60 km. Wider spacing up to 25 nm, compared to 1. ): CWDM is a category of WDM in which un-cooled lasers are applied to overlay optical light channels in a single pipe. CWDM has the capacity to combine up to 16 wavelengths onto a single fiber. CWDM is used primarily for applications with lower data capacity requirements and for fiber that are no longer than 31 miles. Market Overview Increasing Demand for Bandwidth Drives Adoption of MAN Technologies As a communication network that covers a vast geographic area such as a city or a suburb, metro area network (MAN) typically connects businesses to businesses, to a wide area network (WAN), and to the Internet. MAN was originally designed to transmit voice based on time division multiplexing (TDM) technology. As a result, synchronous optical network/synchronous digital hierarchy (SONET/SDH) has become a dominant standard on the optical networks. While this technology has been able to meet all the requirements of MAN adequately, telecommunications applications are becoming increasingly complex. This makes it difficult to transmit the signals generated by applications such as streaming video, teleconferencing, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and virtual private networks (VPNs) over SONET/SDH networks. Thus, rising demand for bandwidth for data transmission has driven the growth of networks based on dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and Ethernet technologies, notes the analyst of this research service. DWDM works by combining and transmitting multiple signals simultaneously at different wavelengths on the same fiber, with a key advantage that its protocol and bit-rate are independent of each other. Growing Deployment of Ethernet Creates Opportunities for MAN Test Equipment Vendors Private enterprises are constantly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to increase bandwidth, as they introduce new services or add new features to their networks. MANs enable such companies to do this by functioning as a key network build-on point. The last few years have seen a tremendous expansion in bandwidth with the widespread adoption of MAN technologies such as Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet (GigE), and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE). Thus, enterprises represent strong growth opportunities for test equipment vendors. With the wider deployment of Ethernet, GigE, 10 GigE, and SONET/SDH, MAN test equipment vendors can expect higher demand especially for installation and maintenance (I&M) and manufacturing test equipment, remarks the analyst. Many MAN test equipment vendors are aware that Ethernet has got a huge momentum and is going to be an established standard. One of the major factors fueling this is the ratification of the 802.3ah Ethernet in the first mile Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), also known as IEEE 802.3ah, is a collection of protocols specified in IEEE 802.3, defining the Ethernet in the Access networks, i.e. First/Last Mile. standard, which has added numerous operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM (Operations Administration Maintenance) Refers to managing and maintaining a network or network device. The P in "OAM&P" adds "provisioning" to the list, which is a telephone company term for setting up a service. ) capabilities to the Ethernet link. It also helps make Ethernet more attractive for Tier 1 participants to deploy this technology to all their large customers. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46586 |
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