July 2001
Vol.39 No.7
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Telecommunications at the Olympic Games |
| Koichi Asatani, Chi-Ming Chen, Kelly Krick, and Spilios Makris |
Telecommunications and the Olympic Games
Philippe Verveer, International Olympic Committee
Telecommunications are used intensively both during the preparation phase of the Olympic Games, which lasts seven years and involves thousands of persons, and during the Olympic Games themselves. They cover all sectors of the organization. Telecommunications have to be fully reliable and available in order to support the success of the Olympic Games.Telecommunications in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games
Ola Toftemo, Telenor
Roald Ekholdt, Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority
The authors describe the planning (including the technical and administrative preparations) and execution of the telecommunications services at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics. They also discuss the regulator's role.Telecommunications at the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games
Yoshiharu Takizawa, NTT
The Olympic Games pose a extraordinary challenge for all telecommunications services, including voice communications, live video transmission, data transmission, and cellular phone services. Even though it is only a 16-day program, the Olympics require a large-capacity network and special-grade quality and reliability over a wide geographical area.Telecommunications Delivery in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
John Hunter, Telstra, Australia
The Sydney Olympics was the largest peace time event ever. Telecommunications was critical to its operations and the delivery of the Games to viewers around the world. The main challenges included the design and operation of the highest- density mobile network in the world and the provisioning of the necessary international links from a remote country.Access and Flexibility in a Changing Marketplace -- Case Study: The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games
Sharon Kingman and Kristie Richardson, Salt Lake Organizing Committee
The authors discuss the challenges associated with constructing and managing a telecommunications network capable of supporting the Olympic Winter Games. They also outline the importance of the sponsors' role.Planning Telecommunications for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
John Koulouris, OTE, Greece
The Olympic Games pose a special challenge for telecommunications since they should aim at two mutually contradicting targets. On one hand they should use mature, reliable, and well-known technology, while on the other hand they should exploit the latest achievements of technology. Furthermore, detailed planning should begin at least four years before the Games.
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in Lightwave Optical Networking Growth Continues Unabated! |
| Sudhir S. Dixit and Philip J. Lin |
All the Animals in the Zoo: The Expanding Menagerie of Optical Components
Karen Liu and John Ryan, RHK Inc.
Diverging optical network requirements are driving innovations in optical components in multiple directions. The next generation of optical transport equipment will rely on new types of optical components to perform functions that do not yet exist in the network.Architectural Issues for Robust Optical Access
Muriel Médard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steven Lumetta, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Optical access networks are being deployed at the edge of the optical backbone network to support access by the high-end users that drive increased bandwidth demands, posing challenges in medium access, topology design and network management.Traffic Grooming in WDM Networks
Eytan Modiano, MIT
Philip J. Lin, Tellabs
The recent emergence of WDM technology has led to a tremendous increase in the available transmission capacity in wide area networks. Consequently, these networks may no longer be limited by transmission bandwidth, but rather by the processing capability of electronic switches, routers, and multiplexers.
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in Internet Technology Directions in Optical and Wireless Transport II |
| Khaled Elsayed and Michah Lerner |
Designing Multiprotocol Label Switching Networks
Jeremy Lawrence, Cisco Systems
MPLS adds to the capabilities of IP networks. Despite new capabilities, MPLS has much in common with ordinary IP networks. In turn, the design process for MPLS networks has much in common with the design of any IP network.Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching: An Overview of Signaling Enhancements and Recovery Techniques
Ayan Banerjee, John Drake, Jonathan Lang, and Brad Turner, Calient Networks
Daniel Awduche and Lou Berger, Movaz Networks
Kireeti Kompella and Yakov Rekhter, Juniper Networks
Generalized multiprotocol label switching is a multipurpose control plane paradigm that supports devices that perform packet switching, as well as devices that perform switching in the time, wavelength, and space domains.The Optical Internet: Architectures and Protocols for the Global Infrastructure of Tomorrow
Antonio Rodríguez Moral, Paul Bonenfant, and Murali Krishnaswamy, Photuris, Inc.
The authors present an overview of the current state of the network architectures, protocols and technologies that will serve as the seed for the optical Internet.
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in Circuits for Communications Published in Collaboration with the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society |
High-Speed Serial Transceivers for Data Communication Systems
John M. Khoury and Kadaba R. Lakshmikumar
Multilink Technology Corp.
The authors discuss the architecture and critical circuit design issues for high-speed serial data links operating in excess of 1 Gb/s.
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Standardization Plan for Broadband Access Network Transport |