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Testing Carrier Ethernet

Original broadcast: January, 2008
Length: 1 hour
Speaker: Bruno Giguere, Member of Technical Staff, EXFO, Brix Networks and Fluke Networks
Presented and moderated by: Simon Sherrington, Independent Analyst, Light Reading

Overview:

Demand for carrier Ethernet services is growing fast, and new flavors of Ethernet such as PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) are entering the Ethernet realm. This webinar looks at the test-and-measurement capabilities vendors and operators need to ensure their Ethernet systems are carrier grade.

Reduce MTTR with monitoring and mapping combo

Original broadcast: December 11, 2007
Length: 1 hour
Speakers: Mike Andrews, System Sales Specialist (EXFO) and Randy Anderson, VP Data Services (AFO)

Overview: Watch how EXFO's NQMSfiber and AFO’s OSPInSight combine to improve the efficiency of your network maintenance operations while achieving substantial savings in troubleshooting and monitoring tasks.

An Essential Gigabit Ethernet Webinar

Original broadcast: November, 2006

Overview:
The industry has witnessed Gigabit Ethernet’s rapid rise to the top as one of the essential technologies for access, metro and wide-area networks. You need to implement efficient testing strategies to assess performance and service integrity. But do you have the tools and know-how?  

Topics covered include:

  • Gigabit Ethernet used in service-provider networks
  • The criteria that define an SLA
  • Deploying a test infrastructure that validates the performance of Ethernet networks
  • The benefits of a Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure and its impact on revenues

40 Gbit/s: Higher Speed, New Challenges

Original broadcast: November, 2006
Length: 1 hour
Speaker: Francis Audet, Senior Product Manager, EXFO

Overview:

The industry is rapidly switching to 40 Gbit/s technology to meet increasing speed and bandwidth demands. To succeed in this new reality, you need the right information to meet the challenges that will arise.  
With this in mind, we’re proposing a comprehensive webinar covering topics such as:

  • New challenges: 40 Gbit/s  vs. 10 Gbit/s
  • Different modulation formats (compared to NRZ)
  • Dispersion: CD, PMD and second-order PMD issues
  • DWDM with co-propagating 40 Gbit/s and 10 Gbit/s transmission
  • Raman amplification, advantages and impacts
  • Multipath interference

New Developments in FTTx - Optimized Fiber

Original broadcast: October, 2006
Length: 1 hour, including Q&A
Speakers: Ryan Chappell, Fiber Business Manager - North America, Draka and Mario Simard, Product Manager, EXFO

Overview:
As fiber infrastructure pushes deeper to the home and business, there is more real-world exposure, more bending and handling - with less experienced installers. This roundtable discusses key FTTx fiber application issues, lessons learned from FTTH deployments and long-term OSP studies, and what makes an ideal FTTx fiber.

Learn about the latest trends in FTTx-optimized fibers, including three generations of bend-tolerant fibers and recent standards activities for G.smx-type fibers. EXFO will help you understand the differences by presenting real test results comparing a variety of fiber types currently available - how these differences affect FTTx costs, and what potential they hold for reducing the FTTx footprint and complexity.

Presented by Lightwave Europe

EXFO's FTB-200 Compact Platform FTB-200 Compact Platform New Software Functionalities

Original broadcast: February, 2007
Length: 1 hour, including Q&A
Speaker: Mario Simard, Product Manager, EXFO

Overview:

EXFO’s expanded software package for the FTB-200 is designed for boosting OTDR testing efficiency—whether for multimode or singlemode applications, from FTTH/PON to long-haul networks.
This webinar demonstrates the FTB-200 Compact Platform’s new value-added functionalities, key software capabilities, and interfaces that will enable you to make your OTDR testing procedure even easier:

  • Results at a glance ─ reading key end results and pinpointing faulty elements has never been simpler!
  • Fully compatible with other major OTDR brands
  • New FaultFinder mode
  • New zoom functions
  • New way to view the trace that eases technicians’ daily tasks
  • Enhanced template mode
  • More efficient event-table management
  • And more…

New OTDR Testing Solutions: Simpler and Faster

Original broadcast: April, 2007
Length: 1 hour, including Q&A
Speaker: Vincent Racine, Product Specialist, EXFO

Overview:

Looking to speed up fiber testing and diagnostics? Find out how EXFO's new OTDR offering can help you save time in the field and at the office as well as achieve consistency in your test results.

  • NEW — AXS-110 handheld OTDRs for singlemode AND multimode testing in one unit, with exceptional 0.8 m event dead zone.
  • NEW — E-series OTDR modules for all the required versatility in a single OTDR with both short dead zones AND high dynamic range values 
  • NEW — FastReporter data post-processing software, a one-stop solution for all your optical-layer test applications

We will present all the key capabilities and interfaces that will enable you to make your OTDR testing, post-processing and reporting procedures easier:

  • Results at a glance and easy assessment of link status
  • Fastest setup and acquisition time
  • Automatic analysis and macrobend finder
  • Powerful batch processing for file documentation at the office
  • Pass/fail threshold settings for an entire project in one step
  • Live OTDR cable templating for consistent data management and comparison