On 10/26/2018 10:17 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Or more formally OAM:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/25/twisted_light_networking_speeds/
apparently has the potential to increase fiber-throughput 100 fold.
The issue is not fibre bandwidth, but getting data on and off the fibre, with currently available tech. I read a while ago that a fibre could carry up to 2.5 petabit/s, which is far above what any equipment can handle. To make better use of the fibre, multiple wavelengths are used. Typical systems used in telecom use a dozen or so wavelengths, but over 200 are possible. Even then, available equipment still can't come close to using the available bandwidth at a given wavelength. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org