Metro Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Metro Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) has been touted by its proponents as the future of optical telecommunications in the metro market. But is it? Its proponents have presented it as a natural extension of long haul DWDM into the metro network. But can Metro DWDM be cost justified and, if so, under what conditions? Whether and to what extent the economics of metro DWDM will change over time are other major questions certain to affect materially the acceptance of metro DWDM and thus the market opportunity for manufacturers of metro DWDM equipment. Finally, questions concerning regional variations in the market opportunity for Metro DWDM equipment must be answered.     

Metro Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

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基于柔性电路板单纤双向光纤组件的以太无源光网络单元研制(英文)

随着宽带接入技术的发展,以太无源光网络是光纤到户的一种备选方案.而光网络单元数量众多,其成本成为限制以太无源光网络技术实施的重要影响因素.本文提出了一种低成本以太无源光网络单元实现方式:采用带柔性电路板的单纤双向光纤组件直接安装在光网络单元的电路板上.为了验证弯曲柔性电路板的高速性能没有恶化,采用有限元方法仿真了弯曲柔性电路板的小信号响应.由于该方式没有独立的光收发模块,无法采用比特误码分析仪进行测试,因此提出了采用网络测试仪搭建光网络单元的光信号性能测试系统的方案并实现了对光信号的性能测试.结果表明:对于发射机,在0℃~70℃的范围内得到了超过10dB的消光比和1dBm的平均发射功率;对于接收机,估算灵敏度为-27dBm.     

基于无线传感器网络的智能LED灯控制系统设计

针对无线传感器网络为基础的控制系统中其板载电池的能量有限,从而影响无线传感器节点的运行寿命问题。本文设计并采取了嵌入式与分布式智能无线传感器网络（WSN）,目的是优化和使控制照明系统更加高效,为了克服这个问题,基于能量感知的通信协议被引入,以减少为了延长其使用时间的无线传感器网络的功耗。本文中的以智能无线传感器网络为基础的LED照明系统,经过实验结果表明,无线传感器节点都能够运行的时间较长,从87天至102天,而增加了约20％的工作寿命。     

Nanopatterned surface with adjustable area coverage and feature size fabricated by photocatalysis

We report an effective approach to fabricate nanopatterns of alkylsilane self-assembly monolayers (SAMs) with desirable coverage and feature size by gradient photocatalysis in TiO₂ aqueous suspension. Growth and photocatalytic degradation of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) were combined to fabricate adjustable monolayered nanopatterns on mica sheet in this work. Systematic atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis showed that OTS-SAMs that have similar area coverage with different feature sizes and similar feature size with different area coverages can be fabricated by this approach. Contact angle measurement was applied to confirm the gradually varied nanopatterns contributed to the gradient of UV light illumination. Since this approach is feasible for various organic SAMs and substrates, a versatile method was presented to prepare tunable nanopatterns with desirable area coverage and feature size in many applications, such as molecular and biomolecular recognition, sensor and electrode modification.     

Beyond the LAN: Ethernet’s Evolution into the Public Network

This article details the evolution of Ethernet into Gigabit Ethernet and how this LAN-based technology has undergone major transformations over time. From its data rates and distances to supported media and functionality, Ethernet has greatly improved, enabling it to surmount many of its former limitations and in so doing to expand beyond the LAN into the MAN and now even the WAN. In this article, Pioneer Consulting explores the evolution further by focusing on some of the major technological directions in the Ethernet equipment industry.     

波分复用光环形网络结构及性能的研究

本文概述了当前波分复用(WDM)光环形网络结构的物理结构和逻辑结构,并对这些网络结构进行简要的分析,同时对实现WDM光环网络结构中的关键问题进行了简要的探讨。最后对我国发展光环形网络给予一些中肯的建议。     

光谱油样分析监测技术中的神经网络预测方法

光谱油样分析是机械磨损状态监测与故障诊断的重要技术,基于光谱数据的机械状态预测有利于发现机械系统的早期磨损故障。由于神经网络对于非线性模型的辨识和非平稳信号的预测,与传统预测模型相比具有明显的优势,文章将神经网络预测方法运用于光谱分析,提出了基于神经网络预测的光谱分析监测技术。在预测模型中采用了三层BP网络模型,针对神经网络的结构对于信号预测或模型辨识的精度具有影响很大的问题,文章利用遗传算法,对神经网络输入节点数、隐层节点数和网络收敛的均方误差(MSE)目标值进行了优化,得到了最优的网络预测模型。最后,对某发动机实际的光谱分析数据进行了预测和分析,并与传统ARMA模型的预测结果进行了比较,结果充分表明了本方法的有效性和优越性。     

Hyperchaos of four state autonomous system with three positive Lyapunov exponents

This Letter gives the results of numerical simulations of Quantum Cellular Neural Network (Quantum-CNN) autonomous system with four state variables. Three positive Lyapunov exponents confirm hyperchaotic nature of its dynamics.     

Maximum covering planning of survivable Fiber-Wireless access network considering network connectivity

Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) access network is now becoming a promising architecture for access networks. Survivability is one of the key issues in the planning of FiWi access network because many high-rate traffic flows may be interrupted in case of a single fiber failure, which can cause a huge traffic loss. In addition, the users need ubiquitous broadband access that can be provided by FiWi access network. In this paper, we propose the protection approach called Maximum Covering Planning with Survivability (MCPS), including Integer Linear Programming (ILP) solution and heuristic solution, for the planning of survivable FiWi access network against single distribution fiber failure. The proposed approach aims at maximum coverage under the constraints of network connectivity. When a distribution fiber is broken, the interrupted Optical Network Unit (ONU) can transmit traffic to its backup ONU through the wireless paths between them. Simulation results show the network coverage of clients for different number of ONUs in different urban areas, and demonstrate the relationship between network coverage and the cost represented by the number of WiFi routers.     

Trace element analysis of hairs in patients with dementia

The trace elements of scalp hair samples from ≥60‐year‐old dementia patients and normal persons have been studied by X‐ray absorption near‐edge spectroscopy (XANES) in fluorescent mode and wavelength‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence spectrometry. Comparisons of hair trace element levels of age‐matched dementia patients and normal persons revealed significantly elevated amounts of calcium, chlorine and phosphorus in dementia patients relative to normal persons. The results of XANES measurements identify the chemical forms of deposited calcium and phosphorus in the hair samples of both dementia patients and normal persons to be calcium chloride (CaCl₂) and phosphate (PO₄^3?), respectively. The amount of sulfur in hairs of dementia patients was found to be not significantly different from that in normal persons. The sulfur K‐edge XANES spectra, however, show significantly higher accumulations of sulfur in the sulfate (SO₄^2?) form in hairs of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease dementia patients. This study presents the possible roles of calcium, chlorine, phosphorus and sulfur in the etiology of dementia in elderly patients.     

Statistics of narrow distributions

In expressing the results of particle size analysis from micrographs, i t is customary to report statistics of the distribution such as mean diameter and standard deviation, together with various weighted average diameters. Each of these values represents one or more moments of the distribution, as do the various average particle sizes which are determined by different experimental methods. An analogous situation prevails in the reporting of molecular weights of heterogeneous polymers. During recent extensive work in this laboratory on lattices of very narrow-size distributions, correlations among the various statistics became apparent; this led us to consider the narrow distribution as a special limiting case.     

Transmission of 4× 40/10 Gbps in a WDM-PON using NRZ-DQPSK/ASK modulation

In this paper we demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) of a 30 km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF-28) carrying 160 Gbps data in downstream and 40 Gbps through the uplink. The developed method is based on the comparison between two WDM-PON systems of 4 channels with the same characteristics, using two different formats of modulation in OLTs. The first system uses the NRZ-ASK in the downlink direction, while the second uses the NRZ-DQPSK.     

Determination of Iron in Abandoned Mine Drainage by UV‐Vis Spectrophotometry and Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

This paper describes and compares the results obtained from determination of total iron in abandoned mine drainage (AMD) from selected sites in western Pennsylvania by UV‐visible spectrophotometry (UV‐Vis) and flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (FAAS). As our laboratory possesses both methods, the accuracy and precision of iron results by UV‐Vis, using iron (II) chelator 2,4,6‐tripyridyl‐1,3,5‐triazine (TPTZ), and FAAS are of interest in the event of instrument problems with either method. Calibration curves show excellent linearity (R ²≥0.990). The results show good accuracy (complete recovery of spiked iron) and precision (0.5–3.4% RSD by UV‐Vis, 1.5–7.7% RSD by FAAS), indicating both methods are suitable for determination of iron in AMD. This comparison study is presented as a potential approach to teaching students about UV‐Vis and FAAS and their advantages and disadvantages.     

Vibrational characterization of L‐valine phosphonate dipeptides: FT‐IR,FT‐RS,and SERS spectroscopy studies and DFT calculations

Four L ‐valine (L ‐Val) phosphonate dipeptides that are potent inhibitors of zinc metalloproteases, namely, L ‐Val‐C(Me)₂‐PO₃H₂ (V1), L ‐Val‐CH(iP)‐PO₃H₂ (V2), L ‐Val‐CH(iB)‐PO₃H₂ (V3), and L ‐Val‐C(Me)(iP)‐PO₃H₂ (V4), are studied by Fourier‐transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, Fourier‐transform Raman spectroscopy (FT‐RS), and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The band assignment (wavenumbers and intensities) is made based on (B3LYP/6‐311 + + G**) calculations. Comparison of theoretical FT‐IR and FT‐RS spectra with those of SERS allows to obtain information on the orientation of these dipeptides as well as specific‐competitive interactions of their functionalities with the silver substrate. More specifically, V1 and V4 appear to interact with the silver substrate mainly via a  C_sgCH₃ moiety localized at the  N_amideC_sg(CH₃)P molecular fragment. In addition, the  POH and isopropyl units of V4 assist in the adsorption process of this molecule. In contrast, the  C_αNH₂ and  PO₃H⁻ groups of V2 and V3 interact with the silver nanoparticles, whereas their isopropyl and isobutyl fragments seem to be repelled by the silver substrate (except for the  CH₂  of V3), similar to the  C_β(CH₃)₂ fragment of L ‐Val for all L ‐Val phosphonate dipeptides investigated in this work. The adsorption mechanism of these molecules onto the colloidal silver surface is also affected by amide bond behavior. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于RFID和无人机的畜牧定位系统

针对牲畜放养情况下出现的易走丢,难以定位和统计问题,设计实现了基于RFID和无人机的畜牧定位系统。系统主要由数据采集、数据处理和终端显示三个功能模块组成。通过给每个牲畜绑定一个有源RFID标签,结合装配有RFID阅读器和手机的无人机进行自动巡航,实现把RFID数据和扫描到RFID时所对应的经纬度数据经手机进行预处理,再使用移动数据网络发送到数据服务器。服务器端对数据进行进一步分析和处理后,将牲畜位置数据和统计数据在养殖户手机终端显示,方便养殖户进行牲畜查看和管理。最后通过实地实验,对获取到的数据进行结果分析,显示牲畜定位误差在系统估计误差范围之内,具有较高准确性。对比原有的修筑围栏等方式,本系统具有成本较低、使用方便、可行性高的优点。     

GPON体系结构研究

千兆比特无源光网络(GPON)是一种面向下一代网络(NGN)的接入技术,它具有速率高、传输距离长、效率高和可伸缩性强等关键优势.同时,GPON支持引入更高带宽的以太网新业务,并能低成本提供传统的语音服务.介绍了GPON的标准化进展,分析了GPON的系统结构和协议参考模型,并给出了传输汇聚层的分层结构.     

海洋大气气溶胶光学模型参数的相关性研究

气溶胶光学模型参数在气溶胶遥感和气候强迫研究中都具有重要的作用.通过对全球近90个气溶胶自动观测网(AERONET)的海洋站点数据进行筛选、分类和分析,发现了气溶胶模型的中值半径及其标准偏差间的负相关性,并给出了经验关系.利用该关系对现行中分辩率成像光谱仪(MODIS)海洋气溶胶模型进行了评估,并指出了该模型存在的不足...     

Optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexed transmission using all‐optical discrete Fourier transform

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) can provide spectrally efficient communication channels because it can utilize carrier orthogonality and various impairment mitigation methods. An optical OFDM signal can be generated electronically to multiplex lower‐rate carriers. In recent advancements, OFDM signals are also shown to be generated and demultiplexed by all‐optical discrete Fourier transform (DFT), overcoming the speed limit of electronics for >Tbps capacity. High‐performance DFT devices, such as arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) or planar lightwave circuit (PLC), are critically required to obtain strong orthogonality for scalable all‐optical OFDM (AO‐OFDM) system implementations. Advanced techniques such as coherent modulation and detection with digital impairment mitigation are also important for long‐reach AO‐OFDM transmissions. More recently, optical superchannel schemes have been introduced utilizing coherent detection for multi‐Tbps AO‐OFDM transmissions. This paper reviews the device and system aspects for the AO‐OFDM technology, including a generalized theoretical model to provide an indepth understanding.     

Spectroscopic and computational studies on self‐assembly complexes of bis(pyrrol‐2‐ ylmethyleneamine) ligands linked by alkyl spacers with Cu(II)

Bis(pyrrol‐2‐ylmethyleneamine) ligands and their mononuclear monomeric and dinuclear dimeric self‐assembly complexes with Cu(II) were investigated by means of IR and Raman spectroscopies and density functional theory. The ground‐state geometries were calculated by using the Becke Lee Yang Parr composite exchange‐correlation functional (B3LYP) and a combined basis set (LanL2DZ for Cu; 6–31G(d) for C, H, N), and they were compared with the single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction (XRD) structures. The DFT‐calculated Cu N bond lengths are generally higher by 0.001–0.040 Å than those determined through XRD. The vibrational spectra were also calculated at the same level of theory for the optimized geometries. The calculated wavenumbers were scaled by a uniform scaling factor and compared with the experimental fundamentals. The predicted spectra are in good agreement with the experimental ones with the deviations generally less than 30 cm⁻¹. In comparison with the spectra of the ligands, the coordination effect shifts the υ(CN) wavenumber by about 50 cm⁻¹ toward a lower value. Because of the weak intermolecular C H···Cu hydrogen bond, the Cu N stretching mode is shifted toward a lower wavenumber. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.