Tutorial: To ROADM or Not to ROADM: When does a FOADM make sense in your optical network?

ROADMs, Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexers, have become basic building blocks in optical networks. They provide flexibility in making remote adjustments to your network, path protection, provide channel balancing, and have configurable channel plans to help with future proofing next generation networks. This discussion will provide a side-by-side comparison of ROADMs with their predecessor, the FOADM, Fixed Optical Add Drop Multiplexers. What are some tradeoffs between these two technologies, advantages and disadvantages. When does a FOADM make sense in your network?Speaker: Chad Lamb - XKL