| MRV Products MRV Technology Overview  Founded in 1988 by Caltech scientists, MRV has had a long history of technology innovation. We were early pioneers in the field of fiber-optic transmitter and receiver components, and have long held a technology leadership position in several forms of optical transport. MRV was also among the early pioneers in Ethernet networking, with the first 100Base-TX uplink module first affordable 10/100 auto-sensing Ethernet switch, the first Gigabit Ethernet uplink module and the first Gigabit Ethernet switch. At the same time, our components division was pioneering affordable, small form-factor Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing technology. In the mid-1990s MRV combined these two technologies together, to produce the first ever multi-gigabit Ethernet line interface using 4 channels of CWDM technology together with an early form of link aggregation. MRV has extended its lead in optical technology with a broad range of Pluggable Optical Interfaces, including Gigabit Interface Converters (GBIC), Small Form Pluggable (SFP) and 10 gbps Small Form Pluggable (XFP). Pluggable interfaces comprise a series of technological enhancements to traditional optical or copper interfaces. First and foremost, they are very small hot-swappable modules that can easily be removed from the host device. This simple and powerful concept allows a dramatic increase in flexibility. If the host device supports protocol transparency then one can build a tremendous variety of applications with a very small number of host system types. For example, the EM316-MR module for the Fiber Driver? system provides two SFP interfaces that can be configured with virtually any type of copper or fiber SFP. MRV has also developed an exclusive Gigabit Multimode Extender technology that allows Gigabit data streams to operate on multimode fiber at distances significantly exceeding the standard (up to 2km). This technology also extends 100Mbps signals to even longer distances (8km). We also continue to push the envelope on affordable Coarse Wave-Division Multiplexing, with new optical modules. We have even created a unique fiber-optic cable assembly that includes a single-channel optical add-drop multiplexer inside the cable. Both the FiberDriver and OptiSwitch product families feature GMX and WDM technologies. Through our In-Reach product family, (resulting from the Xyplex acquisition), MRV has become a pioneer and leader in Remote Presence Management solutions, including console, alarm, sensor and power management. We continue to pioneer in this area, and recently introduced the LX-4000, a scalable family of extremely cost-effective remote management solutions. Through our TereScope product family (resulting from Jolt and AstroTerra acquisitions), MRV has become the world leader in Free-Space Optics, (or Optical Wireless) technology. With the broadest product set of any vendor in the FSO space, we have deployed more than 5500 links and have 19 FSO patents and counting. Recently, we released an exclusive product, the Photonic Air Link, which provides a rooftop wireless optical link without requiring any electrical power on the roof. We continue to pioneer in the Ethernet world as well. Our Ethernet Circuit technology provides circuit-style Quality of Service in an Ethernet packet-based medium. Ethernet-over-VDSL provides a copper loop solution for data services up to 8,000 feet sharing the same wiring as the telephone line. Our Voice-over-Ethernet technology allows Enterprises to build campus networks with both voice and data on a simple Ethernet backbone, with full quality on the voice. Finally, our Virtual Private LAN Services technology allows Metro Ethernet providers to offer multi-site customers full business solutions for connections from site to site without interfering with the customers' networks. |
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