CIENA announced the general availability of its CoreStream Agility system for advanced optical core network. CoreStream Agility integrates optical transport and software-enabled wavelength switching in a single system. It delivers "agile WDM" by enabling rerouting of signals and reconfiguration of network traffic via software. CoreStream Agility is capable of routing 2.5G, 10G and 40G wavelengths for long-haul and ultra long-haul (ULH) network routes. The platform has been lab-tested for 40G compatibility.
CoreStream Agility also delivers an all-optical bypass capability to eliminate optical-electrical-optical (OEO) signal conversions and transceivers. The system can also be used to automate end-to-end service provisioning and management, inventory and resource tracking, and dynamic power management.
The system offers up to 1.92 terabits of optical capacity in the C-band and is L-band upgradeable. CoreStream Agility also includes tunable transceivers with optional G.709 and multiplexing client interfaces, next-generation integrated line amplifiers, and 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) support.
CoreStream Agility features are backward compatible with previous CoreStream systems. Additionally, CoreStream Agility has an ITU optics interface and is fully interoperable with CIENA's CoreDirector intelligent optical core switch.
"Demand for new-generation enterprise and consumer broadband services at the edge of the network, such as Video on Demand, storage and carrier-class data services, is driving service providers' plans for network evolution," said Steve Alexander, chief technical officer at CIENA. http://www.ciena.com
- Ciena's CoreStream Agility has been selected by MCI and the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for their recently announced network builds.
