Coriant Outlines Dynamic Optical Cloud Architecture for On-Demand Services

Coriant outlined its vision for bringing a high degree of programmability, automation and control to multilayer, multi-vendor transport networks.

The Coriant Dynamic Optical Cloud will couple the company's metro-to-core packet optical networking capabilities with software-defined networking (SDN) intelligence.

Coriant cited several Dynamic Optical Cloud use cases that it has developed in partnership with Tier 1 operators around the world, including:

• Application-driven TaaS/bandwidth on demand
  
• Multilayer defragmentation
  
• Network analytics and workflow management
  
• Dynnamamic mobile backhaul resiliency
  
• Cloud-bursting

The Coriant Dynamic Optical Cloud includes the company's 7100 and hiT 7300 packet optical networking platforms, the 8600 mobile edge router, and a suite of applications, open orchestration and controllers. It also includes the new mTera Universal Transport platform.

Coriant said it is working to integrated third party routers into these use cases as an initial step toward multivendor implementation. The company is currently engaged in multiple customer trials and will be trialing the commercial offering in the third quarter of 2014.

“Coriant‘s Dynamic Optical Cloud solution reinforces our market leadership in end-to-end packet optical networking following the merger of Tellabs and Coriant,” said Pat DiPietro, Chief Executive Officer, Coriant. “With greater scale, deeper R&D resources and technology expertise, and an expanded portfolio of SDN-enabled products and capabilities, we are well positioned to be the preferred supplier to our customers as their network and service requirements evolve in a cloud-centric world.”

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Coriant's Debuts mTera Universal Transport Platform

Coriant introducted its mTera Universal Transport Platform designed to serve a variety of roles in next-gen packet optical networks, including metro-to-LH gateway applications and on-demand data center connectivity. The Coriant mTera platform, which is the first product to come to market since the merging of Coriant and Tellabs, brings together compact, simplified and efficient traffic grooming from Tellabs and photonic-layer technology and system performance from Coriant.

Key attributes of the mTera platform include:

• Density: Compact form factor which supports 7TB of switching capacity in half a rack; with two shelves supported per bay, this equates to 14TB of total switching capacity. It boasts 14 service slots and 6 switch fabric slots; the mTera will initially launch with 200G cards, with 500G cards scheduled for a future release.
  
• Flexibility and scalability: Innovative, multiservice switching architecture capable of supporting both OTN and L2 switching seamlessly across every card and every port on the platform. The full complement of ODUx switching including ODU-0 grooming with ODU-Flex, Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-TP ensures the most cost-effective and efficient grooming solution for packet and transparent services. All interface cards are designed using the latest in pluggable interface technology: SFP+ for 10G and CFP for 100G, including 100G coherent DWDM. All interfaces support a host of white light and DWDM options.
  
• Simplicity: Minimal set of highly flexible interface cards supported with unrestricted OTN and packet switching on every port. This simplifies ordering, sparing and deployment resulting in smoother, simpler and faster roll-outs for customers while minimizing the chances of error.
  
• Resiliency: High degree of restoration flexibility by providing restoration coordination across multiple layers. From a physical architecture perspective, this includes redundancy in the switching fabrics, interface modules, power supply and processors, and from the network perspective, the integration of ASON/GMPLS control plane and SDN functions for end-to-end, multilayer capabilities.

"Hypergrowth driven by mobility, video and cloud applications continues to drive the need for new and innovative infrastructure solutions," said Pat DiPietro, Chief Executive Officer, Coriant. "We continue to make strategic investments in Coriant's portfolio to ensure our customers have the tools necessary to adapt to these dynamic market changes. The addition of mTera to our product portfolio strengthens Coriant's leadership in end-to-end packet optical networking while enabling service providers to cost-effectively meet the performance requirements of today's demanding transport applications."

The mTera platform is currently available and in trials with customers.

http://www.coriant.com/products/mtera_campaign.asp

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Huawei's 400G WDM Prototype Promises 'Faster than Nyquist'

At the OFC 2014 Conference in San Francisco, Huawei introduced a 400G WDM prototype for ultra-long-haul transmission that employs Faster Than Nyquist (FTN) technology to increase the 400G transmission distance beyond 3000 km.

Huawei said its FTN technology breaks the limit of the Nyquist sampling theorem, which defines a maximum transmission speed for a fixed channel bandwidth, by leveraging spectrum compression and signal distortion compensation algorithms.  This enables the FTN technology to achieve long-haul transmission of high baud-rate signals on existing networks (similar to transmitting a large file that has been compressed, which requires less bandwidth than transmitting the original file).

The technology enables two types of 400G WDM solutions based on 100 GHz channel spacing — a short-haul solution and the ultra-long-haul solution unveiled at OFC 2014. The ultra-long-haul solution, which applies to backbone transmission, adopts 2SC-PDM-QPSK modulation and supports a record transmission distance of over 3000 km. The short-haul solution, which applies to metropolitan area network (MAN) transmission, adopts 1SC-PDM-16QAM modulation and allows high-quality 400G transmission over a single carrier wave. Huawei's single-carrier 400G solution was recently tested on EXATEL's live network in Poland.

“Huawei has been investing heavily in the high-speed WDM field. The new FTN technology introduced in the prototype exceeds traditional technological limits to deliver ultra-long-haul 400G transmission, breaking new ground for the 400G industry,” said Jack Wang, President of the Huawei transmission network product line.

http://www.huawei.com

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Bright House Tests 400G and 800G Over Live Network with Fujitsu

Bright House Networks, which is the sixth largest owner and operator of cable systems in the U.S., has successfully trialed Fujitsu’s 400G transport technology in its live network.

The trial was Fujitsu’s first 400G trial with a cable MSO used Fujitsu’s 400G optical networking transceivers over the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platforms (Packet ONPs). Upon completing the 400G trial, an error-free rate of 800 G was also attempted and achieved–maximizing the potential of future networking capabilities while showing their commitment to leveraging customers’ investment in their networks.

Fujitsu noted several key technical advancements demonstrated by this trial:

• Fujitsu’s 400G and 800G Super Channel capabilities enable higher per-channel scalability; 
• Support for adaptive modulation schemes, including DP-QPSK and DP-16QAM, opens up the ability to optimize spectral efficiency while accommodating dynamically changing reach demands
• Increased spectral efficiency was achieved with Nyquist filtering techniques reducing optical signal bandwidth.  
• Nonlinear compensation (NLC) techniques were employed to reduce the resulting optical penalties and extend the achievable transmission distance to overcome nonlinear fiber impairments due to optical transmission.

“Our work with Fujitsu allows us to further advance our current transport infrastructure, from 10G to 100G and now 400Gbps and beyond,” said Craig Cowden, Senior Vice President, Network Engineering, Operations and Enterprise Solutions, Bright House Networks.  “Our technology is part of people’s lives, so we continually invest in our network to deliver new and innovative solutions. This initiative provides us with the ability to upgrade the amount of bandwidth available on our existing DWDM infrastructure to support the ever-increasing High Speed Data requirements of our customers and new initiatives, such as fiber to the home, for years to come.”

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/telecom/news/newsroom.html

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Infonetics: OTN switching is Booming

The OTN switching segment of the market grew 37% in 2013, according to a new report from Infonetics Research that tracks optical transport network (OTN) switching and transport equipment and packet-optical transport systems (P-OTS).

• Worldwide overall OTN revenue totaled $8 billion in 2013, or 66% of all optical network hardware spending    
• The market for P-OTS equipment came to $1.7 billion in 2013, split fairly evenly between metro edge and metro regional P-OTS gear
• P-OTS revenue grew 32% between the second half of 2012 and the second half of 2013
• Infonetics projects the OTN switching segment to grow at about a 20% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2013 to 2018

"OTN switching had a major year of growth in 2013 as service providers prioritized installation of integrated WDM+OTN switching and 100G coherent technology in the core. Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, and Infinera are the key beneficiaries here," notes Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for optical at Infonetics Research. "Meanwhile, Chinese carriers continue to expand large deployments of OTN switching, with Huawei as the sole beneficiary. Over in the P-OTS space, incumbent vendors Cisco, Fujitsu, Tellabs, Ciena, and Alcatel-Lucent are the market leaders, but new players BTI, Cyan, Transmode, and Ericsson are challenging with pure-play P-OTS platforms."

https://www.infonetics.com/

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Huawei Releases Wavelength-based Multidimensional All-optical Cross-connect

At the OFC 2014 show in San Francisco, Huawei showcased a wavelength-based all-optical cross-connect technology that operates in 8-dimensions (80 waves per dimension).  The optical cross-connect prototype implements a free cross-connect of 640 x 640 waves.

Huawei said its optical cross-connect prototype uses an industry-leading optical engine that enables a programmable million-pixel array to be integrated into a 1 cm2 silicon wafer. This is like integrating a million tiny mirrors into a space no larger than a coin; the engine can then control the cross-connect directions of the wavelengths by manipulating these "mirrors".

The innovation is seen as an important step in the evolution from transport networks to all-optical networks.

http://www.huawei.com

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ADVA Optical Networking Acquires Oscilloquartz SA

ADVA Optical Networking SE agreed to acquire Oscilloquartz SA from Swatch Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Oscilloquartz specializes in network synchronization solutions, including high-quality quartz crystal oscillators.  The company, which was founded in 1949, offers technology for timing sources and timing distribution for legacy and next-generation packet networks. During its long history, Oscilloquartz has developed long-term relationships with hundreds of customers served by more than 80 distributors around the globe. The company is based in Neuchatel, Switzerland - the heart of Europe's traditional watchmaking region.

ADVA said the Oscilloquartz product portfolio complements its own Syncjack offering and enables the company to deliver a complete end-to-end solution and smooth migration for frequency and time synchronization to network operators, a large number of enterprise verticals and governmental institutions.

“Synchronization technology is a critical element to the development of our networks; a critical element to the development of our business,” said Brian Protiva, CEO and co-founder, ADVA Optical Networking. “That's why our acquisition of Oscilloquartz is so important. The technology and intelligence we're buying here completes our synchronization delivery and assurance portfolio, it completes our Syncjack solution."

http://www.advaoptical.com

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Acacia Announces Single-Chip Silicon Photonics 100G Coherent Transceiver

At OFC 2014 in San Francisco, Acacia Communications introduced a complete 100G coherent transceiver in a single Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC) package -- integrating all the critical optical elements required in Acacia’s industry-first 100G coherent CFP module, which the company just announced is now shipping in samples.

Acacia’s highly integrated duplex Silicon Photonics single-chip PIC is low cost, low power, ultra-compact and can be manufactured in high volume.  Coupled with Acacia’s internally developed low-power coherent ASIC, the company can deliver a 100G Coherent CFP product at half the cost and one-third the power and size of long haul 100G solutions.

“Silicon Photonics is typically considered for short-reach interconnects,” said Acacia’s Director of Photonic Integration, Dr. Chris Doerr.  “But Silicon Photonics is very well suited for coherent transceivers, because it is ideal for manipulating optical polarizations, which is critical in coherent technology.  Co-packaged with linear drivers and trans-impedance amplifiers Acacia’s PIC consumes ~ 4 Watts of power. Our groundbreaking optical integration reduces cost by minimizing assembly touch points, mechanical adjustments, test apparatus and amount of material required”.

http://www.acacia-inc.com

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Procera Supplies its PacketLogic for du

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du), the fastest growing telecom operator in the Middle East, has selected Procera Networks’ award-winning PacketLogic 10000 series of products to provide an enhanced customer experience and network optimisation.

Specifically, du has deployed PacketLogic real time analytics, information and subscriber management systems that allow for the optimal customer experience, enabling them to enjoy maximum benefits from the most recently available applications and services.

"This is a tremendous endorsement of our solutions in an incredibly competitive market for fixed and mobile services. Our partnership with du represents a leading edge relationship between two companies, whose primary objective is to enhance customer experience with access to value-based services that meet the needs of fixed and mobile customers worldwide," said Paul Gracie, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Services at Procera Networks.

http://www.proceranetworks.com

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ALU Selected for FTTx in Indonesia

Telkom Akses, the Telkom Indonesia subsidiary responsible for building a national broadband infrastructure, has selected Alcatel-Lucent for its fiber to the premises (FTTx) rollout for millions of subscribers in Indonesia. Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) product family, which supports GPON enabling fiber-to-the-premises.  Financial terms were not disclosed.

Telkom Akses aims to take broadband penetration in Indonesia from about 2 percent to 30 percent by the end of 2015.

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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