Bell Labs' MIMO-SDM Sets Path to Petabit/Sec Optical Transmission

Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, announced a space-division multiplexed optical multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO-SDM) system with the potential to increase current 10 to 20 Terabit-per-second fiber capacities to Petabit-per-second capacity - the equivalent of 1,000 Terabits/s. Bell Labs said it has demonstrated real-time 6x6 MIMO-SDM using six transmitters and six receivers in combination with real- time digital signal processing...

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Facebook Targets 32x100G Wedge Data Center Switch

Facebook confirmed that work is already underway on Wedge 100, a 32x100G switch for its hyperscale data centers. Facebook is also adapting Wedge to a much bigger aggregation switch called 6-pack, which uses Wedge as its foundation and stacks 12 of these Wedges in a modular and nonblocking aggregation switch. FBOSS will be used as a software stack across the growing platform of network switches: Wedge, 6-pack, and now Wedge 100. In an engineering...

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Arista Adds 6-port 100G DWDM Line Card for DCI

Arista Networks announced new capabilities that extend its spine networking platforms to include data center interconnect use cases. These capabilities include: Spine Transit: A long haul Coherent DWDM, 6-port 100G line card with integrated MACsec encryption for the Arista 7500E Spine switches. Spine Interconnect: Production-ready, standards-based VXLAN solutions for Layer 2 service extension between sites. Spine Peering: An Arista EOS approach...

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AT&T Aims for Carbon Savings 10X the Footprint Of Operations By 2025

AT&T has set a goal to enable carbon savings 10 times the footprint of its operations by 2025. The gains will achieved by enhancing the efficiency of its network and delivering low-carbon customer solutions. To be achieved by 2025, additional goals focus on the communities in which AT&T operates and the company's supply chain: AT&T will invest resources, develop initiatives and collaborate with stakeholders to close the skills gap,...

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Rollout Continues on Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Cable

Phase II of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system, a 5,000km extension from the Gulf of Guinea island of Sao Tomé-et-Principe to South Africa, is set to begin. Phase II will link Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville and South Africa, including an extension to Cameroon. On completion of the Phase II extension, the ACE system will deliver an overall design capacity of 12.8 Tbps. Alcatel-Lucent is...

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Video: Building Scalable SDN and NFV Deployments with Radisys’ FlowEngine

Key members of the Radisys FlowEngine team: Bryan Sadowski, VP of FlowEngine Marketing; Andrew Alleman, CTO; and Joseph Sulistyo, Director – Product Strategy and Management describe how the FlowEngine allows operators to innovate and deliver new services with agility and speed. https://youtu.be/l_xU2upv07w...

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Video: @Pica8 Blazes Multiple Paths to SDN

@Pica8 is blazing multiple paths to #SDN inc open swtiching platforms, OEMs, a brite box w @HPE etc says Niraj Jain https:// See video: youtu.be/5CBizZm2mfQ&nbs...

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