EoW May 2011

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EuroWire – May 2011 33
technology news
ADVA Optical Networking has added
a coherent express layer to its flagship
FSP 3000 platform.
The new technology has been
optimised for 100Gbit/s transmission
speed and enables service providers to
use optical network resources flexibly
and on-demand. Close interworking
with the IP/MPLS layer allows a massive
increase in network scalability and
efficiency.
The feature set represents a new
generation of agile optical core
networks and includes the following
three critical elements:
• Optical layer fully optimised for
100Gbit/s coherent transmission
technology – Besides the obvious
benefit of increasing the capacity
per wavelength, the true power
of the technology lies in the extra
link budget gained with coherent
detection. To benefit from the
extra link budget, the 100Gbit/s
capabilities are complemented by
cost-effective, compact and per-
formance-optimised amplification
schemes, all fully integrated into the
control plane. The new 100Gbit/s
“pipes” are not only bigger, but
smarter as well.
• Latest ROADM technology – ADVA
Optical Networking’s Reconfigurable
Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer
(ROADM) solution is based on
modular building blocks that
support colourless, directionless,
contentionless and gridless
configurations. Customers can opt
to deliver any transport service
on any port, over any wavelength,
to any direction in a network.
Integrated amplification provides
lowest nodal loss and highest
transmission performance.
• End-to-end service and bandwidth
management – To make full use of
100Gbit/s and ROADM technologies,
ADVA Optical Networking has fully
integrated them with a powerful
control plane. The control plane
acts as the messaging layer for
ADVA Optical Networking’s Service
Manager and allows providers to
provision a service from end to end
in a network, removing stress from
the IP/MPLS layer.
“Today’s present solution – simply
adding more bandwidth – does not
sufficiently solve the underlying
capacity and efficiency problems,”
stated Eve Griliches, managing partner
at ACG Research. “Instead, service
providers are asking for an agile and
scalable approach with fewer sites,
which will enable operators to architect
networks with intelligence to increase
their profitability in this increasingly
competitive market. ADVA Optical
Networking is addressing all of these
issues.”
“The bandwidth demand in the
core of our network is increasing at
an accelerating pace,” said Joachim
Bellinghoven, chief operating officer at
Versatel.
ADVA AF Optical Networking –
Germany
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