Infinera XTS-3300 Meshponder Delivers Industry-leading 19 Terabits of Capacity on Trans-Atlantic Route
July 11 2017 - 8:00AM
Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced
the successful completion of a subsea field trial with a major
subsea network provider on a modern trans-Atlantic route. The field
trial was conducted with the Infinera XTS-3300 meshponder and
demonstrated the potential of 19 terabits per second (19T) per
fiber pair, delivering the highest spectral efficiency on a major
trans-Atlantic route to operate with stable, commercial-ready
performance margin.
Subsea optical networks are a critical piece of the global
communications infrastructure, enabling cloud-based services to
reach users around the world. Given the high complexity and cost of
deploying submarine optical systems, subsea operators prefer
high-performance, easy-to-use, high-capacity transmission equipment
that maximizes their return on investment.
The XTS-3300 is powered by the new Infinera Infinite Capacity
Engine 4 (ICE4) and is part of the Infinera Intelligent Transport
Network portfolio optimized for long-haul subsea applications. It
delivers the groundbreaking performance of Infinera’s ICE4
technology, including enhanced pre- and post-dispersion
compensation, digitally synthesized Nyquist subcarriers and
soft-decision forward error correction gain sharing. The trial
validates ICE4’s transmission of 8QAM (quadrature amplitude
modulation) 600 gigabits per second (600G) super-channel in
140 gigahertz of spectrum, delivering the highest spectral
efficiency of 4.3 bits per second per hertz with commercial-ready
performance margin.
“While optical vendors have demonstrated experimental approaches
to boost subsea fiber capacity, the Infinera XTS-3300 is the first
commercial platform that can deliver over 19T of capacity on a
trans-Atlantic route,” said Andrew Schmitt, Lead Analyst at Cignal
AI. “The XTS-3300 trial used tighter channel spacing and advanced
compensation techniques in the DSP, paving the way for operators to
deploy highly efficient platforms that maximize subsea fiber
spectrum utilization.”
“Infinera is continually enhancing solutions to deliver the best
capacity-reach performance for subsea cable systems with our
Advanced Coherent Toolkit and Instant Bandwidth technology that
enables rapid capacity upgrades and reduced commercial risk for
service providers,” said Scott Jackson, Infinera Vice President,
Subsea Business Group. “This industry-first trial underscores the
significant value Infinera Intelligent Transport Networks bring to
subsea network operators.”
The ICE4-based Infinera DTN-X XT Series and XTS Series are
planned for general availability this quarter. Infinera's Cloud
Xpress 2, also based on ICE4, began shipping in the second quarter
of 2017.
Additional Resources
- Infinera Transforms Subsea Networks to Cloud Scale with New
DTN-X Platforms
- Infinera Subsea Networks
About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ:INFN) provides
Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators,
governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate
service innovation and automate optical network operations.
Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for
long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable
innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding
networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com,
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www.infinera.com/blog.
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Infinera Corporation.
This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to the potential operational, technical
and economic benefits of deploying Infinera products and solutions
on subsea networks including Infinera’s DTN-X Family XTS Series.
These statements are not guarantees of results and should not be
considered as an indication of future activity or future
performance. Actual results may vary materially from these
expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties.
Information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks
and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is contained in
the risk factors section and other sections of Infinera’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 1, 2017 as filed
with the SEC on May 10, 2017, as well subsequent reports filed with
or furnished to the SEC. These reports are available on Infinera’s
website at www.infinera.com and the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not
currently intend to, update any such forward-looking
statements.
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