Infinera Launches End-to-End Digital OTN Networking
September 20 2010 - 10:00AM
Marketwired
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) is launching a set of end-to-end Digital
OTN solutions to deliver the benefits of Infinera's Digital Optical
Networks combined with full compatibility with international OTN
standards. Infinera's Digital OTN vision enhances the benefits of
OTN by enabling OTN capabilities to be realized throughout the
optical network instead of only at the edges. Infinera is
delivering Digital OTN solutions with new hardware and software.
OTN (Optical Transport Network) is a set of standards developed
by the ITU-T specifying optical network architecture and specific
signal structures and interfaces to promote transparent
multi-service transport, improved network performance and greater
interoperability for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)
networks. OTN promises to simplify, flatten, and reduce capital and
operating cost in optical networks. However, most vendor
implementations of OTN have been piecemeal to date. With new
product capabilities, Infinera offers what it believes to be the
most complete OTN implementation in the industry. The Infinera DTN
supports OTN switching at every node, enabling grooming and
switching of OTN-encapsulated client services to maximize service
reconfigurability and network performance monitoring throughout the
network, for increased network bandwidth efficiency. The
enhancements announced today add the capability to support native
OTN end-to-end services from metro/edge networks across
backbone/core networks and standard-compliant OTN networking across
multiple operator networks.
By enhancing Infinera's Digital Optical Networks architecture to
support OTN service interfaces, an Infinera network offers
significant benefits over a conventional OTN transport-only WDM
network. With integrated bandwidth management, an Infinera network
offers OTN switching in the network core. This enables capacity in
the network to be used more efficiently, minimizing wasted
bandwidth. In addition, the implementation of OTN solutions in both
the Infinera ATN and Infinera DTN platform enables end-to-end
aggregated OTN hand-offs throughout the network, from metro edge to
metro core to long-haul core.
New DTN, ATN Modules and Network Management
Software Infinera's end-to-end Digital OTN is enabled by the
introduction of both hardware and software enhancements to
Infinera's family of optical platforms. The hardware enhancements
are new Tributary Adapter Modules for the DTN digital ROADM core
WDM system and new Service Interface Modules for the ATN
metro/access WDM system. These new modules enable OTN, Ethernet,
FibreChannel, SONET/SDH, and wavelength services with per-port
programmability. They are compatible with field-deployed DTNs and
ATNs, simplify sparing, and expand service delivery. New software
includes Infinera's latest release of the Digital Network
Administrator (DNA Release 6), providing even better integration of
end-to-end mixed DTN/ATN networks and a host of
accelerated-workflow applications to speed and simplify common
network operations tasks. The new products have already begun
shipping and are planned to be generally available by next
month.
"Network operators are seeking ways to reduce the cost and
complexity of their networks and are excited about new OTN
switching gear and automated multi-layer networking capabilities
emerging in the market," said Ron Kline, Principal Analyst Network
Infrastructure at Ovum. "OTN is the glue that holds together a
multi-service, high-capacity transport layer. However, in order to
maximize effectiveness you need the whole OTN package present in
both the core and edge of the network including service interfaces,
switching/ grooming, network management, protection, OAM and
control plane capabilities."
"The OTN vision is most effectively realized through an Infinera
Digital Optical Network architecture," said Infinera Chief Strategy
Officer Dave Welch. "Infinera's continued feature expansion to our
metro, core, and management platforms to enable end-to-end Digital
OTN networking delivers important benefits to service providers in
terms of network management, reliability, and efficiency because
they provide visibility and manageability throughout the
network."
About Infinera Infinera provides Digital
Optical Networking systems to telecommunications carriers
worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated
circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed
to provide customers with simpler and more flexible engineering and
operations, faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly
deliver differentiated services without reengineering their optical
infrastructure. For more information, please visit
http://www.infinera.com/.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that
involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on
information available to Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual
results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due
to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include
statements regarding Infinera's expectations, beliefs, intentions
or strategies regarding the future, including that most vendor
implementations of OTN have been piecemeal to date; that Infinera
offers what it believes to be the most complete OTN implementation
in the industry; that an Infinera network offers significant
benefits over a conventional OTN transport-only WDM network; that
OTN enables capacity in the network to be used more efficiently,
minimizing wasted bandwidth; that OTN vision is most effectively
realized through an Infinera Digital Optical Network architecture;
and that Infinera's continued feature expansion delivers important
benefits to service providers in terms of network management,
reliability, and efficiency because they provide visibility and
manageability throughout the network. Such forward-looking
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