Interoute Completes First European PIC-Based 100G Transmission on Subsea Network
March 02 2011 - 11:18AM
Marketwired
Interoute and Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) have completed a
demonstration of Infinera's new 500 Gigabits/second (Gb/s) photonic
integrated circuits (PICs) successfully delivering 100Gb/s channels
on the Interoute pan-European network. Interoute, whose
pan-European network was the first in Europe to deploy Infinera's
100Gb/s photonic integrated circuits more than three years ago, is
planning to use Infinera's next generation systems based on 100Gb/s
channels enabled by 500 Gb/s PICs to ensure it continues to lead
the way in supporting Europe's insatiable demand for high capacity
bandwidth. Interoute's Next Generation Network is the most advanced
in Europe and Interoute is working closely with Infinera as
Infinera brings to market a high-capacity solution based on
coherent transmission of 100Gb/s channels.
The demonstration took place between Amsterdam and London. The
100Gb/s channels originated in Amsterdam and traveled under the
North Sea to London, where they were looped back and returned to
Amsterdam, for a total distance of 940 kilometers (km). The signals
were received error-free despite a lengthy unrepeatered subsea link
of 210 km between the Dutch and English coasts. Each 100Gb/s
channel is capable of carrying over 200,000* simultaneous Video
Conferences between London and Amsterdam, or over 1.5 million**
telephone conversations. This is the first demonstration of
Infinera's PIC-based 100Gb/s channels transmitted on a European
network.
The coherent 100Gb/s channels were transmitted on fiber
simultaneously carrying 200Gb/s of live traffic over 10Gb/s
channels, demonstrating that the Infinera Line System (ILS) can
carry both types of optical signals without interference. Interoute
is planning to introduce PIC-based 100Gb/s channels next year, to
enable customers to enjoy a seamless transition to the new era of
high-capacity bandwidth.
Gareth Williams, Interoute's CEO, commented, "Interoute's
network is used by all the major incumbents as well as thousands of
international enterprises who rely on its resilient high capacity
and low latency connectivity. In the service provider market
Interoute is attracting an increasing number of operators looking
to outsource part or all of their European networks; innovative
technologies like Infinera's 500Gb/s PICs ensure that the network
infrastructure is as advanced as Interoute's expertise needed to
support these critical projects."
"We are encouraged that Interoute is once again leading the
industry towards the next generation of network technology by
choosing to deploy Infinera's 500Gb/s PICs," said Infinera
president and CEO Tom Fallon. "We are confident that our next
generation solution will once again leverage the disruptive
economics of PICs, offering a system with pervasive switched DWDM
capacity throughout the network, superior network economics, and
the ability for the end-customer to get any service deployed
anywhere in the network with unbeatable speed of service
delivery."
Infinera's new 500Gb/s PICs each integrate five 100G channels.
With Infinera's FlexCoherent™ technology, the network operator can
select the optimal modulation format to use for each route on the
network. In this demonstration, the 100Gb/s channels were
transmitted using PM-QPSK modulation and coherent detection to
optimize for optical reach. Infinera's 500G PIC receivers use
integrated local oscillators to enable coherent detection of the
signals. The pair of 500G PICs integrates more than 600 optical
devices, a tenfold increase from today's 100Gb/s PICs which are
widely deployed in long-haul and metro networks worldwide.
* Based on standard definition point to point video conference
call at 512kb/s ** Based on standard telephone call at 64kb/s
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/.
About Interoute Interoute is the
owner/operator of Europe's most advanced and densely connected
voice and data network, encompassing over 60,000 km of lit fibre, 8
Data Centres, 32 purpose-built colocation centres and on-net to
another 150 partner Data Centres across the European footprint.
Interoute's full-service next generation network serves
international enterprises from a broad range of sectors including
aerospace, automotive, finance, pharmaceutical and retail, plus
every major European incumbent, as well as the major operators of
North America, East and South Asia, governments, universities and
research agencies. These organisations find Interoute the ideal
partner for hosting content, providing wholesale bandwidth and
transit services, corporate connectivity or creating new services.
With established operations throughout mainland Europe, in North
America and Dubai, Interoute also owns and operates dense city
networks throughout Europe's major business centres. Providing
service and support in 15 European languages, Interoute is a key
part of Europe's Digital Supply Chain. The network is
future-proofed, endowed with Europe's largest fibre and duct
reserve, and is a leader in the deployment of advanced network
technologies, from the ground to the Cloud. www.interoute.com
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