Calix Leverages AXOS to Demonstrate World’s First Multi-10 Gbps Channel Bonded NG-PON2
May 23 2017 - 8:25AM
Calix, Inc. (NYSE:CALX), the world leader in Subscriber Driven
Intelligent Access, today announced another fiber access technology
“first” built on AXOS, the world’s only SDA - the ability to bond
multiple channels or wavelengths of NG-PON2 technology over fiber.
Working within ITU standards, Calix successfully demonstrated the
ability of the AXOS E9-2 Intelligent Edge System to leverage
NG-PON2 channel bonding to deliver up to 40 Gbps (gigabits per
second) downstream, or 80 Gbps of aggregate bandwidth over a single
strand of fiber. This breakthrough allows service providers who are
deploying channel bonded Calix AXOS NG-PON2 solutions the ultimate
flexibility in addressing, on a single fiber with adjustable
capacity, the emerging bandwidth requirements of a variety of
demanding service types, including:
- 5G mobile backhaul
- High-end business services
- High-density residential services, including in MDU
environments
- Transport and middle mile
“One of the key attributes of NG-PON2 for carriers is the
ability to consolidate business and residential services onto one
NG-PON2 network, and we expect NG-PON2 channel bonding technology
could help with this convergence, especially as bandwidth needs
increase,” said Vincent O’Byrne, director of access technology at
Verizon. “This is the reason Verizon has championed channel bonding
within the standards as an option to support higher capacities as
well as challenged the industry for its standardization and
implementation. We believe channel bonding holds the potential to
more than double the bandwidth to individual subscribers or network
locations and anticipate it could be a means of moving from 10 Gbps
to 20 Gbps and beyond without deploying new
technologies.”
The multi-wavelength capability of NG-PON2 technology is already
a game changer for service providers in its promise to accelerate
network convergence and massively increase available bandwidth
capacity. However, the ability to bond NG-PON2 wavelengths takes
this opportunity to a whole new level, rewriting the rules that
historically governed how quickly and efficiently service
enhancements could be deployed in service provider networks.
Developed at an unprecedented pace by leveraging the Calix AXOS
platform, the NG-PON2 channel bonding breakthrough progressed from
a Verizon request to Calix to a live demonstration and was
completed in only 12 days. This feat was made possible by the
hardware abstracted Calix AXOS platform that can rapidly develop
new capabilities, such as channel bonding, while also supporting
anyPHY™ and anyPON™ technologies, like NG-PON2, as they
emerge.
“NG-PON2 channel bonding, much like the unique Calix ability to
provide gigabit services on G.fast via bonding, is another example
of the transformative power of AXOS, accelerating the delivery of
new technologies, features, and services for all Calix customers,”
said Shane Eleniak, Calix vice president of systems products. “Over
the past several months, we have introduced several AXOS
innovations from connectors like OFx and DPx, which enable seamless
migrations to next-generation architectures, to new modules like
AXOS RPm, which enable Layer 3 intelligence and routing
capabilities in the access network, to AXOS Sandbox, which speeds
up and simplifies OSS integration. Today’s NG-PON2 channel bonding
demonstration announcement was the next milestone on a fast-growing
path filled with cutting-edge Calix AXOS innovations, and we expect
this rate of innovation to continue as a hallmark of our AXOS
platform well into the future.”
About Calix
Calix, Inc. (NYSE:CALX) pioneered Software Defined Access and
cloud products focused on access networks and the subscriber. Its
portfolio of Intelligent Access systems and software combines AXOS,
the revolutionary platform for access, with Calix Cloud, innovative
cloud products for network data analytics and subscriber experience
assurance. Together, they enable communications service providers
to transform their businesses and be the winning service providers
of tomorrow. For more information, visit the Calix website at
www.calix.com.
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