Finisar Shipping Transceivers with new Flextune™ Self-Tuning Capability
September 24 2018 - 4:15AM
Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR) today announced the sample availability of
its new Flextune™ self-tuning feature for tunable DWDM transceiver
modules. See a demonstration of this capability in Finisar's
booth #400 at ECOC 2018 from September 24 through 26.
Flextune™ is an automatic transceiver wavelength tuning feature
which can significantly reduce provisioning time and operating
expenses when deploying tunable DWDM transceivers. Using
Finisar-patented technology, each transceiver on a DWDM optical
link can self-tune to the correct wavelength determined by its
physical connection to the passive mux/demux infrastructure without
intervention by the host system or technicians. This greatly
simplifies set-up and saves hours of installation time by
eliminating the need for fiber tracking or labeling on patch
panels. Finisar will perform a live demonstration of its Flextune™
capability on Tunable SFP+ transceivers at ECOC this week.
This industry-first feature by Finisar allows up to 96
wavelength-tunable optical transceivers in a network to self-tune
their wavelengths and operate over the DWDM infrastructure.
Technicians simply insert the tunable DWDM transceivers into any
host port on both ends of the link, and connect them to any of the
optical mux/demux ports with fiber optic patch cables. Firmware
contained in the transceivers determines the proper wavelengths to
connect each host port to its remote end of the link, which can
reduce provisioning time from hours to minutes. This can result in
significant OpEx savings for service providers in DWDM metro and
access applications such as mobile front-haul, Remote PHY, and data
center interconnections (DCI).
“The Flextune functionality is an example of adding value
through real innovation in the transceiver market,” said Vladimir
Kozlov, founder and CEO of LightCounting. “Eliminating manual
wavelength configuration and patching not only saves cost by
minimizing deployment time and human errors, but it also enables
DWDM in access topologies like passive front haul where equipment
from different vendors can more easily interoperate.”
The Flextune™ feature is expected to be implemented on Finisar’s
duplex and bidirectional Tunable SFP+, as well as on coherent
transceivers. Samples are available now.
About Finisar Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:
FNSR) is a global technology leader in optical communications,
providing components and subsystems to networking equipment
manufacturers, data center operators, telecom service providers,
consumer electronics and automotive companies. Founded in
1988, Finisar designs products that meet the increasing demands for
network bandwidth, data storage and 3D sensing subsystems. The
company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA with
R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide. Visit
our website at www.finisar.com.
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