Datasheets and brochures
Application notes
Intelligent Submarine Solutions for an Increasingly Competitive Market (pdf)
The international services market continues to show strong growth. According to the industry research firm, Telegeography, international Internet bandwidth has more than quadrupled in just three years—a 50 percent annual growth rate. Yet in spite of very strong demand, the industry has seen significant price erosion. In addition, customers are migrating to higher-bandwidth services, with an expectation for higher service availability and lower cost per bit, as their need for business continuity and higher total connection capacity grows. Ciena is uniquely positioned to help international operators improve the scalability, resiliency, and manageability of their undersea networks while offering the widest service portfolio.
The international services market continues to show strong growth. According to the industry research firm, Telegeography, international Internet bandwidth has more than quadrupled in just three years—a 50 percent annual growth rate. Yet in spite of very strong demand, the industry has seen significant price erosion. In addition, customers are migrating to higher-bandwidth services, with an expectation for higher service availability and lower cost per bit, as their need for business continuity and higher total connection capacity grows. Ciena is uniquely positioned to help international operators improve the scalability, resiliency, and manageability of their undersea networks while offering the widest service portfolio.
White Papers
Survivable Submarine Optical Networks (pdf)
This paper discusses the challenges and solution for building highly resilient and available subsea networks using industry standards-based intelligent control plane technology. It explores the migration path toward mesh networking, and examines how networks are evolving toward a global mesh to improve network survivability, increase network automation, and reduce costs.
This paper discusses the challenges and solution for building highly resilient and available subsea networks using industry standards-based intelligent control plane technology. It explores the migration path toward mesh networking, and examines how networks are evolving toward a global mesh to improve network survivability, increase network automation, and reduce costs.
Addressing Network Uncertainty with an Intelligent Infrastructure (pdf)
In the shadow of unprecedented network traffic growth, network operators are struggling to come to terms with a high degree of uncertainty associated with what kind of bandwidth is needed, where it needs to go, when it should be delivered, and how it should scale.This paper describes how the powerful combination of OTN switching and the distributed control plane enables operators to turn their networks into intelligent infrastructure.
In the shadow of unprecedented network traffic growth, network operators are struggling to come to terms with a high degree of uncertainty associated with what kind of bandwidth is needed, where it needs to go, when it should be delivered, and how it should scale.This paper describes how the powerful combination of OTN switching and the distributed control plane enables operators to turn their networks into intelligent infrastructure.
Heavy Reading White Paper: Building the Next-Generation Packet-Optical Switching Network (pdf)
The next phase of SONET/SDH to packet network migration is underway, and optical networks must evolve to meet the challenges. To do this, a renewed focus has been placed on optical switching innovations and a tighter coupling of switching and transport through element integration and a unified control plane. Meanwhile, the network must continue to support legacy SONET/SDH traffic. Also, the network and network elements must have a high degree of modularity so operators can add the features and functions they need, when they need them.
The next phase of SONET/SDH to packet network migration is underway, and optical networks must evolve to meet the challenges. To do this, a renewed focus has been placed on optical switching innovations and a tighter coupling of switching and transport through element integration and a unified control plane. Meanwhile, the network must continue to support legacy SONET/SDH traffic. Also, the network and network elements must have a high degree of modularity so operators can add the features and functions they need, when they need them.
The Intelligent Path to a Service-Enabling Infrastructure (pdf)
The rise in bandwidth demand represents an era of major change in the ways residential and business services are used, sold, and supported on the network. To truly address the financial and technological imperatives of a network operator’s business, a more customizable and optimized approach to switching is required—one that provides a degree of hardware and software modularity and reconfigurability not found in today’s solutions. This new switching flexibility, made possible with a reconfigurable approach, will allow network operators to achieve a service-enabling switching infrastructure that can help drive top-line revenues, decrease costs, and ultimately differentiate offered services to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.
The rise in bandwidth demand represents an era of major change in the ways residential and business services are used, sold, and supported on the network. To truly address the financial and technological imperatives of a network operator’s business, a more customizable and optimized approach to switching is required—one that provides a degree of hardware and software modularity and reconfigurability not found in today’s solutions. This new switching flexibility, made possible with a reconfigurable approach, will allow network operators to achieve a service-enabling switching infrastructure that can help drive top-line revenues, decrease costs, and ultimately differentiate offered services to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.
Videos
Ciena's 5400 Family - Changing the way Network Operators Compete
The 5400 Family offers the industry’s first fully modular and reconfigurable switching platform. It enables practical transition to a converged OTN and Ethernet-based service-enabling infrastructure to achieve unmatched capital and operational expense reduction and rapid service delivery. That means fewer boxes that require fewer touches—each powered by a single operating system and management platform—to facilitate true network and service automation.
The 5400 Family offers the industry’s first fully modular and reconfigurable switching platform. It enables practical transition to a converged OTN and Ethernet-based service-enabling infrastructure to achieve unmatched capital and operational expense reduction and rapid service delivery. That means fewer boxes that require fewer touches—each powered by a single operating system and management platform—to facilitate true network and service automation.
Ciena introduces the 5400 Family of Reconfigurable Switching Systems
Building on a long heritage of network automation and high reliability, Ciena's 5400 Family of Reconfigurable Switching Systems allows operators to migrate from legacy technologies to next-generation architectures such as OTN and Ethernet.
Building on a long heritage of network automation and high reliability, Ciena's 5400 Family of Reconfigurable Switching Systems allows operators to migrate from legacy technologies to next-generation architectures such as OTN and Ethernet.
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