CoreDirector
Multiservice Optical Switch

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• Reduces capital costs by as much as 40 percent with high-capacity switching in an efficient mesh network architecture
  
• Offers 40 percent or more savings on equipment costs with multiprotocol switching that supports TDM and Ethernet traffic aggregation and forwarding in metro/regional hubs
  
• Reduces operations cost by as much as 70 percent by simplifying processes and network infrastructure with field-proven intelligent optical control plane functionality
  
• Features automated resource inventory and service provisioning for rapid service delivery and faster revenue generation
  
• Facilitates TDM and Ethernet services differentiation for incremental revenue generation by supporting multiple classes of service
  
• Includes field-proven hardware and software, delivering greater than 99.999% service availability
  
• Reduces the cost of connecting to the optical transport network with integrated DWDM capabilities
  
• Provides proven interoperability with third-party vendor equipment

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