Enabling the transport of high-speed Ethernet over optical networks is now a reality—thanks to Ciena. Ciena’s WaveLogic family of coherent optical processors vastly expands capacity without disrupting existing networks, providing simple and cost-effective upgrades from 10G to 40G or 100G. That’s game-changing. 

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Why 40G/100G with coherent technology? 
Demand for high-bandwidth services is increasing at exponential rates. Coherent optical processing lays the foundation for increasing bandwidth from 10G to 40G to 100G and beyond; offers the ability to make the network more programmable; and unlocks new potential architectural possibilities. By integrating techniques for improved spectral efficiency and increased noise tolerance—and by adding an intelligent coherent receiver alongside advanced digital signal processing algorithms—Ciena’s implementation of coherent technology on the WaveLogic family of coherent optical processors provides cost-effective ways to mitigate optical impairments, takes advantage of fiber plants in place today, and increases capacity as needed.

What are the benefits of Ciena’s WaveLogic Coherent Optical Processors?
Ciena’s WaveLogic allows you to:

• Increase traffic-carrying capacity of your existing 10G network fourfold and tenfold through simple plug-and-play installation with little or no need for network re-engineering.
• Realize significant economic benefits through the reduction or elimination of a variety of network equipment such as amplifiers, regenerators, and dispersion and PMD compensators
• Avoid new fiber installation with the ability to use 10G-marginal fiber for 40G and 100G transmission
• Fully satisfy customer expectations with reliable and robust solutions that have been proven over years of live network deployments

Leadership
With more than 10 years of experience in DSP-assisted electro-optics, Ciena is committed to ensuring seamless in-service 40G and 100G upgrades of existing networks to protect customer investments in current infrastructure and to improve network capacity, using engineering rules similar to those employed in 10G DWDM systems. All Ciena systems are designed to be scalable to 100G, ensuring the systems will be capable of supporting ongoing, in-service bandwidth increases cost-effectively. And, utilizing the unique lessons learned from real-world 40G and 100G deployments, Ciena engineers are now completing design of their third generation of chipsets—technology that will solve the next generation of networking challenges.

More and more, service providers and operators worldwide rely on Ciena’s coherent 40G/100G solutions to transport their critical traffic. Find out how Ciena’s coherent 40G/100G solutions can help you change the way you compete.