Enhancing Carrier-Managed Services using Multiservice Metro Optical Transport (pdf)
The growing popularity of high-bandwidth, carrier-managed services is increasing carriers’ need for a service delivery platform with the agility to support a growing range of services and the scalability available only in WDM equipment. Ciena’s CN 4200 family, with integrated Layer 2 switching and advanced optical transport, allows carriers to offer a full suite of Layer 1- and Layer 2-based carrier-managed services for the most desirable enterprise applications.
The growing popularity of high-bandwidth, carrier-managed services is increasing carriers’ need for a service delivery platform with the agility to support a growing range of services and the scalability available only in WDM equipment. Ciena’s CN 4200 family, with integrated Layer 2 switching and advanced optical transport, allows carriers to offer a full suite of Layer 1- and Layer 2-based carrier-managed services for the most desirable enterprise applications.
Wireless Backhaul Network Solutions Enabled by Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture (pdf)
Operators must manage the aggressive transition from tried-and-true TDM to next-generation Ethernet. This will maximize the investment in existing mobile and network infrastructures while maintaining a quality of service that minimizes subscriber churn.
Operators must manage the aggressive transition from tried-and-true TDM to next-generation Ethernet. This will maximize the investment in existing mobile and network infrastructures while maintaining a quality of service that minimizes subscriber churn.
High-Quality Carrier Ethernet Services using Metro Packet Optical Transport (pdf)
To capture and retain the most discerning high-value enterprise customers, contain costs, and maximize profitability in the face of heavy competition, service providers must replace or augment first-generation, standalone Ethernet switches and basic Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH solutions with a more scalable, manageable, and deterministic service architecture.
To capture and retain the most discerning high-value enterprise customers, contain costs, and maximize profitability in the face of heavy competition, service providers must replace or augment first-generation, standalone Ethernet switches and basic Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH solutions with a more scalable, manageable, and deterministic service architecture.
Metro Packet Optical Transport for Differentiated Triple Play Services (pdf)
Facilities-based providers and ISPs taking advantage of local loop unbundling recognize the strategic and economic value of bundling broadband video, voice, and Internet access services to home subscribers. Growing and retaining a Triple Play customer base is desirable only if the service is profitable—a condition that requires a cost-effective and reliable metro aggregation and distribution network with guaranteed service quality and resource efficiency.
Facilities-based providers and ISPs taking advantage of local loop unbundling recognize the strategic and economic value of bundling broadband video, voice, and Internet access services to home subscribers. Growing and retaining a Triple Play customer base is desirable only if the service is profitable—a condition that requires a cost-effective and reliable metro aggregation and distribution network with guaranteed service quality and resource efficiency.
Dynamic Wavelength Routing: The Sensible Approach to ROADM (pdf)
ROADM systems add an all-optical switching capability to the network that can be extremely valuable to carriers. The agility to switch, drop, and add traffic at the optical layer becomes more important as service bandwidth profiles approach the 10 or 40 Gb/s data rates of a wavelength. Ciena's CN 4200 ROADM saves immediate capital expense and provides the scalability to defer the cost of adding bandwidth on the network.
ROADM systems add an all-optical switching capability to the network that can be extremely valuable to carriers. The agility to switch, drop, and add traffic at the optical layer becomes more important as service bandwidth profiles approach the 10 or 40 Gb/s data rates of a wavelength. Ciena's CN 4200 ROADM saves immediate capital expense and provides the scalability to defer the cost of adding bandwidth on the network.
Broadcast and Digital Simulcast (pdf)
As telephone companies and satellite providers intensify competition for Triple Play services, Ciena’s carrier-grade FlexSelect™ solution ensures that cable MSOs can provide the highest quality and service availability in the industry—with a graceful migration to an all-digital solution.
As telephone companies and satellite providers intensify competition for Triple Play services, Ciena’s carrier-grade FlexSelect™ solution ensures that cable MSOs can provide the highest quality and service availability in the industry—with a graceful migration to an all-digital solution.
Carrier Managed Wavelength Services (pdf)
IXCs, IOCs and other competitive carriers are facing growing demands from their customers for increased bandwidth and other packet-based services. At the same time, these carriers still need to satisfy their customers in the slower growing SONET/SDH and ATM/Frame Relay markets. Ciena’s Managed Wavelength solution is based on the CN 4200™ FlexSelect™ Advanced Services Platform, which breaks both the cost and bandwidth barriers of traditional solutions with high speed, highly scalable carrier-grade optical Ethernet. Simply put, this solution will deliver managed services end-to-end and ultimately drive revenue and profitability.
IXCs, IOCs and other competitive carriers are facing growing demands from their customers for increased bandwidth and other packet-based services. At the same time, these carriers still need to satisfy their customers in the slower growing SONET/SDH and ATM/Frame Relay markets. Ciena’s Managed Wavelength solution is based on the CN 4200™ FlexSelect™ Advanced Services Platform, which breaks both the cost and bandwidth barriers of traditional solutions with high speed, highly scalable carrier-grade optical Ethernet. Simply put, this solution will deliver managed services end-to-end and ultimately drive revenue and profitability.
Networked Remote Storage for Enterprises (pdf)
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery is a major concern for large enterprise IT managers. System downtime affects the bottom line through lost revenues and productivity, negative customer experiences and potential legal liability. Now, enterprises no longer have to sacrifice the integrity of their IT planning due to cost prohibitive network services. Ciena provides solutions that enable service providers and enterprises to cost-effectively interconnect data centers to ensure their data is safe, secure, and always available.
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery is a major concern for large enterprise IT managers. System downtime affects the bottom line through lost revenues and productivity, negative customer experiences and potential legal liability. Now, enterprises no longer have to sacrifice the integrity of their IT planning due to cost prohibitive network services. Ciena provides solutions that enable service providers and enterprises to cost-effectively interconnect data centers to ensure their data is safe, secure, and always available.
Advanced Optical Enterprise Solutions (pdf)
Ciena’s data-optimized solutions provide enterprise networks with cost-effective, high bandwidth connectivity,enabling them to support storage network extension, network consolidation, and business continuity. Ciena’s ONLINE Metro Multiservice DWDM and CN 2600 Multiservice CWDM Platforms deliver end-to-end solutions. CN 2600 and Metro platforms support storage and data interfaces. Our network solutions provide the density, flexibility, availability, manageability, and scalability that today’s enterprises require.
Ciena’s data-optimized solutions provide enterprise networks with cost-effective, high bandwidth connectivity,enabling them to support storage network extension, network consolidation, and business continuity. Ciena’s ONLINE Metro Multiservice DWDM and CN 2600 Multiservice CWDM Platforms deliver end-to-end solutions. CN 2600 and Metro platforms support storage and data interfaces. Our network solutions provide the density, flexibility, availability, manageability, and scalability that today’s enterprises require.
Wholesale Optical Services (pdf)
Today’s wholesale optical services market is driven by two fundamental factors. First, IXCs with long-haul WDM infrastructure that offer Metro-to-Metro connectivity but do not have direct access to all customer buildings. Second, LECs—particularly competitive service providers and even cable MSOs—that offer managed optical services within their Metro networks but cannot attract large enterprise accounts because they are unable to offer services between Metro regions. Ciena’s Wholesale Optical Services solution breaks both the cost and bandwidth barriers of traditional solutions with high-speed, highly scalable, carrier-grade optical Ethernet. Based on the CN 4200™ FlexSelect™ Advanced Services Platform, ITU G.709 compliant OTU Digital Wrapper technology allows the Ciena solution to transparently manage other protocols across the network on a single wavelength.
Today’s wholesale optical services market is driven by two fundamental factors. First, IXCs with long-haul WDM infrastructure that offer Metro-to-Metro connectivity but do not have direct access to all customer buildings. Second, LECs—particularly competitive service providers and even cable MSOs—that offer managed optical services within their Metro networks but cannot attract large enterprise accounts because they are unable to offer services between Metro regions. Ciena’s Wholesale Optical Services solution breaks both the cost and bandwidth barriers of traditional solutions with high-speed, highly scalable, carrier-grade optical Ethernet. Based on the CN 4200™ FlexSelect™ Advanced Services Platform, ITU G.709 compliant OTU Digital Wrapper technology allows the Ciena solution to transparently manage other protocols across the network on a single wavelength.
