Practical TDM Service Migration to a Converged Ethernet Infrastructure (pdf)
Until businesses and enterprises complete the transition from TDM private lines to ubiquitous Ethernet to support point-to-point, dedicated inter-office voice and data connectivity, there remains a strong TDM market segment for service providers worldwide. This white paper looks at how TDMoP provides a standards-based method for emulating TDM services over a converged packet network in a very scalable, reliable, and cost-effective way.
Until businesses and enterprises complete the transition from TDM private lines to ubiquitous Ethernet to support point-to-point, dedicated inter-office voice and data connectivity, there remains a strong TDM market segment for service providers worldwide. This white paper looks at how TDMoP provides a standards-based method for emulating TDM services over a converged packet network in a very scalable, reliable, and cost-effective way.
Making the Case for Converged Ethernet Transport: The Advantages of Integrating Layer 2 Ethernet with Layer 0/1 Transport (pdf)
This white paper examines the market drivers, key benefits, and main applications for converged Ethernet transport, and provides an overview of the CN 4200® FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform Family—including the new G10 and G10X Ethernet service modules, which deliver a cost-effective, high-performance, manageable packet optical networking platform.
This white paper examines the market drivers, key benefits, and main applications for converged Ethernet transport, and provides an overview of the CN 4200® FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform Family—including the new G10 and G10X Ethernet service modules, which deliver a cost-effective, high-performance, manageable packet optical networking platform.
Storage Extension Network Solutions: Lower-cost, Higher-Performance Networks (pdf)
Robust, secure, resilient, high-capacity storage networks are business imperatives. The right network solutions must provide reliable, timely, and accurate application-layer replication over a network that cost-effectively delivers high-performance connectivity to fit application requirements. This white paper explores techniques to ensure the availability of storage applications over distances while driving costs down by up to 70 percent.
Robust, secure, resilient, high-capacity storage networks are business imperatives. The right network solutions must provide reliable, timely, and accurate application-layer replication over a network that cost-effectively delivers high-performance connectivity to fit application requirements. This white paper explores techniques to ensure the availability of storage applications over distances while driving costs down by up to 70 percent.
OTN: Deliving Assured, Flexible Transport Topology for Enterprise Networks (pdf)
OTN is the ideal standard on which to deploy a large variety of networks and protocols, including legacy TDM connectivity, enterprise LAN and storage protocol traffic, and special video or machine protocols. With OTN, emerging services such as Ethernet and virtually any storage and data center protocol can be transported transparently and simultaneously over a converged network.
OTN is the ideal standard on which to deploy a large variety of networks and protocols, including legacy TDM connectivity, enterprise LAN and storage protocol traffic, and special video or machine protocols. With OTN, emerging services such as Ethernet and virtually any storage and data center protocol can be transported transparently and simultaneously over a converged network.
ROADMs in Network Architectures (pdf)
ROADM delivers new flexibility to DWDM networks by enabling dynamic, transparent optical wavelength add/drop functioning, and adds considerable agility and robustness to network architectures—vastly improving service velocity and lowering TCO.
ROADM delivers new flexibility to DWDM networks by enabling dynamic, transparent optical wavelength add/drop functioning, and adds considerable agility and robustness to network architectures—vastly improving service velocity and lowering TCO.
The Foundation for the Evolution of Enterprise Networks: Ciena's Approach to Optical Networking (pdf)
Based on technology building blocks such as OTN, programmability, intelligent optical control plane, and automated management, Ciena’s enterprise solutions offer the lowest cost for present implementation and long-term operation, and provide the scalability and flexibility to serve as adaptable foundations for years to come.
Based on technology building blocks such as OTN, programmability, intelligent optical control plane, and automated management, Ciena’s enterprise solutions offer the lowest cost for present implementation and long-term operation, and provide the scalability and flexibility to serve as adaptable foundations for years to come.
CN 5060 OS: Ciena’s Fault-Tolerant, Real-Time Operating System (pdf)
Network reliability is essential to service growth. Public utility commissions and the FCC expect telecommunication services to run at all times. Carrier-class is not good enough—a true converged multiservice Carrier Ethernet/IP network should run as reliably and efficiently as non-stop telecom services, without overbuilding or chronic software pain.
Network reliability is essential to service growth. Public utility commissions and the FCC expect telecommunication services to run at all times. Carrier-class is not good enough—a true converged multiservice Carrier Ethernet/IP network should run as reliably and efficiently as non-stop telecom services, without overbuilding or chronic software pain.
Evolution to the 100G Transport Network (pdf)
Carriers are challenged by bandwidth constraints while attempting to accommodate demands for high-speed services. The aggregation of 10GbE on IP routers, coupled with fiber plant exhaust, necessitates 100 Gb/s ports on DWDM equipment and 100GbE ports for switch-to-switch interconnection. This white paper explains how Ciena leads the development of timely, technically innovative 100 Gb/s solutions that operate over existing 10 Gb/s infrastructures.
Carriers are challenged by bandwidth constraints while attempting to accommodate demands for high-speed services. The aggregation of 10GbE on IP routers, coupled with fiber plant exhaust, necessitates 100 Gb/s ports on DWDM equipment and 100GbE ports for switch-to-switch interconnection. This white paper explains how Ciena leads the development of timely, technically innovative 100 Gb/s solutions that operate over existing 10 Gb/s infrastructures.
Survivable Optical Networks with foreword by Ovum RHK (pdf)
Globalization and natural disasters have combined to rejuvenate interest in global communications networks, particularly the undersea networks interconnecting with their terrestrial counterparts. As these networks grow and customer needs evolve, mesh protection of undersea links is emerging as an important trend at the optical network layer as operators look to control costs while improving network resiliency.
Globalization and natural disasters have combined to rejuvenate interest in global communications networks, particularly the undersea networks interconnecting with their terrestrial counterparts. As these networks grow and customer needs evolve, mesh protection of undersea links is emerging as an important trend at the optical network layer as operators look to control costs while improving network resiliency.
Delivering on the Promise of Ethernet: MEF Services using Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture (pdf)
Service providers must develop a strategy for supporting Ethernet along with the existing mix of TDM, Frame Relay, and ATM services. Ciena offers a way for providers to transition those legacy offerings to an Ethernet format. Rather than continue to invest in legacy infrastructure and manage multiple types of transport networks, service providers now have a viable option for transitioning all traffic to a cost-effective, highly reliable Ethernet-based infrastructure.
Service providers must develop a strategy for supporting Ethernet along with the existing mix of TDM, Frame Relay, and ATM services. Ciena offers a way for providers to transition those legacy offerings to an Ethernet format. Rather than continue to invest in legacy infrastructure and manage multiple types of transport networks, service providers now have a viable option for transitioning all traffic to a cost-effective, highly reliable Ethernet-based infrastructure.
Scaling and Adapting to Ongoing Innovation with Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture (pdf)
Gaining the flexibility to grow new services, change architectures on demand, and scale to high speeds requires a forward-looking, cost-effective approach. Ciena’s FlexSelect™ Architecture addresses these needs by helping network equipment continually adapt to the changing landscape with flexibility, manageability, and assured operations without continual forklift upgrades.
Gaining the flexibility to grow new services, change architectures on demand, and scale to high speeds requires a forward-looking, cost-effective approach. Ciena’s FlexSelect™ Architecture addresses these needs by helping network equipment continually adapt to the changing landscape with flexibility, manageability, and assured operations without continual forklift upgrades.
Beyond Carrier Ethernet: Making Ethernet Performance-Grade (pdf)
Ciena is now committed to making Ethernet suitable for use in service provider transport networks. To achieve this end, solutions need to build upon and go beyond Carrier Ethernet requirements. This whitepaper identifies the challenges associated with taking Ethernet to the WAN and proposes a set of solutions required to make Ethernet performance-grade.
Ciena is now committed to making Ethernet suitable for use in service provider transport networks. To achieve this end, solutions need to build upon and go beyond Carrier Ethernet requirements. This whitepaper identifies the challenges associated with taking Ethernet to the WAN and proposes a set of solutions required to make Ethernet performance-grade.
Intelligent Optical Switching and Dynamic Lightpath Provisioning for Research Networks (pdf)
This paper introduces Ciena’s CoreDirector® Multiservice Switch—an intelligent optical switch—and provides a functional overview of the value provided within next-generation network architecture.
This paper introduces Ciena’s CoreDirector® Multiservice Switch—an intelligent optical switch—and provides a functional overview of the value provided within next-generation network architecture.
The Foundation for Assured Networks: Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture (pdf)
Ciena platforms form the global backbone network for the U.S. Department of Defense and the backbones of seven of the world’s ten largest service providers. These platforms are integral components for achieving the level of security and reliability necessary to sustain critical operations and the real-time delivery of information.
Ciena platforms form the global backbone network for the U.S. Department of Defense and the backbones of seven of the world’s ten largest service providers. These platforms are integral components for achieving the level of security and reliability necessary to sustain critical operations and the real-time delivery of information.
Intelligent Optical Control Plane Architectures (pdf)
Intelligent control plane technology offers many capabilities and benefits that can lower costs dramatically, improve network reliability and increase customer satisfaction. This technology is demonstrable today on the CoreDirector Multiservice Switch, a key component of Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture. This white paper examines the control plane strategy, interoperability success and networking dividends delivered by CoreDirector intelligent networks.
Intelligent control plane technology offers many capabilities and benefits that can lower costs dramatically, improve network reliability and increase customer satisfaction. This technology is demonstrable today on the CoreDirector Multiservice Switch, a key component of Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture. This white paper examines the control plane strategy, interoperability success and networking dividends delivered by CoreDirector intelligent networks.
Yankee Group White Paper: Adaptive Network Architectures are Critical to Government IT Evolution (pdf)
Shifts in the way government agencies operate and communicate are having a seismic impact on IT systems and network architectures across federal agencies. This report identifies the drivers of network transformation and the requirements of next-generation networks, and provides quantifiable guidance to government agencies weighing carrier versus private optical networking options.
Shifts in the way government agencies operate and communicate are having a seismic impact on IT systems and network architectures across federal agencies. This report identifies the drivers of network transformation and the requirements of next-generation networks, and provides quantifiable guidance to government agencies weighing carrier versus private optical networking options.
Ovum RHK White Paper: OTN Emerges as a Must Have (pdf)
OTN, the Optical Transport Network, dates back to 1998, but is only now hitting its stride as a requirement for next-generation optical network elements. OTN was one of many promising optical technologies whose rollout was delayed by post-bubble investment declines. As network operators have begun spending again, and as service bandwidths and transport pipes are getting larger, OTN has reemerged as a “must have” technology, but not for the lofty reasons many often cite.
OTN, the Optical Transport Network, dates back to 1998, but is only now hitting its stride as a requirement for next-generation optical network elements. OTN was one of many promising optical technologies whose rollout was delayed by post-bubble investment declines. As network operators have begun spending again, and as service bandwidths and transport pipes are getting larger, OTN has reemerged as a “must have” technology, but not for the lofty reasons many often cite.
WAN Optimization for Enterprise Applications (pdf)
Emerging applications are driving new network performance requirements on enterprise and government networks. Trends, like Business Continuance (BC)/Disaster Recovery (DR) compliance requirements, and the emergence of web services and software oriented architectures in multi-location enterprises, are poised to power the demand for bandwidth-intensive solutions. Ciena provides industry leading flexible, intelligent network platforms and expertise to help you address these challenges. This paper illustrates how Ciena can assist you in forming Adaptive WANs to meet your IT challenges.
Emerging applications are driving new network performance requirements on enterprise and government networks. Trends, like Business Continuance (BC)/Disaster Recovery (DR) compliance requirements, and the emergence of web services and software oriented architectures in multi-location enterprises, are poised to power the demand for bandwidth-intensive solutions. Ciena provides industry leading flexible, intelligent network platforms and expertise to help you address these challenges. This paper illustrates how Ciena can assist you in forming Adaptive WANs to meet your IT challenges.
Adaptive WANs for Enterprise and Government (pdf)
Web Services, Remote Storage Replication and Grid Computing, individually and collectively, are triggering exponential growth in inter-site traffic. If organizations react to this growth as they have in the past—adding bandwidth incrementally and prioritizing high priority traffic during peak traffic periods—organizations will find their applications increasingly struggling and competing for congested WAN resources. Their investments in IT hardware and software will not realize the expected benefits. Adaptive WANs are critical for multiple site organizations with timesensitive applications. They enable organizations to place their IT assets anywhere—including their storage assets. Ciena’s Adaptive WAN solution is field-proven in the most demanding production networks today—carrying mission-critical traffic with a full variety of bandwidth services.
Web Services, Remote Storage Replication and Grid Computing, individually and collectively, are triggering exponential growth in inter-site traffic. If organizations react to this growth as they have in the past—adding bandwidth incrementally and prioritizing high priority traffic during peak traffic periods—organizations will find their applications increasingly struggling and competing for congested WAN resources. Their investments in IT hardware and software will not realize the expected benefits. Adaptive WANs are critical for multiple site organizations with timesensitive applications. They enable organizations to place their IT assets anywhere—including their storage assets. Ciena’s Adaptive WAN solution is field-proven in the most demanding production networks today—carrying mission-critical traffic with a full variety of bandwidth services.
