Infrastructure modernization

Cable MSOs are modernizing their network infrastructure to deliver new services, enhance the customer experience, and achieve operational efficiencies.

Cable MSOs can leverage the Adaptive Network^™ for a dynamic, programmable infrastructure built on analytics and automation.

Programmable infrastructure

Intelligently integrating comprehensive packet, OTN, and flexible WaveLogic™ Photonics including industry leading coherent optics

Industry-leading converged packet optical solutions for accelerated service delivery, bandwidth monetization, and network optimization
Adaptive IP™ to evolve the network to make it more scalable, efficient, simplified, and cost-effective
WaveLogic 5 coherent technology for cable access (WaveLogic 5 Nano) and metro networks (WaveLogic 5 Extreme)

Intelligent automation

Accelerating digital transformation, faster time-to-market, improved customer experience, and operational efficiencies

Blue Planet^® Analytics unlocks network data with AI to enable intelligent automation of today’s dynamic and virtualized network
Blue Planet Software Control and Automation to empower cable MSOs to leverage deep network insights for optimization and automation of business processes that span IT and network functions including network planning, service fulfillment, and service assurance
Insights Service is a cloud-based service that leverages Ciena’s advanced network analytics capabilities to resolve the issues of gaining visibility and obtaining actionable insights

Improve your service deployment agility by tailoring your photonic architecture to your application.

Ciena offers the full range of photonic architectures, from passive filters and Coherent Select for simple access/metro service extensions, to directionless, colorless, contentionless, and/or flexible grid ROADMs. This capability enables the long-anticipated agile network, providing the power to send any service anywhere in the network, dynamically.

Unique to Ciena, Coherent Select is an innovative, simple-to-deploy photonic architecture designed to help operators succeed in today’s web-scale world by bringing 100G closer to the access with wide deployment scalability.

Infrastructure modernization services

Ciena Services to optimize cable MSO network efficiency and performance to maximize infrastructure investments

Build-phase Services: Consulting service for activities such as planning and design
Implementation Service: Expert deployment
Operate-phase Services: Maintenance/support and managed service for 24 x 7 infrastructure management
Improve-phase Services: Insights Service and Optimization

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Infrastructure modernization

Programmable infrastructure

Intelligent automation

Infrastructure modernization services

Latest insights

How will Adaptive IP change your IP networks?

Simplify your IP network with centralized Segment...

Ciena unveils WaveLogic 5: 800G and so much more

Network Automation - DAA & Next Generation...

Avoid outage outrage: Why AI-assisted operations...

Trouble-to-Resolve: Assure Layer 3 Service...

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