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Chalk Talk - Terabit

Ciena's WaveLogic 3 helps you realize a 25-fold increase in spectral efficiency—making 1 terabit transmission speeds a reality to ...

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Chalk Talk - Optical Transport Network (OTN)

Find out how Optical Transport Network (OTN), a multi-network protocol compatible with Ethernet, helps you build video, mobile, i ...

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Chalk Talk - Soft Forward Error Correction

Soft Forward Error Correction provides the best performance for your network because it gives higher capacity, tolerance and twic ...

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Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3

Joe Berthold discusses how Ciena’s new WaveLogic 3 platform will change the way our customers compete, by providing the industry’ ...

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eBooks

Telecom Acronyms Guide

The fourth edition of The Acronyms Guide, brought to you by Ciena, is a handy guide to help you decipher the telecom industry's a ...

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Infographics and posters

Optical Transport Network

The Optical Transport Network (OTN) defined in ITU G.709. Download this infographic for a deep dive into this crucial technology.

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OTN Services

Ciena's Manuel Damas talks to Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock on Optical Transport Network (OTN) services.

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Wavelogic 3

Ciena SVP Rick Dodd talks about WaveLogic 3, the latest generation of coherent optical processors that are the foundation of our ...

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Data Sheets

6500-T12/T24

With the ability to scale to Terabit/s switching per slot and flexibly route wavelengths without restriction across any one of 16 ...

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Brochures

6500 Packet-Optical Platform

Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform leverages the latest technology innovations to deliver new levels of scale, flexibility, and ...

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6500-D2 Packet-Optical Platform

Ciena’s 6500-D2 with high capacity Add-Drop-Mux-on-a-Blade extends the flexibility, scalability, and resiliency of the 6500 Packe ...

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Visio Stencils

Waveserver 5 stencil

View the Waveserver 5 stencils.

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Visio Stencils

Waveserver Ai stencil

View the Waveserver Ai stencils.

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Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3 Nano

Learn how WaveLogic 3 Nano pushes 100G coherent transport into the metro.

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eBooks

Ciena Spectrum Sharing Handbook

This document describes concepts involved with Spectrum Sharing, including its technical and operational aspects.

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Visio Stencils

6500 100G WL3 stencil

View the 6500 100G WL3 stencils.

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Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 3 Extreme

From metro and regional networks to ultra-long-haul submarine, the WaveLogic 3 Extreme is taking 100G where no 100G has gone befo ...

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Articles

800G adoption soars in 2020

With the industry’s first programmable 800G solution in market this year, how fast have customers been embracing it? Ciena’s Hele ...

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Videos

Chalk Talk - Flexible Coherent Architectures

Dave Boertjes provides an overview of Flexible Coherent Architectures.

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Application Notes

Converged OT/IT Intelligence

Real-time, self-discovering, self-healing, self-configuring networks are becoming reality. This new intelligence allows network o ...

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Webinars

Ciena’s Optical Summer Series 2020

Join our experts as they discuss strategies and drivers for change, as well as the latest innovations emerging in optical network ...

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Is your data fully protected for the European Gen ...

In Europe, the GDPR is harmonizing data security legislation, and it also affects all companies that handle EU citizens' personal ...

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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai MOTR Modules

Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai MOTRs are optical transponder and service channel interfaces that enable a more programmable infrastructure.

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Data Sheets

WaveLogic Ai FOTR Modules

The WaveLogic Ai FOTR modules are highly dense optical transponder and service channel interfaces that enable a more programmable ...

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