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Today, connectivity services are a mostly static experience, meaning that once the endpoints...

Carrier Ethernet (CE) is built on Ethernet technology, which is universally popular and economical....

At its most basic, coherent optical transmission is a technique that uses modulation of the...

Central Office Re-architected as a Data Center (CORD) replaces the proprietary infrastructure of...

Data Center Interconnect (DCI) technology connects two or more data centers together over short,...

Today’s centralized cloud is comprised of more than 10,000* data centers scattered across the...

Ciena’s Emulation Cloud™ is a cloud-based software development environment designed to help users...

In today’s environment of cord-cutters and streaming services, cable MSOs are under pressure to...

As the industry continues to push the boundaries of optical transmission speeds, the concept ......

Intelligent Automation combines software-defined control and orchestration with big data analytics,...

IP and Ethernet aggregation is a converged networking approach that enables the aggregation of...

L-band, or long band, is a wavelength band immediately adjacent to the Conventional band (C-band)...

Liquid Spectrum™ combines variable bit-rate coherent optics, a flexible grid reconfigurable...

Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) is a framework and architecture for automating the lifecycle...

Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) software converges the complete network operations lifecycle through...

Mobile Backhaul (MBH) is the process of connecting cell site air interfaces to wireline networks,...

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What is mobile fronthaul?

Mobile fronthaul involves the movement of data and voice from a cell site Remote Radio Head (RRH) to a centralized Baseband Unit...

Network analytics provides operators and enterprises with a deep understanding of the network,...

Network monetization is a structured design and analytical approach to ensure that service...

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What is Network Function Virtualization (NFV)?

Network Function Virtualization, or NFV, is a way to reduce cost and accelerate service deployment for network operators by...

When Network Functions Virtualization, or NFV, came to public attention several years ago, it was...

Optical encryption is a means of securing in-flight data in the transport layer of the network as...

Also commonly called ‘digital wrapper,’ OTN—or Optical Transport Networking—is a next-generation,...

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