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Packets for All
For decades, TDM was the backbone for global bandwidth, transporting voice, data, and video. In 2012, global bandwidth was transf ...
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Ciena's Adaptive IP
Ciena has introduced Adaptive IP, an innovative solution that offers the essential IP capabilities required to support new applic ...
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Maximizing LTE Benefits Using Carrier Ethernet Ba ...
Backhaul providers are in a prime position to capitalize on the growing market for delivering Carrier Ethernet services to MNOs.
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Traditional PON Versus Mixed PON/Active Architect ...
This business case outlines a pluggable mixed PON/active architecture based on Ciena’s Universal Aggregation solution, which allo ...
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Why the time is now to transition TDM to IP
As legacy TDM networks reach end-of-life status, coupled with support personnel becoming increasingly scarce, service providers a ...
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Impact of 5G on Wireline Networks in Asia-Pacific
Understand why MNOs in the Asia-Pacific region need to take action now on an integrated wireless/wireline planning approach to so ...
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Omdia Report: Flexible XGS-PON deployments can be ...
This paper looks at trends in how Passive Optical Network (PON) networks are being deployed in terms of technology choices like G ...
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5G Needs Software Everywhere, Especially on the W ...
5G is coming, and although the standards aren’t fully defined, it’s going to be a game-changer. Its ramifications for service del ...
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Ciena’s Coherent Routing Paves the Way for True I ...
Ciena is completely transforming coherent routing by introducing WaveRouter, a new platform architecture built on an open purpose ...
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Elegant Migration from TDM to a Modern Routing an ...
IP/MPLS approaches guarantee their ability to support legacy customers and help operators pursue emerging opportunities, such as ...
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Network Strategies to Drive Lower Costs amid High ...
This paper discusses how OTN and MPLS-TP can be jointly deployed to optimize IP router infrastructures.
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Automating Service Creation and Provisioning for ...
A seismic shift is underway in today’s networking market. Connectivity services, while vital to the efficient operation of modern ...
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Applying Packet Technologies to Solve Modern Heal ...
Read this paper to learn how packet networking solutions from Ciena can help Healthcare IT modernize their networking capabilitie ...
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Packet Networking: A Reliable and Robust Foundati ...
This paper provides practical guidance for planning packet networking deployments and suggests opportunities for monetizing the c ...
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How Integrated Photonics Enhances Capacity and Sc ...
This paper explores a technical solution that will eliminate out of date equipment, drive content closer to the user and removes ...
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Access Loop Model for the Economic Analysis and O ...
This white paper presents an access loop model that helps network operators address—and minimize—the major OSP cost challenge.
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Improving the Enterprise Network
This paper explores the value proposition of Carrier Ethernet, as expressed by carriers, as it applies to government and enterpri ...
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Traditional PON Versus Mixed PON/Active Architect ...
The Passive Optical Network (PON) architecture employs shared fiber to achieve cost savings for network operators, which is cost- ...
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An Ultra-Low-Latency Solution for Utilities
This paper introduces a deterministic packet transport method of achieving guaranteed latency for critical traffic being transpor ...
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Ethernet Services in an IP World
Ethernet as a data networking technology has been in wide use for many years, keeping pace with the network speeds demanded by ap ...
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Small Cell Technology, Big Business Opportunity
Small cells allow the mobile network to improve in both coverage and capacity, which facilitates web-scale architectures even fur ...
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Achieving Scalable and Cost-Effective Networking ...
This paper will help carriers find out how forward-looking network operators are challenging the traditional approach and address ...
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The Impact of OTT Services on the Mobile Backhaul ...
Many mobile operators have deployed a traditional IPoDWDM architecture for mobile backhaul, which was sufficient when network tra ...