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Wireline Improvements WP | Ciena

This paper defines five key wireline network improvements that are needed for a service provider to be ready to deploy 5G service ...

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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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What Could You Do With 100 Gbps Coherent PON?

Download this white paper prepared for SCTE regarding what you can do with 100 Gbps Coherent PON.

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Verizon, Ciena and Network Modernization

With Ciena, Verizon was able to build a parallel network — minimizing disruptions and reducing risk to end users — that was less ...

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Upgrading R&E Networks to Bolster Bandwidth, ...

Research and Education (R&E) organizations are looking for new and better ways to provide network services to campus communities. ...

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Transforming Banking Networks to Support Innovati ...

This paper summarizes key trends influencing digital banking, the impacts on IT, and how banks can use Data Center Interconnect ( ...

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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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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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The Open RAN ecosystem gathers steam: The future ...

This analyst report explores how operators can maximize benefits against the cost of Open RAN.

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The Importance of Military Satellite Communication

Space Force ground stations are being challenged to manage ever more satellites, bandwidth, mission-critical applications, and se ...

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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 ...

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The evolution of the optical line terminal

Passive optical networks (PONs) have revolutionized the telecommunications industry by providing high-speed broadband access to e ...

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The digital telco of the future: Challenges and o ...

This white paper identifies and explores some of the major challenges Australasian Communications Service Providers' face.

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The Converged Interconnect Network

Ciena’s Fiber Deep Solution for the Converged Interconnect Network enables architectural and service convergence over a common CI ...

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The Coherent Routing Engine: Coordinated Multi-la ...

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The Adaptive Network: A Framework for Understandi ...

From individual users binge-watching Over-The-Top video services to enterprises deploying Software as a Service, cloud services a ...

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The Adaptive Network Is the Foundation of Persona ...

Whether students are learning from home or in the classroom, networks must be ready to support on-demand, bandwidth-hungry, low-l ...

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Telstra InfraCo Fibre Network and Ciena Redefine ...

Download this white paper from Telstra InfraCo and Ciena to discover how spectrum sharing technology can deliver the right soluti ...

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Technology Innovation for Web-scale Data Center I ...

Ciena’s solutions, rooted in the company’s industry leadership in DCI applications, enable data center and network operators to a ...

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Solving Congestion Problems in Provider Networks ...

This paper develops the mathematical theory behind using an analytics strategy to eliminate/mitigate soft failures caused by netw ...

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Smarter Security for Financial Networks with In-f ...

Both at-rest and in-flight encrypted data are typically implemented in conjunction, and complement each other as part of a holist ...

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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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Senza-Fili Consulting: 5G in Europe: More than a ...

5G is more than a new access technology. Unlike previous mobile generations which were defined by the air interface, 5G will chan ...

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self optimizing fabric wp

This paper examines how self-optimizing fabrics forming a nervous system for the world of interconnected smart things could help ...

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