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Case Studies

Leading Tier 1 Carrier Brings Industry-leading 10 ...

Working with Ciena, a leading Tier 1 carrier has deployed a new architecture to deliver optical services up to 100G and rolled ou ...

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Videos

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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Data Sheets

O-NID

Ciena’s O-NID extends OTN closer to the network edge, with operational simplicity and the flexibility to address multiple applica ...

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Videos

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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Videos

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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Videos

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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Videos

Optical reloaded: A tale of two networks

Introducing software-defined optical, delivered by Ciena’s Liquid Spectrum, Liquid Spectrum allows you to tune, control, and dyna ...

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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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Data Sheets

6500-S32 Packet-Optical Platform

Designed for high-capacity networking, the 6500-S32 Packet-Optical Platform converges comprehensive Ethernet, TDM, and WDM capabi ...

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Podcasts

Ciena Insights Podcast: Episode 3: Submarine Netw ...

On the podcast today, Brian Lavallee is here to talk about the role of submarine, and the work Ciena is doing with coherent techn ...

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Videos

Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Extreme

Joe Shapiro, Senior Director, Product Line Management, explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme provides tunable bandwidth from 2 ...

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Videos

Chalk Talk - Coherent Optical Cycle Slips

Kim Roberts explains how Ciena’s WaveLogic technology can help prevent performance penalties by minimizing cycle slips and mitiga ...

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Videos

OTN Services

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

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Videos

Chalk Talk - WaveLogic 5 Nano 100G-400G Footprint ...

Joe Shapiro, Sr. Director Product Line Management, describes how coherent technology is evolving across networks.

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Videos

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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Articles

Metro routing done differently: Unveiling Ciena’s ...

You asked for a different way to build a converged metro network, and we listened. Meet WaveRouter, a reimagined routing platform ...

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Data Sheets

Waveserver 5 compact interconnect platform

Waveserver 5 compact interconnect platform, optimized for 100GbE and 400GbE applications, provides the industry’s highest capacit ...

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Data Sheets

PME-412

The PME-412 is a highly scalable Ethernet switching and transport module for Ciena’s Z-Series Packet-Optical Platform.

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Data Sheets

Waveserver

Waveserver® Ai delivers unmatched capacity—up to 2.4 Tb/s in a single rack unit—with a familiar operational toolset to tackle the ...

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Videos

Chalk Talk - Coherent Select

Evolve your network to the web-scale world with Coherent Select.

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Articles

What is ZR+?

ZR+ means different things to different people. Learn about the wide range of different solutions encompassed by the generic term ...

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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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