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6500 family of Packet-Optical Platforms infograph ...

The 6500 family enables sustainable network modernization with flexibility, scalability, and multi-layer programmability

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Data Sheets

1.6T WaveLogic 6 Extreme MOTR Module

Go farther, faster, and more efficiently with the WaveLogic™ 6 Extreme (WL6e) MOTR.

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Industry's 1st 3.2Tb/s IM-DD transmission

This video showcases how McGill University, Ciena, HyperLight and Keysight achieved the industry's first 3.2Tb/s, 448Gb/s Per-Lan ...

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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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Data Sheets

O NID DS | Ciena

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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OTN Services

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

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Chalk Talk: Coherent Select

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Infographics and posters

Ciena GeoMesh: You've Been Cut, So What?

GeoMesh - land, sea, cloud network unite. Ciena helps you stay connected all the time.

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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-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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Data Sheets

Coherent ELS DS | Ciena

Ciena's Coherent ELS delivers scale and high-capacity coherent DWDM to the edge in a compact, hardened form factor with unprecede ...

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Article

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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eBook

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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Data Sheets

eMOTR Modules

The eMOTR modules specialize in packet switching within the market-leading 6500 Packet-Optical Platform. The eMOTR modules levera ...

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