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Articles
Kit outdoors, on the corner, down the street
When it comes to designing any network, success depends on the ability to keep traffic flowing freely. The key to doing this is t ...
Application Notes
Need for Speed and Performance in Healthcare
Healthcare providers of all sizes are generating more digital patient data than ever before. From transmitting 3D medical images ...
Application Notes
Solving the TDM-to-Packet Migration Challenge
Service providers have a networking challenge and opportunity. They must evolve away from their outdated TDM networks, which are ...
Application Notes
Ciena Virtualized Edge Solution – Service Provide ...
The Ciena Virtualized Edge Solution is specifically designed to help service providers successfully implement a virtualized netwo ...
Infographics and posters
Modern Utilities Need Modern Networks
Today’s grid operations run on unsustainable 25-year-old SONET/SDH network technology. Download this infographic to learn how you ...
White Papers
An Ultra-Low-Latency Solution for Utilities
This paper introduces a deterministic packet transport method of achieving guaranteed latency for critical traffic being transpor ...
Data Sheets
5131 Product data sheet
Ciena’s 5131 is a hardened, weatherproof aggregation router.
Articles
Universal aggregation for wholesale network opera ...
Not sure what MNVO, MNVA, MVNE, or MNO wholesale is? How should MNOs and MNVx alike sell converged network services on a common t ...
Articles
A practical vision for rolling out 5G networks
When a leading global service provider was looking to roll out its 5G network infrastructure, a next-gen cell-site router was a k ...
Articles
Gearing-up Cable MSOs for the move up-market
U.S. MSOs were experiencing double-digit business services growth; however, did you know that growth has slowed in recent years? ...
Videos
Chalk Talk - MPLS-TP
Bashar Abdullah discusses how Ciena's MPLS-TP technology incorporates congruent paths, fault management, and network visibility i ...
Application Notes
The Need for Speed in Healthcare Networks
Driven by significant growth in application data that needs to be networked among stakeholders in today’s healthcare ecosystem, h ...
Case Studies
Powering a Bright Future with Carrier Ethernet
One of the nation’s largest electricity generators replaces SONET technology with modern, easy-to-manage infrastructure designed ...
Data Sheets
Channelized SONET/SDH over Packet Transceiver
Ciena’s Channelized SONET/SDH over Packet Transceiver enables cost-effective transport of T1/E1 or low-fill SONET/SDH streams ove ...
Articles
7 Facts You Should Know About Carrier Ethernet
Ethernet has become a ubiquitous networking technology -- if you connect anything that uses data, you’re probably using Ethernet. ...
Articles
Unlocking your access fiber with universal aggreg ...
In the second and final part of Charles Ufongene’s series on Universal Aggregation, he takes a look at Operational Expense (OPEX) ...
Data Sheets
Distributed NFV (D-NFVI) Software product data sh ...
Ciena D-NFVI Software comprises a complete, modular solution for distributed VNF deployment.
White Papers
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 ...
Articles
How to simplify today’s network for tomorrow’s de ...
The traffic growth curve has always been steep, but the likes of 5G, IoT, and Edge Computing mean it’s going to get even more so. ...
Case Studies
All Aboard for Next-Generation Rail Communication
To make sure their lines run around the clock, rail operators are turning to cutting-edge networking equipment to keep trains and ...
Articles
How to support TDM services in your packet network
As operators throughout Asia-Pacific invest in infrastructure for 5G and other fast-emerging applications, many are using it as a ...
Articles
Why 5G Will Change Everything About The Network
Ciena’s Brian Lavallée takes a deep dive into the coming world of 5G and shows why the exact details of what a 5G network will lo ...