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100G Packet-Optical Chips Drive OTN Deployment

July 2013

Packet-optical transport is now widely used by carriers across their networks. It brings the advantages of Sonet/SDH (synchronous digital hierarchy), dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and packet-based networks, delivering a scalable and resilient transport infrastructure. Packet-optical transport is used in the core of the network providing a highly reliable long distance connection, in the metro providing a high bandwidth and resilient network and at the edge delivering carrier grade services to enterprises. The report details and analyzes integrated packet-optical devices and OTN framer/mapper devices and technologies, identifying the key requirements and the highlighting the advantages they hold for equipment manufacturers. It also surveys component availability, reviewing features, performance and flexibility. The report covers more than 50 devices and profiles nine vendors in this important market.

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Simon Stanley

Simon is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Earlswood Marketing and has over 25 years experience, holding marketing and technical positions at various companies including National Semiconductor and Fujitsu covering Europe, North America and Japan. Simon has wide experience of networking technologies and semiconductor solutions including 100G/ 400G, NFV/SDN, LTE, ATCA, G.Fast/DSL, multicore processors, FPGAs and switch fabrics for both consumer and business applications.

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