ADVA Optical Networking announced a major expansion of its FSP 3000 platform designed specifically for metro networks.
The expansion features three new technologies that will enable network operators to meet the rapidly changing needs of the metro environment with unprecedented levels of flexibility, scale and synchronization.
According to ADVA Optical, until now, it was too costly to introduce such capabilities in metro infrastructures, but the expanded ADVA FSP 3000 removes this barrier. It delivers a flexible and automated optical layer without the cost of traditional ROADM technology. It also features an entirely new cross-connect that enables customers to scale their optical transport networks (OTNs) without any capacity lock-in.
And it supports the precise synchronization of 5G technologies without any of the current OTN stumbling blocks, added ADVA Optical.
The ADVA FSP 3000 TrueTime reimagines synchronization transport over optical networks. To deliver the necessary time synchronization for 5G, the ADVA FSP 3000 TrueTime uses time-sensitive technologies to deliver the highest performance possible and automatically compensates delay asymmetries.
Christoph Glingener, CTO, COO, ADVA Optical Networking
Our FSP 3000 MicroConnect, OpenFabric and TrueTime are the three principal building blocks of a metro network designed for the cloud generation. What’s more, they are completely open.
Stephan Rettenberger, SVP, Marketing and Investor Relations, ADVA Optical Networking
Metro networks are increasingly an intersection for data centers, carrier hotels, enterprises, radio access networks and broadband access points and they no longer have the flexibility, scale or synchronization capabilities to meet all these demands.