Ciena, a leading optical transport vendor has won a deal in Australia to modernize metropolitan train network in Sydney for enhanced operations and customer experience.
Sydney Trains, an Australian transportation provider, will deploy Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical Platform to improve public services across its transportation system with a faster, low latency and reliable data network.
By investing in both 100G transport and Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching solutions, Sydney Trains fulfills its focus on building a network that enhances support of customer safety and critical train operations, according to Ciena.
Sydney Trains has various sites along its network that have different traffic requirements. The flexibility of Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical Platform supports these end-to-end services and various system configurations, including deployments over long distances and fiber types such as aerial.
This network upgrade aids the transportation provider to transition from a legacy DWDM network, and lays the foundation required to support future high capacity service requirements, said Ciena.
Sydey Trains Spokeperson
It is continually a key focus for us to enhance our network for support of our most important areas: passenger safety and customer experience. Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical Platform satisfies these elements of our operations, addressing all the requirements we need to upgrade our system in one solution.
Anthony McLachlan, VP and GM, Asia Pasific, Ciena
For transportation providers, migrating their communication networks by deploying Packet-optical technologies is key to continually improving safety measures and optimizing passenger services.
