Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end packet optical networking solutions, Tuesday announced it has expanded its metro packet optical networking solutions with the availability of a new packet switching module for the Coriant 7100 Packet Optical Transport Platform.
The new PSM-2C module adds 100G client and DWDM line-side interfaces to the packet switching features on the 7100 Nano and extends packet switching capabilities to the Coriant 7100 Pico.
When combined with the 10G and 1G capabilities of the PSM-2S module, Coriant claims that the 7100 solution lowers capital expense up to 25% by converging packet and optical transport in metro networks to deliver packet services and applications, including Business Ethernet, broadband aggregation, mobile backhaul, and enterprise cloud interconnect.
As a result, operators can reduce OpEx and CapEx in metro edge, regional, and core applications via more efficient, high-density Ethernet service aggregation and transport (1GbE, 10GbE, 100GbE), as well as with improved optimization of 100 GbE router port hand-offs.
According to Ovum, the global Ethernet services market is projected to exceed US$70 billion by the year 2020, with end-user service requirements driving increased demand for Ethernet bandwidth to more end nodes and locations.
Brian Nagle, Director of Product Line Management, Coriant
Coriant was first in the industry to offer 100G CE 2.0 certified products with our mTera universal switching platform, and now we have extended this 100G packet switching leadership into the 7100 portfolio.
