5430 Represents Highest Capacity Packet Optical Platform; Provides
Massive Scale with Integrated WaveLogic 3 Extreme Optics
Ciena
® (NYSE: CIEN) added several new powerful hardware and
software capabilities to its 5430
Packet-Optical Platform. Designed to improve service velocity for
high-bandwidth, on-demand applications and to enhance service economics,
the new capabilities to the 5430 make hybrid packet OTN switching
networks highly scalable, efficient and agile, paving the way toward
virtualized, SDN-based architectures.
Generally available today, the upgraded 5430 provides up to 15 Terabits
(Tb/s) of capacity to service provider, submarine and cable networks – a
key capability in today’s dynamic, web-scale world where traffic growth
is driven by on-demand video streaming, enterprise cloud adoption and
virtualized network functions.
Key Facts:
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According to leading optical research firm Dell’Oro, Ciena has
maintained the number one global share for the past two consecutive
years in Optical Packet, a market which is expected to grow to $12.4B
by 2019.
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Powered by Ciena’s next-generation family of silicon chips, the latest
additions to Ciena’s 5430 provide up to five times more port density,
four times switching capacity and 60 percent reduction of power
consumption per switched Gb/s than the current platform – all in the
same footprint and with in-service upgrades to mitigate service
interruption. The enhanced 5430 significantly lowers OPEX, space
requirements and simplifies network complexity.
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Leveraging Ciena’s WaveLogic
3 Extreme chipset, the 5430 also quadruples the 100G DWDM port
density within the same footprint and adds extra modulation
flexibility. Each port can be individually programmable to operate in
QPSK or 16QAM modulation, enabling providers to maximize capacity for
any reach with a single card.
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In addition, a new set of packet networking features has been
introduced on the 5430 to offer rich Metro-Ethernet-Forum
(MEF) based services for consistent service delivery, faster turn-up
and provisioning, and seamless evolution from circuit to packet.
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Utilizing Ciena’s field-proven OneConnect
Intelligent Control plane, the 5430 also provides greater network
agility and automation by offering intelligent software to optimize
operations and reduce costs, accelerate service turn-up and set the
foundation of a more dynamic network infrastructure.
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The enhanced platform is currently being deployed by a number of
leading service providers globally, including SK
Telecom, Korea’s largest telecommunications company, to support
mobile and next generation business and consumer broadband offerings.
Executive Comments:
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“To succeed in today’s on-demand world, providers need networks that
are agile, scalable and highly-resilient not only in the core, where
traffic is concentrated, but at submarine landing stations and
wireless aggregation points as well. Our next-generation family of
silicon chips powers the 5430 platform to deliver the highest protocol
agnostic switching capacity on the market, ensuring a path for growth
without adding operational complexity or service disruption.”
- Francois
Locoh-Donou, Senior Vice President, Global Products Group, Ciena
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“As bandwidth needs continue to march ever higher, service providers
need packet-optical transport platforms that can easily be upgraded to
meet that demand. The future-forward design of Ciena’s 5430 platform
addresses this need. Unlike many competing platforms, the 5430
seamlessly supported the capacity increase required by 100 Gbps
connections, and now upgrades to a class-leading 15 Tbps of switching
capacity.”
- Rick Talbot, Principal Analyst, Optical
Infrastructure, Current Analysis
Supporting Resources:
About Ciena
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is the network specialist. We collaborate with
customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks
and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena
leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and
distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment with
its OPn architecture for next-generation networks. We enable
a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to
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