New MCS Modular Designs Provide a”Pay As You Grow” Solution for “CDC” ROADMs in Dense Mesh Networks
NeoPhotonics Multicast Switches are designed to be used in a next
generation ROADM node to direct any wavelength to any port (Colorless),
accept input wavelength channels from multiple different directions (Directionless),
and be able to drop two identical wavelengths from different directions
through the same switch (Contentionless),
thereby increasing network flexibility and efficiency. One of the
biggest challenges for designers of these next-generation “colorless,
directionless and contentionless,” or CDC, networks is managing the
up-front initial installation costs required to support the large number
of degrees or directions which may eventually be required in dense mesh
networks, even though initial deployments may only utilize a small
number of degrees.
As the complexity of the network deployment grows, the NeoPhotonics’ modular multi-core approach uses advanced PIC technology to allow customers to increase the number of add/drop channels, and to expand the number of degrees or directions, on a pay-as-you-grow basis. Additional ports and directions are only added when traffic exists to support the expansion. The NeoPhotonics Multicast Switch enables users to upgrade today’s first generation “rigid” ROADMs to the next-generation any-wavelength-to-any-port CDC capable metro and long-haul networks. In fact, for some metro networks with a small number of coherent optics-based add/drop ports with 100Gb/s or beyond capacity, it may be possible to add CDC functionality with no additional add/drop optical amplifiers needed.
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to: acceptance by customers of multicast switch products or the timing
of such acceptance may not be as the Company expects; the timing of or
costs related to the development and performance and production of
multicast switch products may not be as the Company expects; the demand
for multicast switch products, ROADM systems and CDC networks may be
volatile or lower than the Company expects and its production capacity
may be underutilized; demand for multicast switch products could
decrease from the Company’s expectations due to general conditions in
the telecommunications equipment industry or the world economy
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