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Ciena Introduces WaveLogic 5 to Fuel the Content Economy
Ciena®
(NYSE: CIEN) is extending its leadership in coherent optics with its
latest WaveLogic technology that supports greater scale, programmability
and intelligence from network edge to core.
As cloud, IoT, video, 5G, Fiber Deep and edge computing continue to
create unpredictability for network operators of all types, customer
demand is increasing for coherent optical solutions spanning long-haul,
metro, 4G/5G access, and data center interconnect (DCI) applications.
Ciena's WaveLogic
5 innovation addresses these customer requirements through a range
of coherent solutions for vastly improved network economics, reach,
cost, power and footprint.
The market-leading Ciena technology will be delivered in two solutions -
WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) and WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n) - to address the
need for both performance-optimized and footprint-optimized solutions.
In WL5e, tunable bandwidth up to 800G provides significant efficiency
advantages over 600G solutions and allows customers to take greater
advantage of the pending introduction of 400G interfaces in the data
center. In WL5n, a range of form factors allows customers to choose the
best option in meeting network architecture requirements for certain
applications based on specific space, power and operational requirements.
Key Facts:
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WL5e provides programmable capacity in 50G increments over the
industry's first single-wavelength 800G solution. The technology
leapfrogs the nearest competitive offerings by delivering 50 percent
more capacity per wavelength and up to 20 percent higher spectral
efficiency. WL5e also enables an elegant evolution to emerging
400GbE-interface routers, with the ability to efficiently transport
400GbE client rates at any distance, from across the metro to across
the ocean.
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WL5n addresses the market of footprint-optimized coherent solutions
for 100G-400G applications. It supports a range of solutions that meet
specific space, power and operational requirements, from standalone
pluggables for 400ZR single-span DCI applications, to
extended-temperature, standards-based optical modules for access
applications, to compact coherent optics with seamless photonic layer
integration for certain metro/regional applications.
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With WaveLogic 5, Ciena has focused its investment in key foundational
technologies beyond digital signal processing (DSP) to include
high-speed electro-optic components based on both silicon photonics
and indium phosphide. This gives Ciena full control of the design of
its coherent optical solutions to accelerate innovation and deliver
significant time-to-market and cost advantages for customers.
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The WaveLogic 5 solutions will begin to become available in the second
half of 2019. WL5e and WL5n echnology will be offered across Ciena's
Converged Packet Optical and Packet Networking portfolios, and will
also be made available for use in third-party equipment via Ciena's
Optical Microsystems portfolio.
Executive Comments:
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"With WaveLogic 5 Ciena continues to push the boundaries of coherent
optics and create a solution that will help reduce cost per bit and
speed up our ability to turn up services more efficiently. This is
critical in today's highly competitive environment driven by our
customers' relentless demand for greater connectivity and
bandwidth-consuming services."
- Neil J. McRae, Chief
Architect, BT (News - Alert)
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"Ciena is an established technical leader in coherent transmission and
a trusted partner to network operators seeking to deploy the most
advanced equipment possible. With the WaveLogic 5 family, Ciena
raises the bar once more for the optical networking market. WaveLogic
5 incorporates aggressive vertical integration
coupled with a more open business strategy and a bold technical vision
surpassing the goals of any of the earlier WaveLogic generations."
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Andrew Schmitt, Directing Analyst, Cignal AI
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"An important part of Ciena's success has always been our ability to
anticipate market trends and strategically invest and out-innovate the
competition to solve our customers business problems. WaveLogic 5 is
another example of that leadership ability at work, underpinned by the
financial strength, global scale and superior engineering expertise
that affords us the confidence in continuing to deliver as promised on
our forward roadmap commitments."
- Scott McFeely, Senior Vice
President of Global Products and Services, Ciena
Additional Resources:
About Ciena
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is a networking systems, services and software
company. We provide solutions that help our clients create the Adaptive
Network™ in response to the constantly changing demands of their users.
By delivering best-in-class networking technology through high-touch
consultative relationships, we build the world's most agile networks
with automation, openness and scale. For updates on Ciena, follow us on
Twitter (News - Alert) @Ciena,
LinkedIn,
the Ciena
Insights blog, or visit www.ciena.com.
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