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JDSU Unveils Nano WSS Technology
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
JDSU announced that it has invented the first nano wavelength selective
switch (WSS) technology.
The Nano WSS includes technology extracted from JDSU's core Mini WSS
technology, and will enable JDSU to develop denser and more highly
integrated optical solutions, such as the AON Superblade, a single-slot
blade solution that JDSU also announced.
Network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and service providers are
looking for new optical solutions that allow them to more efficiently
manage optical traffic in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)
networks, as bandwidth demands increase from the use of voice, video
and data applications among consumers. Over the past five years, WSS
technology has been used in reconfigurable optical add/drop
multiplexers (ROADMs) to allow NEMs and service providers to
dynamically and remotely manage network traffic in ultra long haul,
long haul and metro DWDM networks.
To create the Nano WSS, JDSU designers took a creative development
approach that freed them from the physical limitations and interfaces
that typically define optical modules. As a result, designers were able
to leverage core WSS functionality from JDSU's Mini WSS solution to
create nano blocks for the new optical switching solution.
The first application of JDSU's Nano WSS will be within JDSU's AON
Superblade, a single-slot blade solution that will integrate all of the
major functions required for optical transport, including the Nano WSS.
The Nano WSS is so small that it allows designers to utilize
surrounding space within the new blade for other critical optical
technology, maximizing every square millimeter of space.
As with existing WSS technology, the Nano WSS will have the flexibility
to support traffic in network nodes requiring greater than two
dimensions, and provides colorless routing and switching, or the
ability to direct wavelengths in several directions instead of in just
a single direction. NEMs and service providers are moving towards
meshed networks that allow for wavelengths to travel in several
directions in order to support increased bandwidth demands.
"JDSU's Nano WSS unlocks the potential for even more innovative and
integrated solutions that redefine how optical components work within
DWDM networks," said Dave Nicholson, senior director of Research &
Development for Optical Communications at JDSU. "JDSU's Nano WSS will
help push the limits about how the industry thinks of optical solutions
in terms of their size, performance, cost and power efficiency."
The Nano WSS measures 100 x 75 x 18 mm and it will support network data
rates for 10 gigabytes per second (G) to 40G and beyond.
JDSU is a provider of communications test and measurement solutions and
optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable
operators, and network equipment manufacturers.
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