…equipment involved. A second phase of tests, validating the trial results in a multi-vendor environment with a 100G signal sent as an ‘alien wavelength’ over existing compensated line infrastructure, was performed over the Lyon-Dijon link (280 km). The pioneer in coherent technology for…

…control for added channels * Independent composite control for dropped channels * Independent composite control for express channels * Supports alien wavelengths at add/drop and express interfaces * Interworks with Ciena’s DWR module and can participate in ROADM-based networks * Eliminates the need…

…’s ActivFlex 6500 is located at all three points, and is used to send the long haul 40GbE traffic, including a 2,700km unregenerated 40GbE alien wavelength between Hamburg and Copenhagen sent over Alcatel-Lucent equipment.  A view of the live traffic stream can be seen here.  Below is a…