…I may have found that hidden gem. It?s called colorless optical networking, and Ciena had a prototype demo of it on their closed booth at the show. Scroll down to see a video of the demo straight from the Ciena booth.   So what exactly is colorless optical networking? The Ciena show press release…

…reach of existing networks with operational simplicity. The system also features electronic dispersion compensation and supports directionless and colorless ROADM functionality, which combine with Ciena?s OneConnect Intelligent Control Plane for automation, and OTN/packet switching to maximize both the…

…•    Ciena will also be showing how coherent technology can be used for colorless networking, bringing forth new levels of flexibility and faster time-to-service for operators. Colorless network architectures simplify network planning and remove any dependency to fixed wavelength…

…Ciena?s 40/100G Adaptive Optical Engine technology – which includes coherent optics, electronic dispersion compensation, and directionless and colorless ROADM functionality – the 100G wavelength travels 1,300 km to Ciena’s Ottawa labs for displaying the video content. Ciena has a long standing…

…engineering of the network * Delivers a complete suite of integrated Wavelength-Selective Switch (WSS)-based ROADMs, including directionless and colorless architectures, for flexible per wavelength add/drop/passthrough as well as per wavelength switching * Provides aggregation/statistical multiplexing…

…deployment like this,” said Robert Vietzke, executive director of network services at Internet2. “We are excited about the directionless, colorless ROADM capabilities and the focus on intelligent automation as it reflects the need for flexibility, scalability and resiliency as is required by the…

…spectral efficiencies with several successful demonstrations of Terabit wavelength transmission, and is the first vendor to offer coherent-enabled colorless ROADM solutions. * Current customers of Ciena’s 100G coherent technology include Verizon, SEAMEWE-4 and the Romanian Education Network (RoEduNet…

…(Numerous types of CFPs) OSLM-3 - OTN optimized variant TSLM-2-DWDM2 2x40G C-Band Tunable Coherent DWDM with     colored and colorless Ciena WaveLogicTM     technology TSLM-12-DWDM ULH2 6xAM-EXP3, 6xSFP+ with 6dB, 8dB, SFEC,     and TriFEC support…

…spectral efficiencies with several successful demonstrations of Terabit wavelength transmission, and is the first vendor to offer coherent-enabled colorless ROADM solutions. Supporting Resources * Application Note: Coherent Optical Processing for High-Capacity Networks * White Paper: Key Technology Enablers…

…network resiliency Ciena will also provide its ActivFlex 6500 with coherent 100G optics, electronic dispersion compensation, and directionless and colorless ROADM functionality – which has been operating in live networks since Dec 2009.