…Ethernet service connections across the network. Benefits * Advanced QoS enables Ethernet services that handle the most demanding applications including VoIP, storage extension and circuit emulation * Connection-oriented Ethernet transport tunnels (e.g. PBB-TE, VLAN cross-connect) and connection admission control…

…services, subscribers and revenue streams from the edge. Challenges It is too expensive to deploy and maintain multiple ADMs, MSPPs and digital cross-connects, particularly as you scale your network. Forklift upgrades are out of the question, but you must find practical ways to lower OPEX and CAPEX while…

…Wavelength support: 88 wavelengths in C-band, full band tunable optics Channel spacing: 50GHz and 100GHz     spacing options Cross Connects: 20G - 80G low order,     160G – 640G high order MAC Address Table Capacity 750,000 MAC addresses Interfaces Coherent…

…control certain activities of telephone companies. Digital Cross Connect System (DCS) A device that provides switching services for various private lines by setting up the necessary connections prior to the corresponding calls. The connections are specified explicitly by an administrator or by the person…

…metro markets, Dallas and New York. This equipment is used as part of the Telx Metro Cross Connect service to facilitate interconnections between dual ColoXchange facilities within a city. This new Metro Cross Connect service provides customers with access to all carriers in a metro, colocated with Telx…

…Equalizer C-BAM C-Band Amplifier Monitor CBN Common Bonding Network CBR Constant Bit Rate CC Cross Connection; Clear Channel CCB Configuration Control Board CCC Cross Connect Controller CCCG Cross Connection and Control Group CCC-PC CCC Processor Card CCDF Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function…

…complexity of purchasing multiple switching and cross-connect products, as well as an expansion of its super headend building to accommodate the new equipment. Instead, Ciena’s CoreDirector enabled Cox to remove several bays of legacy cross-connect equipment and associated patch cables, eliminated…

…service connecting Melbourne and Sydney.  It was just four months ago that AAPT announced it would deploy Ciena gear to build out a nationwide business Ethernet services network (see Carrier Ethernet spreads its wings). With today?s news, AAPT becomes the first network operator to connect the major…

…add-drop multiplexers (ADMs), multiservice provisioning platforms (MSPPs) and/or data devices, while replacing digital cross-connects and providing lower-cost Ethernet connections to edge routers. These Layer 2 features represent an expansion in CoreDirector’s capabilities and addressable market…

…“Expanding our network presence was the next step.  Linking our data center to the INFOMART using Ciena’s platform allows us to cross connect to hundreds of global networks, carriers and ISPs—this is extremely valuable for customers who want truly diverse routes and also require…