…Application Integration EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol EAS Emergency Alert System EB Error Block; Eastbound EBEM Enhanced Bus Extender Module EC-1 Electrical Carrier Level 1 (STS1 Equivalent) ECC Edge Card Control; Embedded Communications Channel ECI Equipment Catalog Item ECLR Egress Cell Loss Ratio…

…Systems Agency DISN Program The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is responsible for planning, implementation and operation of command, control, communications, and information systems that serve the needs of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). With the Defense Information Systems Network…

…scalable system available. The MobilCom network will utilize SmartSpan™, Ciena?s intelligent span management protocol for automated provisioning, reduced operational burden, and faster time-to-market for service delivery. SmartSpan is intelligence embedded across the network so Ciena systems know when…

…deployments of Ciena optical systems in three Texas cities - referred to internally at NEXTLINK as the "Texas Triangle" - provides intelligent, high-capacity optical connections between NEXTLINK?s local fiber networks. The initial phase of NEXTLINK?s nationwide deployment of Ciena systems is scheduled to occur…

…™ and MultiWave CoreDirector™ systems for the FLAG North Asia Loop project – a submarine network that spans Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. CoreStream provides reliable, high-capacity optical transmission, and CoreDirector, with its embedded software intelligence, enables FLAG Telecom…

…optical transport system to offer the optimal combination of ultra long-distance transport functionality, channel count and lower network costs for service providers. Using forward error correction (FEC), nonlinearity management and dispersion mapping technologies, plus embedded software intelligence…

…channel needs to be dropped, such as a business customer site. A typical application might include a MultiWave Metro system at a hub location connected by a fiber ring to Metro One systems deployed at remote sites. This configuration allows carriers to provide broadband services like IP, ATM, SONET/SDH…

…intelligent optical transport systems will provide Qwest with an OC-192 (10Gbps) long-haul optical platform that offers built-in networking intelligence through Ciena?s SmartSpan™ software for automatic provisioning. The scalability and density of the CoreStream system further Qwest?s all-optical…

…intelligence that Ciena builds into its systems enables us to automatically scale the network and turn-up new routes. To us, that means getting service to customers faster than ever." Proprietary SmartSpan™ software embedded in each of Ciena?s optical transport systems automates span provisioning and management…

…fractional T-carrier services, where an end-user might require more than 100Mbps of service, but less than 1Gbps. However, the intelligence embedded in Ciena systems is designed to allow this bandwidth to be dynamically allocated with the click of a mouse from a remote network management center. This enables…