…technologies.  One example of this is with OTN.  I may have only heard a reference to OTN one or two times during my entire time at Nortel.  At the OFC/NFOEC event a few weeks ago on the Ciena booth, I heard OTN talked about constantly.  So I finally had to ask someone: What is…

…we?ll be doing more of this in 2011.   #4  What is OTN? This video is an interesting case study in the power of proper positioning.  This video was posted to our YouTube channel way back in January of 2009 under the title "The value of OTN".  By April of this year, it had garnered a whopping…

…SEA-ME-WE4 is using the ActivFlex 5430 platform to enable advanced restoration capabilities via packet optical switching technology.  This is critical in a region that has seen its share of unforeseen submarine network cuts and faults over that past few years.  The 5430 brings OTN switching…

…OTN, in response to both signaled and management-driven requests. Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Allows traffic paths to be set up automatically through a switched network. The term ASTN is often used interchangeably with GMPLS. Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Describes various technologies…

…OTN has seemingly taken the limelight as the new must-have feature that any forward thinking service provider is going to need in its next-gen optical network.   A new OTN study by analyst firm Infonetics shows what they call "a huge shift in carrier plans for optical switching."   "There is…

…Infrastructure * White Paper: Key Technology Enablers of 100 Gb/s in Carrier Networks * White Paper: Intelligent Control Plane Architecture * Video: Ciena Intelligent Infrastructure Solutions * Video: What is Coherent Optical Networking? * Video: Ciena Chalk Talk – OTN * Video: OneControl Unified Management…

…that Fibrecomm Network (M) Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia’s leading network carrier, is expanding its network infrastructure using an intelligent Ciena solution featuring advanced optical technologies that include 40G, OTN switching and directionless ROADMs. Deployment began in December and already includes…

…should come by the Ciena booth. OTN is a key protocol as 100G and begins to go mainstream   What isn?t getting as much attention in all the 100G talk is a technology called OTN, or Optical Transport Network.  But as goes 100G, so goes OTN.  The reason is that as optical networks get to…

…integrating OTN technology across the entire ActivFlex 6500 series, as well as the ActivFlex 5410.  OTN, short for Optical Transport Network, is a transmission protocol that is increasing in importance for service providers as they evolve their networks away from TDM technologies like SONET and…

…Oi, OTN offers the granularity needed to support large amounts of traffic on the network, with DT also emphasizing the flexibility of this royal technology.   According to Mike Adams of Ciena, the focus is shifting towards intelligent infrastructures. A strategic network will combine OTN switching…