Alcatel-Lucent will launch a 1-port 400G IP line card for IP networks that will allow telecom operators to do data transmission between existing Alcatel-Lucent IP Routers at speeds of 400 gigabits-per-second (400G) line rate over hundreds of kilometers.
The ability to quadruple the speed of connections and significantly boost capacity between data centers and networks with an innovation that uses existing IP routing assets, removing the need for costly and time consuming network upgrades will be a big boost for telecoms.
Steve Vogelsang, CTO for IP Routing and Transport, Alcatel-Lucent said: “The transition from 10G to 100G was very disruptive for many network operators. We are the first router vendor to enable the transition from 100G to 400G link speeds.”
Alcatel-Lucent 1-port 400G IP line card – powered by FP3 400G routing processor developed by Alcatel-Lucent — avoids the need to aggregate IP traffic over multiple 100G links. The 1-port 400G IP line card will be available for use in Alcatel-Lucent’s XRS IP Core Routers and on its 7750 SRs in the second-half of 2015.
Four times the speeds made possible by IP connectivity today is the main benefit to telecoms.
Better control plane co-ordination between IP and optical networks can deliver efficiency gains of 40 percent, according to a recent study by Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent.
Also introducing GMPLS UNI on the Alcatel-Lucent router portfolio to coordinate the IP and optical network layers for simplified operations and cost savings
“Alcatel-Lucent’s new 400G IPoDWDM line card helps by eliminating the complexity of 100GE link aggregation and WDM transport with a 400G direct router-to-router link,” said Michael Howard, principal analyst, carrier networks, IHS-Infonetics Research.
