Alcatel-Lucent introduced 100G eXtended Reach card, a
single-carrier coherent technology, to extend 100G optical networking signals
for long distances.

 

The 100G eXtended Reach (XR) employs techniques developed
at Bell Labs to monitor and maintain the quality of optical signals. This
enhanced ability of communications enables service providers to address
exploding demand for high-bandwidth services.

 

The 100G XR card is capable of substantially extending
the range, performance and capacity of 100G optical networks, while cutting
building and operating costs.

 

This premium card will be offered on the Alcatel-Lucent
1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS), the centerpiece of the company’s optical
transport portfolio. The Alcatel-Lucent 100G XR is able to transmit a
combination of 10G, 40G and 100G rates on different wavelengths of an optical fiber
for up to 2000 kilometers and beyond, providing up to 30 percent increase in
reach.

 

The 100G optical solution on the 1830 PSS is a
single-carrier coherent system. It uses a single carrier wavelength to transmit
the data down a fiber resulting in higher bandwidth, better performance and
lower cost when compared to dual carrier solutions.

 

Alcatel-Lucent‘s solution
offers exceptional performance over poor quality fiber giving service providers
the ability to deploy 100G anywhere and anytime.

 

The 1830 PSS also supports the transfer of over 100,000
MP3 files in 60 seconds or to stream 15,000 HDTV channels concurrently. It also
save costs and further decreases the cost to deliver a bit of data.

 

We are encouraging the acceleration of 100G by
alleviating the distance and underlying fiber barriers and allowing any service
provider in the world to deploy 100G precisely where they need it, with no
trade off in capacity,” said James Watt, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s Optics
Division.

 

Australia’s Nextgen Networks has deployed the 1830 PSS
platform on the Commonwealth Government’s Regional Backhaul Blackspots Program,
and successfully demonstrate 100G coherent optical DWDM & IP in Asia on the
Broken Hill link.

 

Recently, Alcatel-Lucent and Belgacom, the largest
telecommunications company in Belgium, announced that
they are introducing innovations to increase access speeds to the Internet.

 

By Telecomlead.com Team
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