Infinera Transforms Subsea Networks to Cloud Scale with New DTN-X Platforms
January 15 2017 - 2:00PM
Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced
new platforms within the award-winning DTN-X Family to power cloud
scale subsea networks. Infinera introduced the XTS-3300 and
XTS-3600 meshponders for subsea networks, and upgraded its DTN-X
XTC Series to 12 terabits per second (Tb/s) of non-blocking Optical
Transport Network (OTN) switching with a new 1.2 Tb/s subsea line
card. The solution features dynamic spectral sharing and access to
real-time subsea link performance. These new tools enhance
Infinera's open and programmable subsea network architecture,
enabling operators to securely monetize their subsea spectrum.
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Trans-Atlantic bandwidth is forecast to grow at 40 percent
annually through 2025, with the majority of this traffic shifting
to private networks according to Telegeography. This private
traffic is dominated by N x 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) elephant
flows traveling between the data centers of internet content
providers as they move content around the globe. Subsea operators
need to maximize the fiber capacity of their cable plants and
simultaneously optimize their networks to efficiently handle these
100 Gb/s flows and support smooth scale-out of capacity. This
requires networks that are cloud scale, programmable, flexible and
secure.
Infinera’s new solutions for subsea network operators
include:
- DTN-X XTS-3300 and XTS-3600 meshponders. The
compact 1 rack unit (1RU) and 4RU plug-and-play subsea platforms
integrate the groundbreaking performance of the Infinite Capacity
Engine with the Advanced Coherent Toolkit (ACT) for enhanced
capacity and reach. The industry’s first meshponders combine 2.4
Tb/s super-channels with sliceable photonics and in-flight
line-rate Layer 1 encryption in a compact and lower-power form
factor. They support Infinera’s unique Instant Bandwidth
capability, providing rapid bandwidth management and service
provisioning for success-based growth. The XTS Series features
long-reach subsea-optimized modulation formats providing
best-in-class capacity, as well as the industry’s first
commercially available Nyquist subcarriers to improve transmission
performance and soft-decision forward error correction (SD-FEC)
gain sharing to maximize capacity. The new platforms seamlessly
interoperate with Infinera’s DTN-X XTC and XT Series, providing a
unified end-to-end Intelligent Transport Network portfolio that
enables end-to-end services covering subsea, long-haul, metro and
data center interconnect applications.
- DTN-X XTC Series upgrade. The Infinera DTN-X
XTC-4 and XTC-10 have been upgraded with subsea-optimized and
Instant Bandwidth-enabled 1.2 Tb/s line modules. The XTC-4 and
XTC-10 platforms now have more than twice the switching and
transmission capacity, enabling up to 12 Tb/s of OTN switching via
non-disruptive in-service upgrades. The new line modules coexist
with previously deployed modules, thereby protecting prior
investments in DTN-X platforms. The DTN-X XTC Series now offers up
to 12 Tb/s of non-blocking switching capacity with ODU0-level
switching granularity in a single unit, and unlike competitive
systems, has no tradeoffs between client-side tributary capacity
and line-side capacity.
- New subsea software tools for open systems.
Dynamic spectral sharing enhances Infinera’s open architecture,
allowing subsea operators to partition and monetize valuable fiber
spectrum so that it can be securely shared with multiple tenants,
independent of both cable and submarine line terminal equipment
suppliers. Mission-critical subsea link performance data is
available in real time, on-demand, via open software-defined
network application programming interfaces. This enables subsea
operators to monitor transmission health as well as identify
opportunities for capacity adjustments. In addition to these new
tools, Infinera's Time-based Instant Bandwidth enables operators to
instantly change network capacity as well as duration, facilitating
a dynamic Intelligent Transport Network. Now operators can closely
match traffic patterns to address bursty service demands from
customers, match bandwidth to revenue, and instantly reroute
bandwidth in the case of network disruptions.
“Infinera is committed to bringing advanced features to the
subsea market. The XTS Series offers unprecedented ease of
installation and scale-out, advanced transmission performance, and
the power of Instant Bandwidth to deliver real value to cable
system operators,” said Scott Jackson, Vice President of Subsea
Business Group at Infinera. “The new capabilities announced today
deliver leading capacity and reach, and provide the tools essential
for cloud scale subsea networks. We are pleased to show Infinera's
investment in the subsea market, with solutions enabling operators
to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver scalable services across
open networks.”
“Subsea networks are key enablers for broadband penetration
across the world,” said Larry Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer at
Seaborn Networks. “Our flexible business model enables customers to
rapidly expand wholesale capacity on submarine cable networks. The
new Infinera XTS-3300 and XTS-3600 meshponder solutions and dynamic
spectral sharing are ideal for subsea networks to ensure
scalability, flexibility, programmability and rapid activation of
bandwidth.”
Infinera’s Advanced Coherent Toolkit enables increased capacity
and reach on submarine cables and includes the following
innovations: Nyquist subcarriers and SD-FEC gain sharing, 3QAM
(quadrature amplitude modulation), matrix-enhanced phase-shift
keying (ME-PSK) that surpasses binary phase-shift keying (BPSK)
reach performance, and a new, high-gain SD-FEC algorithm. Customer
trials validated the benefit of Nyquist subcarriers, demonstrating
approximately 20 percent increase in reach compared to single
carrier transmission, facilitating increased capacity via higher
spectral efficiency. The trials also validated SD-FEC gain sharing
in which high-margin carriers share excess margin with carriers at
lower optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) to improve performance,
increasing capacity. These new capabilities are controlled by
Infinera’s Xceed Software Suite and managed by Infinera’s Digital
Network Administrator (DNA).
The XTS-3300 platform is planned for availability in the second
quarter of 2017, with the XTS-3600 platform and the 1.2 Tb/s subsea
line module for the XTC-4 and XTC-10 platforms to follow shortly
thereafter.
Additional Resources
- Website: Infinera Subsea Solutions
- Press release: Infinera and Telstra Validate Advanced Coherent
Toolkit on 9,000 km Endeavour Trans-Pacific Cable
- Press Release: Infinera Introduces Next Step Function in
Optical Networking with the Groundbreaking Infinite Capacity
Engine
Contacts:
Media: Anna VueTel. +1 (916) 595-8157avue@infinera.com |
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About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ:INFN) provides
Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators,
governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate
service innovation and automate optical network operations.
Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for
long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable
innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding
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This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to the features and functionality of
Infinera’s XTS Series of products as well as the economic and
operational benefits they may provide when deployed for subsea
networking applications. These statements are not guarantees of
results and should not be considered as an indication of future
activity or future performance. Actual results may vary materially
from these expectations as a result of various risks and
uncertainties. Information about these risks and uncertainties, and
other risks and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is
contained in the risk factors section and other sections of
Infinera’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 24, 2016 as filed with the SEC on November 1, 2016, as
well subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These
reports are available on Infinera’s website at
www.infinera.com and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend
to, update any such forward-looking statements.
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