100 Gigabit for the metro
ADVA Optical Networking has launched a 100 Gigabit transmission card designed for metro wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) applications.
The firm claims this is an industry first: a direct-detection-based 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) design using four, 28Gbps channels rather than current 10x10Gbps schemes.
"Data centre operators want to make best use of the fibre insfrastructure and get lower overall cost, footprint and power consumption"
Jörg-Peter Elbers, ADVA Optical Networking