Ovum on Infinera's Intelligent Transport Network strategy

Infinera announced that TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) is extending the use of its DTN-X to its European network, having already adopted the platform in the US. Infinera has also outlined the next evolution in its networking strategy, dubbed the Intelligent Transport Network.

Dana Cooperson

Gazettabyte asked Dana Cooperson, vice president and practice leader, and Ron Kline, principal analyst, both in the network infrastructure group at market research firm, Ovum, about the announcement and Infinera's outlined strategy.

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Carrier Ethernet switch chip for wireless small cells

• 6-port low power 12 Gigabit Carrier Ethernet switch chip 
• Used for intra and inter-board comms, and back-hauling 
• Supports MPLS and MPLS-TP

 "Multi-carrier OA&M performance monitoring allows you to manage your network for your users through another carrier’s network”

Uday Mudoi, Vitesse Semiconductor

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High fives: 5 Terabit OTN switching and 500 Gig super-channels.

Infinera has announced a core network platform that combines Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transport. "We are looking at a system that integrates two layers of the network," says Mike Capuano, vice president of corporate marketing at Infinera. 

"This is 100Tbps of non-blocking switching, all functioning as one system. You just can't do that with merchant silicon."

Mike Capuano, Infinera 

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