Friday
Jul052013
Apps over packet-optical: Ciena boosts 6500's packet handling
Friday, July 5, 2013 at 9:05AM 
Source: Ciena
Ciena has enhanced its packet-optical equipment portfolio by adding packet support to its flagship 6500 platform.
Cards and software from Ciena's established Carrier Ethernet packet platforms have been added to the 6500, a packet-optical platform that features reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexing (ROADM), WaveLogic3 coherent transponders, Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching and SONET/SDH aggregation.
