OTU-2 : PacketLight Networks Supports OTU-2 (OTN)

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan 10, 2010 -
PacketLight Networks Supports OTU-2 (OTN)
PacketLight Networks Ltd, a leading provider of CWDM/DWDM transport devices
for high throughput data, storage, TDM and ATM connectivity (www.packetlight.com), announced today support for Optical Transport Network (OTN) unified optical encapsulation layer, OTU2 pluggable XFP’s.
The demand for high speed data services continues to be rising, as carriers and service providers try to accommodate customers’ demands for high throughput broadband services and offer high throughput DWDM dark fiber
managed services. Thus, the optical transport layer is pushed more and more toward the access and optical CPE which perform the mapping of the different client interfaces into the carrier OTN layer. Therefore, high bandwidth managed services can be offered and deployed easily as part of the carrier’s optical end-to-end DWDM infrastructure.
Optical Transport Network (OTN) has evolved over the last few years to be the preferred technology for building DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) back-bone and long distance optical networks for carriers. It offers unified optical encapsulation layer, OTU2, into which all the common 10G interfaces such as 10G Eth and
STM-64/OC-192 are mapped. In addition, the embedded FEC (forward Error Correction) is defined by the OTN layer and improves the link budget and OSNR (Optical Signal to Noise Ratio) in long distance optical network frequently based on optical amplifiers (EDFAs).
“Our WDM product line is constructed based on pluggable XFP/SFP modules and makes it east for us to integrate OTN XFP’s into our 10G solution” said Koby Reshef, PacketLight’s VP Marketing. “Such plug-&-play architecture allows customers to directly interface with the carrier’s networks through OTN pluggable XFP’s and receive the
necessary infrastructure for monitoring. Also, the wrapping of the native 10G protocols, the FEC and the management layers all enable more reliable and managed optical transport solution with OTN supported demarcation equipment.”
About PacketLight Networks, Ltd.
PacketLight Networks offers a suite of Leading 1U Metro CWDM and DWDM solutions, for transport of data, voice
and video applications, over dark fiber and WDM networks, featuring high quality, reliability and performance at
affordable prices. Our products are distinguished with low power consumption ideal for CLE (Customer Located
Equipment) allowing maximum flexibility as well as ease of maintenance and operation and providing real Pay-asyou-
grow architecture. PacketLight customers are carriers, service providers, IT integrators and enterprises who
are active in meeting the demands for metro Ethernet business continuity, Triple Play solutions and enterprise data
sharing applications. For product and reseller information, please visit www.packetlight.com.
Koby Reshef, VP Marketing
PacketLight Networks Ltd.
Tel: +972-3-768-7888, info@packetlight.com
PacketLight Networks Ltd.