Sprint’s partnership with Ciena helped the carrier test and...
Sprint’s partnership with Ciena helped the carrier test and deploy one of the longest 100 Gbps circuits in the U.S. -- a “live transmission that required no signal regeneration” over 1,304 miles between Chicago and Fort Worth, Sprint said in…
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a news release Thursday (http://bit.ly/1bzOccF). The circuit, now integrated into its optical network infrastructure, uses Ciena’s WaveLogic 3 coherent optical processors on Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical Platform. Having a longer distance between regeneration points “provides reduced latency, hardware benefits and improved reliability, flexibility and performance for customers,” Sprint said. The two companies have also successfully completed a live 400 Gbps trial on Sprint’s fiber network in Silicon Valley. The trial also used Ciena’s 6500 platform and WaveLogic 3 cards, Sprint said. It anticipates that the trial’s error-free results will mean the carrier can add the “network equivalent of high-speed traffic lanes for customers with high-demand requirements.” Sprint has been using Ciena’s 6500 platform as part of its Network Vision network infrastructure upgrade program. Sprint said Ciena’s technology is helping the carrier scale its core optical backbone network to 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps initially, with anticipated upgrades later to 400 Gbps and above. “The delivery of 100Gbps and 400Gbps speeds will be critical as we launch our Ethernet Wave Services and support a growing wireless infrastructure,” said Wayne Ward, Sprint vice president-business and product development.