Infonetics Research: The 100G era is approaching quickly as carriers 'reboot' their optical networks

摘要

A new whitepaper published by market research firm Infonetics Research examines the current shift taking place in the optical network space as service providers seek to transform their network architectures to handle exponentially growing network traffic. The 10-page white paper, "The Fast Approaching 100G Era," which can be downloaded at http://www.infonetics.com/whitepapers.asp, outlines what Infonetics analyst Andrew Schmitt calls "the optical reboot" — the network transformation efforts underway that include increasing bit rates from 10-Gigabit to 40-Gigabit and 100-Gigabit, coherent optics for better spectral efficiency, widespread use of OTN (optical transport network) switching to improve network efficiency and resiliency, ROADMs (reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers) to increase optical flexibility, and eventually Ethernet/MPLS as a circuit replacement for traditional SONET/SDH.