Nortel debuted a new optical network technology designed to provide four times the capacity of current systems and as much as 10 times the capacity in the future. The 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine boosts transmissions from 10 gigabits per second to 40 Gbps, and will go as high as 100 Gbps by the end of 2009, Nortel said, using the existing infrastructures of telecommunications companies. The technology is designed to solve carrier networks’ bandwidth dilemma as a growing number of Internet users turn to the Web to view bandwidth-hogging, high-definition video content.
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Nortel to Widen the Pipeline With New Optical Tech
Posted by: Walaika Haskins March 12, 2008 01:50 PMNortel debuted a new optical network technology designed to provide four times the capacity of current systems and as much as 10 times the capacity in the future. The 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine boosts transmissions from 10 gigabits per second to 40 Gbps, and will go as high as 100 Gbps by the end of 2009, Nortel said, using the existing infrastructures of telecommunications companies. The technology is designed to solve carrier networks’ bandwidth dilemma as a growing number of Internet users turn to the Web to view bandwidth-hogging, high-definition video content.