Delivers client signals cost-effectively
The Metropolis® Wavelength Extension Solution is an innovative portfolio of products that helps you cost- effectively meet increased demand and relieve fiber exhaustion in metro access and metro core optical networks. Plug and play setup with these seamless, self-configuring products can help you provide service to customers quickly and easily. They take advantage of passive DWDM technology and are easy to deploy – without the need for complex software downloads, database backups, or provisioning. Together, they provide transparent transport of signals including: FICON, ESCON, Fibre Channel, Video, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 155Mbps, 622Mbps, 2.5G, 10G, and 10G Ethernet on an ITU-T grid-compliant line.
Provides flexibility to support a wide range of applications
The Metropolis® Wavelength Extension Solution consists of:
•Metropolis® Multi-Wavelength Optical Amplifier (OA)
•Metropolis® Multi-Rate Transponder
•Metropolis® Passive OADM System
•Metropolis® Passive WDM System
These products can be configured to suit your specific applications requirements. They help provide operational efficiency and lower maintenance costs. For example, the Metropolis® Multi-Rate Transponder can be provisioned remotely from one data rate to another using network management software. Your customer receives a dedicated lambda that can be provisioned to their bit rate without the need to change any hardware or software.
The Metropolis® Passive WDM System can condense up to 32 wavelengths onto a single fiber, offering an excellent cost-effective answer for fiber exhaust in your metro and access network. The Metropolis® Passive OADM System helps provide optical add/drop capability to your metro access network, and the Metropolis® Multi-Wavelength OA can extend these multi-wavelength spans up to 130km. This combination of products offers a low-cost solution that can save floor space, increase operational efficiency, add network reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
Offers energy, space and operational savings
For metro access, you need a solution that is highly reliable and flexible – at a price that is cost- competitive. This includes ongoing operations costs in addition to your initial investment.
The Metropolis® Wavelength Extension Solution helps you use energy and floor space more efficiently. A single Metropolis® Multi-Rate Transponder can hold 12 transponders per shelf, and each one can support a wide array of data/optical interfaces. Because a single transponder can support multiple interfaces, it can help reduce your spare parts inventory. The Metropolis® Wavelength Extension Solution components using passive technology help reduce costs by simplifying operations and reducing energy.
Increases efficiency with scalable and flexible options
The Metropolis® Wavelength Extension Solution can be configured to suit many different applications in the mobility, enterprise, access, and metro space. This solution presents you with flexibility to select a suitable configuration for your applications – allowing you to turn up service and grow your system according to ever-changing customer needs. Highly scalable, it also offers:
•8- or 16-channel unidirectional/bidirectional passive DWDM systems
•32-channel unidirectional passive DWDM systems
•One-, two- or four-channel OADM units
•Stand-alone multi-wavelength or single-wavelength optical amplifiers
•Stand-alone transponders
The Metropolis® Wavelength Extension Solution is designed with your network evolution in mind. Lucent passive DWDM, OADM, and OAs support 2.5G and 10G, which are predominant in metro networks today.