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Optical Networking Products

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Solutions for DCI Networks and SONET/SDH, T1/EQ and FTTH/PON Protocols

Our OTN processors and OTN physical layers (PHYs) offer leading innovation, integration and power for Data Center Interconnect (DCI) networks. They deliver the quickest time to market and lowest R&D expense for the OEM and minimize the total cost of ownership for the service provider.

We also offer a comprehensive portfolio of optical networking solutions for Synchronous Optical Networking/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH), T1/E1 and Fiber-to-the-Home/Passive Optical Network (FTTH/PON) protocols.

Optical Networking Products

Multi-Service OTN Processors

Support for 10 GbE, 25 GbE, 50 GbE, 100 GbE, 200 GbE, 400 GbE, FlexE and FlexO interfaces
Low per-port power consumption
Flexible high-performing SerDes up to 56G PAM-4
Glueless interfacing to OTN switches, Ethernet switches, packet processors and cross-connects

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SONET/SDH and T1/E1

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Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) SoCs

Broadband fiber access SoCs with interoperable end-to-end solutions for all Passive Optical Network (PON) protocols

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Why Choose Our Optical Networking Solutions?

The Optical Transport Network (OTN) defined in ITU-T G.709 is the default networking protocol that underpins today’s metro, regional and long-haul Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) packet-optical transport networks. Two generations of OTN have already been widely deployed: OTN 1.0, which was based on 10G WDM transport; and OTN 2.0, which enabled the transition to Coherent 100G Metro OTN switched networks and is the de-facto standard in transport networks today. OTN has proven to be extremely flexible for accommodating new client signals and line rates. It offers the highest network reliability, providing 50 ms protection against any number of failures and deterministic service isolation capable of supporting the strictest Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

A transition to next-generation OTN is needed to scale the optical transport infrastructure to meet the unprecedented growth in bandwidth requirements. OTN 3.0 introduces flexible, beyond-100G (B100G) optical transport capabilities, coupled with support for new services like 25 GbE, 50 GbE, 200 GbE, 400 GbE and Flexible Ethernet. While there will be an enduring market need for OTN 2.0, packet optical transport networks will require OTN 3.0 to address another wave of growth in network traffic.

White Paper

The Definitive Guide to Optical Transport Networks (OTN)

We are excited to announce the release of our comprehensive new white paper, “The Definitive Guide to OTN,” which explores the ITU G.709 Optical Transport Networking (OTN) standard and its pivotal role in today’s high-speed data transport landscape.

Our white paper delves into the evolution of OTN, highlighting how it has adapted to support Flexible OTN (FlexO) rates and add new client signal rates. As Ethernet has become a dominant client signal, OTN has evolved to efficiently carry Ethernet traffic, making it the foundation for Ethernet connectivity across global transport networks. OTN line rates have progressed from 10G to Nx100G, and the industry is now looking ahead to rates beyond 1T as the next major milestone.

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Microchip and Acacia Collaborate to Enable Transition to 400G Pluggable Coherent Optics

Bandwidth growth, driven by the expansion of data centers and 5G network build-outs, is expected to drive the need for faster coherent Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) pluggable optics. Consequently, Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and metro Optical Transport Network (OTN) platforms are transitioning from 100/200 Gbps to 400 Gbps pluggable coherent optical modules to support these hyper-connected architectures.

We are supporting the transition to 400 Gbps interconnect rates by bringing to market interoperable solution sets consisting of our DIGI-G5 OTN processor and META-DX1 terabit secured-Ethernet PHY and Acacia’s 400 Gbps pluggable coherent optics.

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