40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine

Nortel provides the simplest migration path from 10G to 40G to 100G.

Our 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine Solution is an innovative technology platform that enables both 40Gbps and 100Gbps transmission over today's existing infrastructures, increasing capacity 4- and 10-fold respectively, without complex network re-engineering.

Get four times the capacity out of your existing network. That's right - your existing network can be used to deliver four times the capacity right away, and ten times the capacity in the near future. Nortel's 40G solution offers the same reach and performance as your existing 10G network, without all the extra equipment add-ons of alternate solutions. And it even works over fiber considered marginal for 10Gbps transmission. It's really that simple.

Why do I need it?

Why do I need 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine?

Why do I need 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine? Your customers demand more bandwidth every day. They want faster Internet access and downloads, high quality video streaming, and the ability to use higher bandwidth applications.

But will they wait patiently while you do the roadwork required to upgrade your current network?

Use your existing network and optical fibers and effectively retool your hardware to make the jump to four times the capacity. You won't need to rip and replace, even when the need for 100G comes to pass. Nortel has pioneered this 40G evolution and they can provide everything your business needs to get it.

How do I do it?

How can Nortel's 40Gig/100Gig solution enhance my business?

How can Nortel's 40Gig/100Gig solution enhance my business?

Nortel has solved very complex optical transmission obstacles with creative uses of electronic and modem technology integrated into the equipment, making networking simple for our customers.

No one else can do this.

Nortel's 40G solution allows you to instantly quadruple your carrying capacity without restructuring your network. Our plug, play and evolve optical technology lets you leverage your installed infrastructure to upgrade quickly and cost-effectively from 10G to 40G--and ultimately, all the way to 100G. Groundbreaking? Yes. Road-demolishing? Absolutely not.

So why make it hard when you can make it simple?

Drive your business forward along a future-proof migration path to 100G with Nortel 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine.

What do I need?

The 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine

Increase your network's capacity to support more subscribers and more applications the simple way - Nortel's exclusive, ingenious 40G transmission technique provides full compatibility with today's 10G systems to derive a far-reaching bandwidth solution. All you need are two new cards and our Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 shelf to get 40G.

Here's what you'll get:

  • Increased (4x) capacity - using the same infrastructure
  • The demise of ripping and replacing for faster optical networks
  • No extensive network re-engineering
  • The groundwork for 100G transmission that will provide 10 x capacity of today's networks

Nortel uses it to get the job done, so your network stays relevant - today and tomorrow.

Spotlight

Verizon Confirms Quality of 100G Transmission Using Nortel Solution*
In another step toward commercial deployment of a new generation of high-bandwidth services, Verizon, a leader in the delivery of broadband communication innovations, has successfully concluded a trial of 100G technology. The trial utilized Nortel's 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine solutions to deliver error-free performance at 100G transmission speeds over existing Verizon fiber. Being able to increase network capacity while maintaining existing infrastructure and minimizing new costs is key to the rollout of high-bandwidth voice, video and data services.
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White Papers

Solving the 100G transmission challenge Learn the business and technical drivers behind 100G and find out how your network today can be made ready to support 100G in the near future.
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Cost Considerations for 40G Written by Michael Howard, principal analyst and co-founder of Infonetics Research, you will find answers to key 40G questions.
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Nortel's 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine is a revolutionary technology platform that enables both 40Gbps and 100Gbps transmission over today's existing infrastructures, increasing capacity 4 and 10-fold respectively without complex network re-engineering, delivering the simplest migration path from 10G to 40G to 100G.

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The Future of Communications
Following extensive filming at Nortel's facility in Richardson in July, the flagship technology program from the BBC- BBC Click - airs the program entitled "The Future of Communications," showcasing Nortel's solutions in Mobile WiMAX, Long Term Evolution (LTE), 40 and 100G, and Telepresence - all being used in real-life scenarios such as distance learning, video on the go and IPTV. This video runs approximately 30 minutes.
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