Fujitsu targets 100G end to end with FLASHWAVE enhancements

Fujitsu says it can now support 100-Gbps capabilities end-to-end, thanks to upgrades to the FLASHWAVE 9500 packet-optical transport platform as well as new demarcation and aggregator units in the FLASHWAVE CDS. The systems house also has enhanced its support of software-defined networking (SDN).

The FLASHWAVE 9500 enhancements include slim 100G muxponder and transponder units that will enable capacities of 7.2 Tbps in a standard rack. They will feature not only reduced size, but lower power consumption and higher performance, Fujitsu asserts. The colorless/directionless/contentionless/flexible grid ROADM capabilities of the FLASHWAVE 9500 can be controlled automatically via an SDN controller, Fujitsu points out.

For the FLASHWAVE CDS, Fujitsu will introduce 40G/100G Optical Transport Network (OTN) demarcation and OTU4 aggregator units to extend 100G capacity to the network edge. The aggregator unit will upgrade existing equipment to 100G and provide OTN ring protection; an optional self-healing configuration also will be available.

The company also says it will offer a more compact version of the current 2RU FLASHWAVE CDS for customer premises applications. The new 1RU, AC-powered shelf will house a single interface card and support all FLASHWAVE CDS OTN units.

Meanwhile, Fujitsu also has announced a new release of its VIRTUORA software platform, designed to provide superior network programmability via its SDN controller. For example, it will help enable dynamic service activation and restoration via the WDM and OTN capabilities of the FLASHWAVE 9500 and CDS platforms. The result is a fully programmable network at the OTN layer, which Fujitsu says will enable significant operational savings, the elimination of manual operations, and faster time to market and revenue.

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