Data center connectivity is the foundation of digitalization. Critical businesses, government activities and our daily lives all rely on data centers and so the network infrastructure interconnecting them and enabling access to storage data is a critical asset. Enterprises and organizations need data center interconnect (DCI) infrastructure that can accommodate ever-increasing data traffic. Moreover, with the growing number of cyberattacks, they also need a solution that protects data in motion between data centers against man-in-the-middle attacks. Our FSP 3000 S-Flex™ DWDM muxponder is specifically engineered to address these demands. With 400Gbit/s capacity, the support of a broad range of DCI protocols, and built-in quantum-safe encryption, it enables high-speed, scalable DCI networks that are highly reliable and secure even against quantum-computer attacks.

The relentless surge in data traffic is pushing operators to introduce higher line speeds, increasing the transport capacity of their optical networks. In recent years, IP over DWDM (IPoDWDM) solutions, which feature direct integration of ZR/ZR+ coherent pluggable optics into end-application devices, such as routers and switches, have made inroads into simple point-to-point applications such as data center interconnects. Now carriers are looking for ways to adopt that architecture in their infrastructure and take advantage of the apparent lower cost, power and footprint. Yet, IPoDWDM comes with certain challenges, including management complexities and the absence of IP/optical demarcation. That’s why we created our FSP 3000 M-Flex800™, an innovative optical terminal that leverages ZR and ZR+ coherent pluggable optics alongside a streamlined client aggregation method. This new IP-to-DWDM approach offers a cost-efficient gateway between classical transponder-based DWDM and the latest IPoDWDM solutions. Supporting a wide array of ZR and ZR+ optics ranging from 100Gbit/s to 800Gbit/s, the M-Flex800™ facilitates seamless line speed upgrades to 800Gbit/s, eliminating the need for switching or routing hardware replacements.

Optical fibers carry huge amounts of bandwidth, representing thousands or even millions of concurrent end-customer services. Any disruption of a fiber link can have tremendous impact. And yet fibers are frequently not monitored at all, with service providers relying entirely on service layer alarms to detect failures. This results in time-consuming and expensive fault isolation. What's more, service unavailability creates frustrated customers. This can easily be avoided by fiber assurance solutions. In-service fiber monitoring is an efficient way to instantly detect any fiber degradation, triggering countermeasures even before services are affected.

Precise network synchronization has become more vital than ever. As more people access real-time voice, video and gaming applications through mobile devices, with the fierce rise of IoT and with 5G technologies just around the corner, meeting increasingly strict timing requirements has become crucial. Highly accurate sync is also needed in fields as diverse as metrology, defense systems and space-related technologies. So, while magnetic cesium atomic clocks have served our industry well for more than 50 years, the latest innovation in cesium atomic clock technology will empower our Oscilloquartz range of cesium clocks to go further than ever before and meet the most stringent upcoming demands of commercial, military and space applications.

Our SDX 6000 Series of software-defined optical line terminals (OLTs) consists of open and disaggregated access devices that support a broad range of PON standards, including 10G Combo PON, XGS-PON, GPON, and 10G-EPON. These devices are built using modern design principles and apply lessons learned from data center networks. This approach is an architectural shift from previous networks that have historically relied on closed, monolithic systems managed by vendor-specific management systems. This evolution enables operators to vastly lower their costs to build, operate, innovate, and grow their networks.