World Wide Packets LightningEdge Solution enables delivery of simultaneous telephony, business and entertainment video, broadband data, and Internet access services using Ethernet over fiber and copper. World Wide Packets has combined the best characteristics of circuit-switched solutions - control, predictability, and service quality - with the unmatched cost performance and scalability of Ethernet. This unique mix makes possible the creation, instrumentation and delivery of a full range of service types including any combination of dedicated or dynamic services over a common delivery infrastructure. World Wide Packets LightningEdge Solution consists of LightningEdge Access Portals, LightningEdge Access Concentrators, and LightningEdge Access Distributors, all managed and controlled by the LightningEdge Network Supervisor.

World Wide Packets LightningEdge Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) solution presents service providers with a way to selectively increase the utilization of existing fiber assets to quickly deploy additional bandwidth and services at a fraction of the investment required to deploy new fiber.

From multi-gigabit CWDM rings to 100 Mb/s starred CWDM links, dark or in service and duplex or simplex fiber plants, World Wide Packets LightningEdge CWDM solution enables service providers to eliminate fiber constraints, leverage existing fiber plant investments, and accelerate revenue generation.

LightningEdge CWDM Solution Features at a Glance

Increase bandwidth capacity of existing fiber by a factor of 10

• Fully compliant with ITU-T G.694.2
• Supports 10 wavelengths resulting in a 10x increase in bandwidth capacity of existing fiber, and a 25% increase in bandwidth as compared to current CWDM implementations

Complete CWDM Solution

• Specifically designed to support duplex nature of Ethernet
• Includes duplex components designed for deployment with active switching platforms, and simplex components to simplify outside plant deployments
• All components support any mix of 100 Mb and 1 Gb line rates

Flexible topology and deployment scenarios

• Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) optics match cost to revenue potential and enable media flexibility
• Available in any of 10 standard wavelengths from 1430 nm to 1610 nm
• Dual-rate CWDM SFP optics support both 100 Mb and 1 Gb speeds
• Minimizes sparing and inventory costs

 

Revised: 1/16/2008