Cisco Expands Global Leadership in Optical Multiservice Transport

Available today on the industry-leading Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP), the latest hardware and software features will help users generate new revenue streams and move toward more efficient, flexible, Internet Protocol Next-Generation (IP NGN) and Ethernet-based networks, helping them reduce capital and operating expenses.

Highlights include a new 40-channel, mesh reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) supporting from 2 to 8-degrees of dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) traffic, Ethernet Xponder and Cisco Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP)-on-a-blade. The Cisco mesh ROADM functionality includes operational innovations that support a service provider's migration from ring-based DWDM topologies to more fiber-efficient mesh DWDM topologies while simultaneously simplifying management, provisioning and troubleshooting.

The Cisco Ethernet Xponder is the first DWDM solution that provides aggregation of 1-Mbps up to 1-Gbps Ethernet into G.709, 10-Gbps wavelengths for delivery to Cisco routers such as the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System-based IP-over-DWDM solution. This enables service providers who have already deployed the Cisco ONS 15454 platform for other services to add a blade to provide cost-effective Ethernet aggregation services in remote central offices.

The Cisco MSPP on a blade provides significant investment protection by enabling full MSPP Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) functionality to reside on a single card inside a Cisco MSTP DWDM chassis. With more than 75,000 Cisco ONS 15454 systems deployed, these innovations are enabling service providers to migrate easily from SONET/SDH services to DWDM services in the same Cisco ONS 15454 chassis, providing unparalleled investment protection - Cisco.