ECI Telecom Ltd, a provider of access and transport networking infrastructure equipment, announced successful demonstration of 43Gb/s transmission over 1,000 km via a 10-Degree 50 GHz-channel-spaced WSS ROADM. The technology, demonstrated on ECI's XDM all range ROADM platform, will enable carriers to deploy a cost effective solution for high capacity reconfigurable networks.
The company says that this migration is smooth once carriers are able to add these new 40Gb/s services to the existing 10Gb/s DWDM networks. Finding the optimal 40Gb/s modulation format, that can offer both high QoS for long distance transmission as well as compatibility with 50 GHz spaced filters, is considered to be a significant challenge.
Eyal Shaked, general manager for transport networking division and executive vice president of ECI Telecom, said, "ECI's solution of combining 40Gb/s with multi degree ROADMs and 50 GHz spacing answers our customers' immediate needs and will take them well into the next decade. This demonstration once again proves ECI's leadership in next generation high capacity, reconfigurable optical networks."
