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The state of Segment Routing: A look at the past, ...

It’s been two years since our last research study on the role of Segment Routing (SR) in networks. What has changed? What’s remai ...

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White Paper

Optimizing passive optical networks with coherent ...

This paper examines coherent passive optical networks (CPONs) and their role in advancing optical distribution networks (ODNs). I ...

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White Paper

Campus PON

Over the course of the last 20-plus years, the cost to deploy fiber to the home (FTTH) has come down dramatically (from ~$4,000/H ...

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Data Sheets

5134 Product data sheet

Ciena’s 5134 is a cost-effective 10GbE/25GbE-to-100GbE aggregation router purpose-built to meet the demands of mobile xHaul aggre ...

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Video

Sustainable Coherent Routing

Choose from three WaveRouter sizes for a sustainable network that fits perfectly with your specific power and space needs. Start ...

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Video

Metro Scalability Today and Tomorrow

Enjoy the freedom to build to scale-today and tomorrow your next-generation metro capacity and traffic pattern needs with three f ...

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Coherent Routing WaveRouter OSRP Navigator Walk T ...

Let Anand Raj take you through Ciena’s Ottawa lab to see an actual WaveRouter and how Navigator NCS takes you beyond IP and Optic ...

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Data Sheets

Service-Aware Operating System

The Service-Aware Operating System (SAOS) is the foundation of Ciena’s extensive routing and switching offerings. A secure, robus ...

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Podcasts

Episode 79: From Vision to Reality: Ciena's Engin ...

Ever wondered what it takes to bring a truly innovative product to life? Get a behind-the-scenes look at the conception and desig ...

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White Paper

What Could You Do With 100 Gbps Coherent PON?

Download this white paper prepared for SCTE regarding what you can do with 100 Gbps Coherent PON.

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Data Sheets

5186

The 5186 is a compact, secure 100/200/400GbE aggregation router with up to 1.6 Tb/s FlexE aggregation, line-rate MACsec support, ...

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Data Sheets

Transparent SONET/SDH over Packet Transceivers

With many network operators transforming their networks to Ethernet and IP/MPLS transport, TDM over packet emerges as a key enabl ...

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eBook

Delivering American‑made broadband solutions: Pla ...

Broadband is a necessity for the way we live, work, and play, which is why high-speed connectivity for everyone is so vital for t ...

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Data Sheets

USB DB26 Adapter DS | Ciena

Ciena’s USB-C to DB26 Adapter Module enables customers to connect their dry-contact alarm systems that have a DB26 interface to n ...

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Article

More choices to converge your network: Introducin ...

The WaveRouter family is getting bigger, by going smaller. Ciena’s Joe Marsella explains how you can now get the benefits of Wave ...

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Article

Leveraging the right experts to capitalize on bre ...

Ciena’s new WaveRouter is pure ‘clean-sheet’ thinking, purpose built, and carves out a new role in the network. Learn how you can ...

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Article

Entering the promised land of IP and optical conv ...

Heavy Reading’s Sterling Perrin talks about the new era of IP and optical convergence. What is different this time around? And ho ...

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Infobrief

Paving the Way for 25GS-PON

Passive optical networks (PONs) have evolved significantly over the years to meet the escalating demand for bandwidth and perform ...

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Article

WaveRouter: Three examples of metro routing done ...

Ciena’s Nicola Benvenuti details just a few of the business case examples this unique, purpose-built platform architecture suppor ...

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Infobrief

How can Services make your WaveRouter deployment ...

Adding Ciena Services to your team along with a little added cost now will help you fully realize the benefits of this radically ...

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Data Sheets

vBNG Operations Manager

Ciena’s Operations Manager for the virtual Broadband Network Gateway (vBNG) is built on the philosophy that launching a network i ...

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Article

The transformation of PON

Ciena’s Wayne Hickey explains the transformation of PON and fills in the blanks to help guide you to which PON is the right PON f ...

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Article

When it comes to 5G, the only path that matters i ...

The closed and inflexible mobile networks of the past are no longer welcome. Find out how Ciena is helping customers benefit from ...

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Case Study

Minimizing energy consumption to reduce costs and ...

With huge rises in energy costs globally, operators are under intense pressure to minimize the cost-per-bit transported to protec ...

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