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Article
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...