Telia Carrier leans on pluggable optics for a simpler network
Wholesale operator Telia Carrier said it has become one of the first major network operators to use a new network architecture called routed optical networking. In this network, the carrier's routers would be connected, hop-by-hop, over wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) links with pluggable optical transceivers. To oversimplify, Telia Carrier will benefit from no longer having to separately manage an optical network and an IP network to provide 400 Gbit/s of connectivity over short distances. Pluggables propel a shift in network architecture Graphic courtesy of Ian Redpath, Practice Le...
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