Lightchip to Demo Remote Management

SALEM, N.H. -- Lightchip today announced that it will demonstrate remote wavelength management in a high-channel count metro DWDM optical network environment during this week's Supercomm 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia. Lightchip's customers have asked the company for this new capability as they deploy next generation networks for service providers. By enabling remote wavelength management, Lightchip's products deliver distributed network intelligence where carriers need it while providing equipment and administrative savings. Held at booth 159D, the demonstration will feature two Lightchip OWR4010 optical wavelength routers (OWRs) transporting 40 100GHz ITU spaced channels across 60 km of fiber while being monitored by two Lightchip optical wavelength managers (OWMs) that feed vital wavelength information to four computer locations -- two local, two remote. "Remote monitoring and management supports today's emerging distributed architectures and frees providers from having to locate wavelength management equipment and personnel at every hut along the network. The network operations center (NOC) can now truly serve as a central command post," said Ian Turner, Lightchip's chief technology officer. "Our customers have been asking for this capability and we are pleased to bring it to them."Lightchip Inc. For more information on Supercomm 2001, please visit the Light Reading Supercomm 2001 Site.