CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Sycamore Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMR) today announced the addition of Optical Transport Network (OTN) capabilities to its suite of integrated switching and transport offerings on the SN 16000 Intelligent Optical Switching Platform. Already deployed in a Tier 1 carrier network, the industry-standard (ITU-T G.709) interface module expands the rich feature set of Sycamore’s Universal Service Card and provides network operators with additional tools to reduce capital and operational costs while improving network efficiencies, reliability, and end-to-end service interoperability.

The cost-effective Universal Service Card (USC) for the SN 16000 Intelligent Optical Switching Platform supports – on a single card – a wide range of client service rates and high-speed transport options, including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, SDH, and in-service pluggable optics. Enhanced with the OTN G.709 Line Interface Module (LIM), the full-featured USC further simplifies the design, configuration, and deployment of different traffic types and converged services over dynamic optical transport networks. Leveraging common networking (BroadLeaf®) and management (SILVX®) intelligence shared by all Sycamore optical switches, the Sycamore OTN solution brings a new level of flexibility and efficiency to end-to-end, multi-service transport.

The OTN G.709 USC solution supports both the standard Forward Error Correction (FEC) and enhanced FEC optimized for long distance transmission. The standards-based OTN interface module also supports software configurable full C-band tunable optics, which dramatically simplifies wavelength activation and allows network operators to reduce the number of collocated DWDM equipment (e.g., transponders, regenerators) in integrated switching and transport applications. As a result, network operators can achieve significant cost savings by reducing footprint, power, and sparing requirements as the network scales. By further consolidating network functions using Sycamore’s OTN-equipped USC, operators can also improve network reliability and enhance end-to-end fault and performance management in multi-vendor networks.

Sycamore Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMR)