Switches and Routers

MRV Communications, which provides packet and optical solutions, has added a 100Gbps multi-protocol, multi-rate muxponder to its recently introduced OptiDriver optical transport platform. It will help offer data centre operators, content delivery networks and cloud service providers a flexible path to a 100G optical transport network. The OptiDriver 100G muxponder enables operators to achieve bandwidth efficiency in applications such as public, private or hybrid cloud, web hosting services, high-performance computing and more.

Alcatel-Lucent is helping Telenet, Belgium’s leading cable broadband provider, meet video and data demands of its customers by deploying the world’s most powerful IP (Internet Protocol) Core Router, the 7950 Extensible Routing System (XRS).
 

Adtran, a leading provider of cloud connectivity, enterprise communications and mobility solutions, has unveiled its NetVanta® 4660 Integrated Layer 2/3 Carrier Ethernet Services Router.

Xilinx's new OTN SmartCORE IP for high-capacity combined Ethernet and 100G OTN switching platforms and Packet-Optical Transport Systems (P-OTS) wil be available from 30 September.

It is a key component in Xilinx's stgrategy to deliver programmable solutions for intelligent 400G and n x100G optical transport networks (OTN) and OTN switches that have high availability, low latency, low jitter, and a high quality of service (QoS).

Pasternack Enterprises, a manufacturer and supplier of RF and microwave products, has introduced a line of ultra-broadband power dividers capable of 50 GHz.

These millimeter-wave power dividers (also referred to as RF power splitters) are ideal for use in radar systems, electronic warfare equipment, fibre optic systems, 10G Ethernet and any application that requires high frequency, multi-octave performance.