Alcatel-Lucent Deploys 100 G Fiber-Optic Network Using Next Generation Coherent Technology

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has transmitted a single carrier 100 G network on a wavelength by utilizing the next generation coherent technology. The 100 G fiber-optic network is a crucial part of the company’s High Leverage Network (HLN) architecture that helps service providers to reduce the total cost of ownership and deliver a distinguished service experience to all end-users.

The next-generation coherent technology is designed to resolve the increasing bandwidth demands. It enables one optical fiber to transfer 8.8 Terabits per second and provides enhanced resilience to optical transmission damages occurring across the network. The technology integrates Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 G Ethernet and 100 G optical transport technologies and provides substantially longer transmission reach with lower consumption of power, operational costs and network complexity. The next-generation coherent technology also offers enhanced compatibility between low-speed transport infrastructures and 100 G networks.

Alcatel-Lucent’s President in Philippines, Jonathan Goh stated that the 100 G technology offers low cost-per-bit solution with bandwidth reporting, automation and scaling.

Softbank Telecom, a Japan-based media company, has chosen Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 G optical solution to improve its backbone network for mobile and fixed convergence.