Lynx Unveils First Modular Optical Protection Switching PlatformLynx Unveils First Modular Optical Protection Switching Platform
March 22, 2006
Lynx Photonic Networks today introduced an optical protection switching platform that is both modular and carrier-class a first in the industry, the company said.
Lynx’s new LightLEADER 4000 add-on platform features hot-swappable power supplies (main and redundant); a control module; and an array of protection modules supporting a range of high-availability solutions, such as end-to-end wavelength services protection, DWDM link protection, optical bypass, fiber link protection and equipment protection.
“The vast majority of fiber links from a carrier’s point of presence to an enterprise or campus premise are unprotected today,” said Lynx President Beni Kopelovitz. “Moreover, as a growing number of enterprises are deploying high-rate wavelength services to carry their mission-critical traffic over DWDM transport, there is an increasing demand to protect these services end-to-end with SONET/SDH-like high-availability. The LightLEADER 4000 system is designed to meet these demands.”
The LightLEADER 4000 is installed and managed at either the enterprise/campus premise or the carrier’s PoP over existing network infrastructure.
Key features include support for dual homing, bidirectional protection, extra traffic, channel failure detection (beyond optical performance monitoring) and CLI/SNMP management.
The 1-RU, NEBS/ETSI-compliant LightLEADER 4000 platform supports up to six pluggable units in any combination, allowing operators to increase the number of protected clients on a pay-as-you-grow basis.
Lynx Photonic Networks www.LynxPN.com
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