Lightning Talk: Lean Disaggregated Regional Optical Transport

Through technology cycles, many networks face constraints around servicing their capacity needs between short haul metro locations in a lean and efficient manner. …

Through technology cycles, many networks face constraints around servicing their capacity needs between short haul metro locations in a lean and efficient manner. In this presentation, we will discuss how we leveraged a more “crafty” optical solution than might be typically considered to better serve our immediate needs. Specifically, we will focus on 100 Gigabit DWDM pluggables - how they are readily available and have become a decent option for this niche in recent months, as well as how they worked for our needs and how we utilized these techniques in our network.