MAHWAH, N.J. and MUNICH, Germany, May 18, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ADVA Optical Networking today announced the release of new key features in its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 2000 product platform. These new features include the industry's first 4Gbit/s muxponder with support for 4G Fibre Channel client signals and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network interfaces based on small form pluggable (SFP) transceiver technology. Delivering significantly lower per-bit transport costs than single wave or 10G muxponder alternatives, the enhanced FSP 2000 product platform expands the application opportunity for WDM transport networks.
Propelled by the growing demand by enterprises for strong disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, ADVA has designed its new FSP 2000 release to support the new 4G Fibre Channel protocol in a card that is also fully backwards compatible with existing 1G and 2G Fibre Channel interfaces. This enables customers to upgrade their storage area networks (SAN) to all Fibre Channel variants (including 1G, 2G, 4G and 10G) without delays or expensive equipment replacements.
The same new FSP 2000 card leverages the cost benefit of 4G transport for unique muxponder functionality to aggregate any combination of 1G Fibre Channel, 1G Ethernet, and 2G Fibre Channel signals onto one single 4G wavelength. For 1G and 2G applications, this product enhancement allows greater scalability than single wave or 2.5G muxponders, while providing cost reductions per bit compared to 10G muxponder alternatives.
The universal SFP port design of the card provides expanded flexibility for any combination of Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM), DWDM and hybrid system architectures. With one universal card, a customer can install one card with independent pluggable optics instead of 32 DWDM or 8 CWDM cards with single fixed optic capability. This increased flexibility dramatically simplifies sparing and logistics for the customer, further reducing total cost of ownership. ADVA introduced SFP pluggable transceivers in 2002 for CWDM ports and this release is the first to support full 32 channel DWDM for volume delivery.
An expanded ring protection feature is also included in the new release to support the high-growth application areas of optical access, IP DSLAM back-haul, and video triple-play services. While DWDM ring alternatives have been available for several years, this is the first architecture to support CWDM designs at significantly reduced cost per port.
"Our technology leadership and product innovation are closely focused around our customer needs," said Brian P. McCann, ADVA's chief marketing and strategy officer. "The new FSP 2000 features are specifically tailored to help our customers deploy more scalable Optical+Ethernet solutions that reduce their total cost of ownership when offering high-speed services."
ADVA's FSP 2000 was launched in May 2001, and more than 3,000 systems have already been sold. Targeted toward enterprises and carriers, parallel use of C/DWDM and muxponder technology enables up to 512 applications to be transported over one single fiber pair. The FSP 2000's robust character and ability to transport all protocols between 8Mbit/s and 10Gbit/s per wavelength make the product an ideal solution particularly for large-scale, high-bandwidth networks.
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ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is a leading global provider of optical and Ethernet networking solutions for rapid and cost-effective provisioning of high-speed data, storage, voice, and video services in the metropolitan area. ADVA's carrier-class Fiber Service Platform (FSP) product portfolio is explicitly designed to enhance services, simplify networks, and reduce the total cost of ownership. ADVA's solutions have been deployed at over 100 carriers and several thousand enterprises worldwide. For further information about ADVA: www.advaoptical.com.
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