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Internet2 Selects Infinera for Metro Networks
New Internet2 Network to Transmit 100 GbE Demonstration at Fall Member Meeting
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 5, 2006 -- Infinera is pleased to announce that the
Infinera DTN has been selected by Internet2 for metro network extensions to
Internet2's new national backbone network. This extension will allow
Internet2 to expand the reach of the national network into key
international exchange points in major cities including New York City,
Chicago and Seattle. The metro networks will provide Internet2 members
additional connectivity points to Internet2's international partners
providing better access to international research networks and leading-edge
international scientific projects like the Large Hadron Collider operated
by CERN in Switzerland.
This week at its annual Fall Member Meeting, Internet2 unveiled the first
major segment of its new nationwide network from New York to Chicago. In
June 2006, in a joint release with Level 3 Communications, Internet2
announced its plan to deploy its new advanced nationwide research network
over the Level 3 backbone. Level 3 is deploying Infinera's DTN optical
system to enable Internet2 members to enjoy large-scale capacity and
dynamic optical circuit provisioning. Scheduled for completion in mid-2007,
the network is planned to provide 100 Gbps of bandwidth throughout the
Internet2 network and offer other advanced features.
"Providing capacity and flexibility to support the various bandwidth
demands for long-term and short-term use is essential to the work of the
research and education community," said Steve Cotter, Internet2 Director of
Network Services. "The PIC technology of the Infinera DTN is a vital
component of the network for the research and education community. The
Infinera metro extensions will facilitate additional international
connectivity making it easier for our members to access resources from all
over the world."
The Infinera DTN is the first optical system based on large-scale photonic
integrated circuits (PICs). By integrating the functionality of more than
50 optical components onto a pair of monolithic PICs, the Infinera DTN
offers 100 Gbps of DWDM capacity on each line card, to enable a new
architecture known as Digital Optical Networks. The Digital Optical Network
architecture deployed by Level 3 will enable Internet2 to offer advanced
features to its members including integrated optical switching, GMPLS-based
network intelligence, and restoration services that can be requested by
members and delivered with a few clicks of a mouse. The efficiency of the
PIC-based design in terms of cost and space is designed to enable Level 3
to deliver unrivalled performance in Internet2's core long-haul network.
100 Gigabit Ethernet Demo
During this week's Fall Member Meeting, the New York-Chicago link will be
used to carry SONET traffic in support of an uncompressed high-definition
videoconference demonstration and then will be quickly reconfigured to
transport Infinera's 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) demonstration. This
demonstration will include sending a 100 GbE signal through the Internet2
network from Chicago to New York and back again, a total distance of 4,000
kilometers. The demonstration is the product of a collaboration of Finisar,
Internet2, Level 3 Communications, University of California at Santa Cruz,
and Infinera. The demonstration is designed to show the viability of 100
GbE as a transport technology and demonstrate the implementation of 100 GbE
as ten parallel flows of 10 Gbps each, carried over today's Infinera DTN
system.
Last week, the Higher Speed Study Group of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering (IEEE) chose 100 GbE as the next step in Ethernet
evolution.
Infinera co-founder and CTO Drew Perkins, who helped to organize and
implement the 100 GbE demonstration, will address the Internet2 Fall Member
Meeting on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 to discuss the importance of 100 GbE
as a next step for research and education networks, commercial networks,
and the entire Internet.
"We wish Internet2 well on this, its tenth anniversary," said Drew Perkins.
"Internet2's nationwide and metro networks will provide leading-edge
features and capabilities to the research and education community including
100 Gbps of bandwidth throughout the network, and intelligent
auto-configuration and restoration at the optical layer, thanks to
Infinera's digital architecture, including GMPLS service intelligence."
For further information:
For further information on the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting, visit
http://events.internet2.edu/2006/fall-mm/index.html.
For further information on the 100 GbE demo, visit
http://www.infinera.com/news/2006-11-13.html.
About Internet2
Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by the
research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the
missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities
and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the
development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies.
Internet2 brings the U.S. research and academic community together with
technology leaders from industry, government and the international
community to undertake collaborative efforts that have a fundamental impact
on tomorrow's Internet. For more information: http://www.internet2.edu
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the Photonic Integrated Circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
optical networks with simpler engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and more flexible networking. For more information, please
visit www.infinera.com.
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