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XO Communications, Infinera Demonstrate 100 Gigabit Ethernet at NXTcomm08
100 GbE Traffic to Be Carried Over Live XO Network
| Source: Infinera
HERNDON, VA and SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - June 12, 2008) - XO Communications (OTCBB : XOHO ) and Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ) will team up to deliver the first
demonstration of 100 Gigabit Ethernet traffic in production-ready form over
a live network. The demonstration, at Infinera's booth number SU5607 at
NXTcomm08 from June 17th through the 19th in Las Vegas, will show how 100
GbE services can be delivered today over existing network infrastructures.
The demonstration will consist of an Ixia proof-of-concept 100 GbE test set
generating and handing off a pre-standard IEEE 802.3ba 100 GbE signal to a
100 GbE interface on the Infinera DTN DWDM transport system. The 100 GbE
signal will then be switched and transported by the Infinera DTN system
from the show floor through XO Communications' long-haul DWDM network to
Los Angeles. The 100GbE signal will then be looped and transported back to
the Infinera booth in Las Vegas, where performance metrics will be
monitored and viewable on the Ixia XM2 chassis.
100 GbE Next Major Step for Telecom Networks
Ethernet has emerged as the protocol of choice for many next-generation
telecom networks for its superior economics and widespread use in local
area networks. With aggressive growth in Internet traffic worldwide,
networks and networking equipment need to scale beyond 10 Gigabit Ethernet
and the IEEE 802.3ba Task Force is working to develop 100 Gigabit Ethernet
as the next important standard for telecom networks. Many industry
participants believe that 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services will
enable simplified, cost-effective connectivity for telecom customers,
including Internet content providers, Internet service providers, telecom
companies, enterprises, and other large users of bandwidth. This
demonstration shows that progress has been made on several important fronts
and the technology exists today to deliver 100 GbE services on existing
networks.
XO Communications supports customers on its nationwide network today with
services including 10 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) wavelengths and 10 GbE.
Demonstrating the power and scalability of XO's advanced optical network,
XO Communications has pioneered a new rapid service delivery model with its
"10 Gigs in 10 Days" guarantee, offering customers the ability to have 10
Gb network services provisioned in 10 business days. XO Communications is
committed to bringing 100 GbE services to market as soon as the technology
reaches a state where it is deployable and economic. This demonstration
shows that XO is focused on playing an active role in the development of
this important technology.
"Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. This pioneering
demonstration of 100 GbE traffic will leave Vegas and visit Los Angeles
over the XO network, for just a fraction of a second, before returning to
Vegas, for the enjoyment and education of NXTcomm visitors," said Randy
Nicklas, chief technology officer at XO Communications. "XO is determined
to be a leader in developing new capabilities and optical services to meet
our customers' growing need for bandwidth."
Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization Enables 100 GbE Today
In the NXTcomm08 demonstration, the 100 GbE signal is received from the
Ixia test set and striped across ten 10 Gb/s wavelengths using Infinera's
Digital Virtual Concatenation protocol, and then transmitted over the
long-haul network by Infinera's Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-enabled
DTN platform, before being reassembled by the Infinera system at the other
end. The Tributary Adapter Module (TAM) in this demonstration, which fits
into today's Infinera 100 Gb/s Digital Line Module (DLM), is in a
commercially suitable form-factor and ready for development into a
commercial product.
100 GbE services will be supported by Infinera's new 160-channel ILS2 line
system unveiled last week, which delivers 1.6 Tb/s of optical capacity with
Infinera's market-leading 100 Gb/s DTN line cards. With the future
introduction of Infinera's next-generation line cards, the ILS2 line
system will be scalable up to 8 Tb/s of capacity. In all cases, Infinera's
Bandwidth Virtualization™ ensures that 100 GbE services will be
delivered seamlessly, independent of whether the underlying optical
infrastructure is based on 10G, 40G, or 100G channels, or a mix-and-match
combination thereof.
Bandwidth Virtualization facilitates the decoupling of bandwidth services
such as 100GbE from the underlying optical transport infrastructure,
enabling improved flexibility, improved wavelength utilization, and rapid
service activation without optical re-engineering of the line system. The
optical capacity is available to be deployed in any rate from 1 Gb/s to 100
Gb/s and in a variety of protocols including Ethernet, SONET/SDH, or
wavelengths. An Infinera network helps customers consolidate any mix of 1
Gb/s, 2.5 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and future 100 Gb/s services
simultaneously over the same network infrastructure -- with no additional
investment or upgrade necessary for the line system.
"Infinera is a leader in the introduction of 100 GbE technology and
services," said Infinera Chief Technology Officer Drew Perkins. "Our
Bandwidth Virtualization architecture makes it possible to deliver 100 GbE
services over today's networks and the scalability and intelligence of the
Infinera platform makes it the best suited to deliver these new
high-capacity services. We are also actively involved in the standards
bodies and working to reach agreement on standards that can foster the
development of practical,
cost-effective, and widely deployable 100 GbE solutions."
NXTcomm08 takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas,
Nevada. Visitors to the show are invited to stop by the Infinera booth to
see this demonstration or contact their representatives to arrange an
appointment. Press and analysts can arrange a meeting via the contacts
listed below.
About XO Communications
XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB : XOHO ), is a
leading provider of 21st century communications services for businesses and
communications services providers, including 50 percent of the Fortune 500
and leading cable companies, carriers, content providers, and mobile
operators. Utilizing its unique and powerful nationwide IP network and
extensive local metro networks and broadband wireless facilities, XO offers
customers a broad range of managed voice, data and IP services in 75
metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit
www.xo.com.
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 and more flexible engineering and operations,
faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated
services without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more
information, please visit www.infinera.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to
Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Infinera's
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, such
as the benefits and capabilities of our products and the Digital Optical
Network's architecture, that Infinera networks help customers consolidate
any mix of 1 Gb/s, 2.5 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and future 100 Gb/s services
simultaneously over the same network infrastructure -- with no additional
investment or upgrade necessary for the line system, that the scalability
and intelligence of the Infinera platform makes it the best suited to
deliver these new high-capacity services, that the ILS2 line system will
deliver 8 Tb/s of capacity, that Bandwidth Virtualization ensures that 100
GbE services will be delivered seamlesslyand that we will work to reach
agreement on standards that can foster the development of practical,
cost-effective, and widely deployable 100 GbE solutions. Such
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technological changes, our ability to maintain effective internal controls,
the ability of our contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new
technology being developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant technology
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