The Newly Enhanced Test Suite on EXFO's FTB/IQS-85100G
Packet Blazer Qualifies 40G/100G OTN Muxponders, Enabling Leading
Network Element Manufacturers (NEMs) and Carriers to Overcome Their
Lab Test Challenges
QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 12,
2013 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO, TSX: EXF) today
announced the extension of the 40G/100G optical transport network
(OTN) multiplexing test capabilities on its FTB/IQS-85100G Packet
Blazer 40G/100G multiservice test modules. These capabilities
include a full spectrum of OTU4 (111.81 Gbit/s) single-stage
multiplexing schemes, in addition to Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) and 10
Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) client mappings into 40G/100G
optical-channel payload units (OPUs) as per ITU-T G.709 for
breakthrough-level qualification of 40G/100G muxponders. These
additional capabilities are available as software options for
existing FTB/IQS-85100G Packet Blazer modules, thus maximizing
customers' return on investment (ROI) without requiring any
additional hardware.
In today's competitive market, service providers
are striving to address bandwidth needs by upgrading their core and
metro networks to 100G capacity. However, 10G services remain the
biggest contributor to service providers' revenues. Accordingly,
network element manufacturers (NEMs) are continuously enhancing
their 40G/100G cross-connect offering to ensure that it is able to
carry, switch and terminate 10G (and lower) rate services in line
with proper bandwidth usage without compromising their quality.
EXFO's new 40G/100G multiplexing capability
provides an in-depth test suite for full simulation and analysis of
GigE and 10 GigE real-life services, along with full access to
control and monitoring of OTN overhead bytes,
tandem-connection-monitoring (TCM) traces and forward error
correction (FEC) algorithms. These functionalities ensure that all
newly deployed 40G/100G muxponders are proven capable of handling
the demanding services that will be placed on them in the
future.
In addition to newly launched OTN testing
capabilities, EXFO's FTB/IQS-85100G Packet Blazer modules now
support 40GE/100GE service disruption time (SDT) measurement for
validation of 40G/100G Ethernet network-failure recovery
mechanisms, thereby ensuring the availability and reliability of
high-speed services.
"Over the past few years, EXFO has been a
leading provider of high-speed multiservice testing solutions, and
the extension of our 40G/100G Ethernet and OTN test capabilities
continues on that trend" said Claudio
Mazzuca, Vice-President of EXFO's Transport and Service
Assurance Division. "Our customers are under pressure to speed up
their time-to-market, so we are now more determined than ever
before to maintain our leadership position and align our
development efforts in order to meet our customers' lab and field
testing needs."
For more information about the FTB/IQS-85100G
Packet Blazer 40G/100G multiservice test modules, please visit
www.EXFO.com.
About EXFO
Listed on the NASDAQ and TSX stock exchanges, EXFO is among the
leading providers of next-generation test and service assurance
solutions for wireline and wireless network operators and equipment
manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. The
company offers innovative solutions for the development,
installation, management and maintenance of converged, IP fixed and
mobile networks—from the core to the edge. Key technologies
supported include 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS, Ethernet, OTN, FTTx, VDSL2,
ADSL2+ and various optical technologies accounting for more than
35% of the portable fiber-optic test market. EXFO has a staff of
approximately 1600 people in 25 countries, supporting more than
2000 customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.EXFO.com
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