At SUPERCOMM, ECI Telecom announced it has integrated CWDM and DWDM into its XDM multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP). XDM now offers CWDM, DWDM, Ethernet and SONET on the same platform to give service providers the ability to manage an optical network from the metro edge to the regional core.
"While we have seen many converged platforms with partial integration of two or three transport methods, ECI's XDM delivers the most thorough integration of CWDM, DWDM, SONET and Ethernet transport," says David Dunphy, principal analyst, Optical Infrastructure, Current Analysis, in a press statement.
Consolidation of Layer 0, 1 and 2 services lowers service delivery cost by reducing the number of systems, eliminating intermachine trunking and reducing the number of transponders in the network.
Wayne Walter, director of product marketing, says the upgrade also offers providers choice. “As the network migrates, you can add functionality,” he says.
By adding modules to existing shelves, CWDM access is provided off a DWDM backbone, SONET transport is added to the DWDM infrastructure, or distributed Ethernet switching is incorporated into SONET networks.
In addition, Walter says providers can support multiple rings of different types on the same platform. So a 40-wavelength DWDM metro core ring and an eight-wave CWDM ring or SONET ring can run off the same system.
ECI announced last week that Vermont Telephone Co. is using the new XDM system for its metro and regional networks. In a press statement VTel’s General Manager Norm Koch says that XDM eliminated the need for multiple systems and is providing the telco with “significant life cycle cost reduction.”
The XDM line includes the 100 and 200 for edge applications and the 400, 500, 1000 and 200 for access and support of multiple ring capability.
