Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper Networks Inc. announced Tuesday they are co-developing 10G, 40G and 100G IP over DWDM solutions with management integration and GMPLS control plane interworking.
The companies will implement long-haul DWDM optics on router line interface cards to increase network efficiency by reducing the need for redundant transponders.
Because IP and optical networks traditionally are managed separately, the companies are creating a solution that manages the router-to-optical link as a single entity.
Using Juniper’s T Series Core Routers, the router-integrated optical DWDM interfaces will interoperate seamlessly with Nokia Siemens Networks’ hiT7300 WDM platform and be managed by the company’s carrier grade Transport Network Management System (TNMS).
The joint solution will be paired with Nokia Siemens Networks’ network planning software, TransNet.
