Transmode expands Native Packet Optical stable and sets industry standard for low latency optical transport
Transmode has announced the availability of two new integrated Layer 2 Ethernet products for mobile backhaul, video distribution and business Ethernet services. Native Packet Optical transport is an architecture that is ideally suited to the edge of an optical network as it keeps the traffic payload as standard native Ethernet frames, says Transmode, providing operators with better visibility of traffic and lowering the cost of Packet Optical integration at the network’s edge.
A second-generation version of the Layer 2 Ethernet Muxponder (EMXP), the EMXP II, which includes increased processing power and support for a wider range of Layer 2 features has been launched, alongside two and five port Ethernet Demarcation Units (EDU). Both solutions are available in the TM-Series Release 15.
The enhanced EMXP II is focused on Transport Ethernet which provides Layer 2 Ethernet service provisioning and aggregation for transport applications with virtually no jitter, making the unit ideally suited to services for financial institutions, video distribution and LTE backhaul, says Transmode. The compact two and five port EDUs also ensure the lowest possible latency and jitter.
"The Native Packet Optical approach offers considerable advantages to network operators," said Transmode’s Chief Technology Officer, Sten Nordell. "Using components based on standard Ethernet transport these operators can build simplified integrated Layer 1 and 2 networks that provide better service visibility, better metro aggregation and better OAM, at the lowest possible cost. These new components in Release 15 are proving to be very popular and mark a milestone in the roll out of Native Packet Optical networks."
The company has also announced latency performance of up to 1,000 times better than comparable solutions – at four nanoseconds – for applications such as algorithmic trading, cloud computing, data centre interconnect and video distribution. The introduction of algorithmic trading has changed the performance requirements on optical networking platforms from ‘low enough to support synchronous fibre channel’ to ‘as low as practicably possible’, says Transmode. Transmode's TS-Series and TM-Series transparent 2.5G and 10G transponders provide between 4 and 10 nanoseconds per transponder pair, depending on protocol speed.
"My team has always designed solutions for the edge of the optical network, which drives engineers to carefully consider exactly what goes in or stays out of the solutions we design," said Transmode's Vice President of Research and Development, Mohamad Ferej. "This ultimately has a large impact on the cost, power consumption and latency of our solutions. It is great to see that the recent changes in applications really enable our customers to capitalise on this Transmode low latency advantage. Our unique design enables customers to win deals where the latency is absolutely critical and our solutions are giving them the edge they need to win."
