ROADMAP 2023
many stages and topologies of fibre deployment. Together with our telco and cable operator customers, as well as new entrants in the FTTH deployment, CommScope will usher in the next generation of high-speed networks to deliver new services and experiences to millions of consumers around the world.”
www.commscope.com
Robert Maher, CTO at Infinera (pictured), cites pluggables as a key technology in 2023. He told Fibre Yearbook: “Coherent pluggable optics have made great strides in increasing optical performance while reducing power and size with support for both QSFP-DD and CFP2 packages. In 2022, we saw tens of thousands of 400G ZR QSFP-
expansion and creating new opportunities. 400G coherent pluggables with high output power (that is, 0dBm) and low out-of-band noise will enable deployment in a broader set of metro applications, including across cascaded ROADMs. Coherent pluggables will move both up and down in capacity – with 800G coherent pluggables under development and 100G coherent pluggables in discussion, with some early vendor announcements. Increased intelligence in some coherent pluggables, like Infinera’s ICE-XR, will support transponder-like functions, including in-band management, remote loopback, optical spectrum analysis and streaming telemetry. “To overcome the challenges
DD packaged optics deployed per-quarter in routers by internet content providers for point-to- point data centre connectivity at 120km or less. In addition, communication service providers have begun deploying 400G ZR+ optics in the larger CFP2 package in conjunction with compact modular optical platorms, like Infinera’s GX Series.” Looking into 2023 and beyond,
Maher predicts: “Innovations will drive a richer and more diverse set of coherent pluggables, enabling unprecedented network
associated with operationalising pluggables in routers, organisations like the Open XR Forum are identifying extensions to the C-CMIS specifications and enabling methodologies for direct interactions between the pluggable and optical controller soſtware. Finally, coherent pluggables are emerging that support both point-to- point and point-to-multipoint deployments. Tis new type of point-to-multipoint technology will enable service providers to dramatically simplify their network architectures by reducing transceiver count and equipment costs, while simultaneously becoming greener with significantly reduced power and carbon footprint.”
www.infinera.com
According to Laser Components, optical fibre switches will play an ever- increasing role in future network deployments for routing, protection, bypass, remote monitoring, sensing, and testing, used in data traffic routing, and cross connects with the potential of wavelength routing. Tey currently play an important role in the testing of optical components. Optical fibre switches come in
all shapes and sizes with a range of technologies and techniques
Fibre Yearbook 2023
Geert Heyninck, Nokia’s VP Broadband Networks, believes FTTH is growing to such a degree it will touch everything. He said: “Fibre-to-the-home is becoming fibre-for-everything. Tis is enabled by several technology advances, most notably higher speed PON technologies to accommodate all new services, and SDN to bring more intelligence in the network. If you think about it, the massive number of connection points on fibre make it a challenge to get an instant view of everything that happens in your network, fully automate network control, and perform actions with no service interruption. Our current portolio is doing an excellent job in supporting many of these requirements for today’s and tomorrow’s services, but we are looking ahead.” Te company predicts that, once operators have deployed
that need consideration when deciding which FO switch best meets application requirements. Fibre compatibility is vital to ensure minimal losses. Tis is just one of the many considerations for 1 X N, N X M configurations. Tere are versions based on
FTTH, their networks pass every other building in the street, as well as the homes, meaning they can connect businesses and other services. Fibre PON will be capable of supporting high bandwidth consumer services, industry 4.0 applications, business connectivity, 5G transport and smart city services. Tis creates more revenue opportunities, lowers TCO and significantly reduces overall power consumption. In line with this, the company launched the Generation 6 broadband platorm at the end of 2022. Te Lightspan MF-14 platorm extends the upper end of Nokia’s fibre broadband portolio, bringing increased capacity, low latency, intelligence, six nines reliability and the highest power efficiency, enabling operators to address broadband needs for the next decades.
www.nokia.com
moving parts, while repeatability and stability play a major part in their selection. Solid-state non-mechanical are well suited to specific higher switching speed applications. Tere are different technologies and techniques such as thermal activated, prism
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