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Advances in
photonic switching, DWDM transport, tunability and intelligent optical
signaling available in the Innovance Networks' AgileCore product portfolio
allow the creation of an Agile Photonic Network that provides cost savings
and operational simplification, when compared to point-to-point and static
transparent systems. Agile Photonic Networks and their associated metrics
demand new tools to capture and compare their specific cost structures
to those of traditional DWDM networks. Planning an optimized network architecture
requires a toolset that allows the 'electrical' multiplexing layer (electronic
cross-connects, switches and routers) and photonic layer to be planned
in conjunction. Automated engineering tools provide the link from planning
to deployment by providing a detailed visualization of equipment and connectivity
to the user. By alleviating the planning and engineering processes through
automation, carriers can pro-actively plan and more rapidly respond to
network growth and churn.
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Key Features & Benefits
• A
comprehensive toolkit covers network planning, link and site engineering,
to build accurate costing and deployment views of an Agile Photonic Network
• Integrated photonic and electronic layer technology planning establishes
the optimal economic mix between express wavelengths and sub-wavelength
multiplexing and grooming
• Electronic layer protection and restoration requirements such as
path diversity can be custom-mapped onto the photonic layer with other
specific network constraints
• Network growth, transition and greenfield scenarios give the necessary
breadth to plan, build and evolve the network
• Network data transfer between the Planning & Engineering Centers,
the AgileCore Management System and multi-vendor planning applications
• Automatic selection of Transparent Photonic Switch, OADM, Terminal
and Amplifier location and configuration for optimum economics and system
performance
• Automatic configuration of shelf and bay line-ups with graphical
output and per-site detailed ordering codes simplifies the engineering
process
INNOVANCE NETWORKS
delivers a portfolio of agile, intelligent photonic networking solutions
that enable service providers to build profitable,
next-generation core optical networks. The Innovance Networks AgileCore
solution offers 'Just-in-Time' capacity and accelerates the deployment
of services through the core, simplifies the network and reduces the cost
of operations, while addressing the network scalability challenges beyond
providing raw capacity.
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Planning & Engineering the "Automated Core"
The AgileCore Planning Center is a high-level multi-cycle and multi-technology
network architecture application that examines the network cost and scale
of Transparent Photonic, Point-to-Point DWDM and Electrical Multiplexing
technologies. Support for various electronic layer protection and restoration
mechanisms such as mesh and rings allows capacity planning and grooming
to be coordinated in a cost-effective manner with photonic layer routing
decisions. Technology mix trade-offs can be examined to establish the
most effective plan in terms of economic viability, such as examining
the benefits of optical pass-through. Transition plans allow a traffic
model to be grown to stress a network architecture, into which existing
equipment can be factored. A common object model between Planning &
Engineering Centers and the AgileCore MS allows for data upload from a
real network to further enhance and refine network evolution of an installed
base. The ability for information exchange and comparison of a plan with
the deployed network provides an unparalleled mechanism for assessing
network evolution and proactively scaling the network to meet customer
demand.
Automated
Engineering Simplifies Deployment
Link and Site Engineering Applications are used to create detailed site
deployment plans for an AgileCore network once planning is complete. The
configuration of the modular line, switching and gateway components to
be able to accommodate arbitrary wavelength paths across a network is
simplified by the engineering tools that take into account the capabilities
of the system and use performance metrics common to the NOS embedded engineering
functions. Configurations are then mapped into detailed ordering codes
and connection diagrams down to the card and cable level for all sites
in network.
The AgileCore
Planning & Engineering toolkits provide a simple and efficient mechanism
for designing and implementing the Agile Photonic Network.
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