Packet-Optical Transport Solutions
100G Wirespeed Packet Processing for Next-Generation OTN Platforms
Xelerated's network processors (NPUs) are perfectly designed to empower the transition to packet-based transport. A series of new transport systems are now on the design tables. They will support both heavy packet processing (Ethernet, MPLS, IP) and optical transmission (WDM, Sonet/SDH, OTN, ROADM). Service providers around the world foresee significant cost benefits from the integration of packet and optical layers. The transition has started. Analysts forecast the market for packet-optical transport systems to grow a swiping 37% annually between 2010 and 2015. Key enablers are OTN framing and Ethernet packet processing technologies.
Xelerated packet-optical solutions target a wide range of platforms, from transponder pizza boxes used in aggregation to 100GE line cards for metro and core packet-optical systems.
The HX families of NPUs have a high degree of integration. This enables cost-effective and power-effective packet-optical designs. They are programmable to easily accommodate different and shifting service provider demands. Evolving standards for packet-optical transport and best practices will continue to change; MPLS-TP, PBB, QoS and SLA classification and shaping, Ethernet OAM, and integration to legacy operational environments require enhancements over time. Programmability bring enhanced product life-time.
Xelerated's industry-leading 100Gbps single-chip NPU provides strict wirespeed guarantees. Through the unique dataflow architecture, the system will never experience performance degradation, under any condition. In short, the system behaves just the way we expect transport system to do. Inherent support for wirespeed processing makes the system predictable, and reduce engineering complexity.
The MEA data plane software provides feature-rich implementation of Carrier Ethernet and MPLS standards to match the requirements in packet-optical transport networks. In addition, Xelerated teams up with complementary solutions partners to ensure interoperability and to ease customization to vendor specific designs.
Xelerated provides packet-optical solutions based on Carrier Ethernet network processors, data plane software and solution partner products, coupled with professional services.
Range of Target Systems
Pizza box muxponders
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Fabric-less chassis with
distributed NPU-based switching |
High-density large
chassis, active or passive backplanes
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- Metro Aggregation Systems
- Packet-Optical muxponder
- Multi-service Provisioning Platforms (MSPP)
- Packet-Optical Transport Systems (P-OTS)
- Packet-enabled ROADM
Designs Examples
100GE/OTU4 Line Card 
100GE line card wirespeed single-chip solution using 100G Interlaken on system fabric and line interfaces.
4x10GE to OTU3 Muxponder Pizza Box
Muxpoder solution aggregating four 10GE to 40GE/OTU3 using single-chip with integrated advanced traffic manager. Packet buffer in cost-effective DRAM.
10x 10GE to 100GE/OTU4
Aggregation solution for 10x 10GE connected over XAUI to 100GE uplink.