Ekinops to Launch 40G Transport for Ekinops 360 Platform in 2009

Ekinops (News - Alert), a provider of multi-reach long-haul, regional, and metro transport aggregation solutions, said that it will introduce 40G transport for its flagship Ekinops 360 platform by early 2009.

 

Ekinops is set to deliver 40G transmission with the ability to transport both native 40G and 4x10G payloads. The company will be using its patent pending Wave Bonding technology to deliver 40G (gigabit per second) transmission.

 

With Wave Bonding, Ekinops expects to achieve up to 320 channels, all in the C-Band spectrum, at 10G. According to company officials, the first application of this patent pending technology will target higher channel counts at 10G.

 

“The problem with 40G is that it hasn’t been cost-effective until now,” said Rob Adams (News - Alert), vice president of global marketing at Ekinops.

 

Adams explained that there are two problems associated with 40G transmission systems. One, they have been costlier than the comparable equipment to deliver four 10G channels. Secondly, the systems haven not offered the same performance.

 

“Ekinops has solved both those problems with Wave Bonding technology,” added Adams.

 

Competitors’ 40G systems do not transmit as far as 10G systems. Those systems often require customers—who want to move up from 10G to 40G—to disrupt network routes and install regeneration equipment.

 

In comparison, officials said their Wave building technology delivers 40G with the same performance characteristics as its 10G transmission. The characteristics include the ability to reach hundreds of kilometers with no in-line amplification and a total distance of 2,000 kilometers with full channel counts on the Ekinops 360 transport system.

 

”One of the other benefits of the Wave Bonding technology is our ability to transport 40G and 10G directly adjacent to each other on the same system,” said Adams.

 

In addition to using Wave Bonding, Ekinops also plans to use its recently introduced DynaFEC technology to enable 40G to achieve a reach similar to 10G. DynaFEC is a gain forward error correction technology that enables transport by providing gain through software rather than hardware components.

 

Initially, the company is expected to introduce 40G transport featuring a 4x10G muxponder, which will enable 160 channels of 10G transmission. Later in 2009, it plans to deliver a 40G serial interface, which will enable it to offer 320 channels of 10G, or 80 channels of 40G, all in the C-Band spectrum.