JDSU Unveils a Set of 100Gigabit Ethernet Test Solutions

JDSU has announced the introduction of a set of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE) test solutions that will enable 100GE component developers, network equipment designers and service providers to optimize the performance and revenue potential of the new technology.

The JDSU (News - Alert) suite is capable of evaluating and verifying components, subassemblies and network equipment and helps service providers to offer reliable performance on new network builds.

Research firm IDC (News - Alert) reveals that 100GE solutions will soon reach markets well before 40G. Also it is expected that demand for 100G is growing owing to the access technologies and services converging onto the same networks. This leads to increases in capacity and bandwidth requirements and also complexity.

“The current shift towards 100 Gigabit Ethernet represents a major discontinuity in network infrastructures that creates a greater importance on the value of testing to ensure quality. At the same time, testing challenges are expanded by the growing service provider focus on customer experience,” said Elisabeth Rainge, IDC’s Director of NGN Operations. “We see JDSU well positioned to meet this challenge in the earliest stages of deployment and beyond.”

JDSU solutions support 100GE physical layer tests like photonic and electrical signal testing besides protocol testing of layers 1, 2 and 3. The test solution encompasses the JDSU ONT 100G Module which tests optical and electrical interfaces from the physical layer to Ethernet/IP, protocol testing, PCS layer validation and transponder testing.

The testers are useful from the early stages of 100GE, transponder testing/validation, network equipment development, and system verification testing (SVT). Developers involved in the debugging and verifying of complex 100GE multi-lane, multi-lambda products also get support from advanced applications.

Dave Holly, president of JDSU’s Communications Test and Measurement business segment pointed out that 100 Gigabit Ethernet will further enable manufacturers and service providers to keep pace with ever-increasing capacity requirements and delivers improved network flexibility and responsiveness to high-bandwidth service demand.