Fujitsu Launches Connection-Oriented Ethernet for Optical Networking Platform

Fujitsu, a provider of business information technology and communications solutions recently announced the availability of connection-oriented Ethernet, or “COE”, for its Flashwave 4100 ES platform, which is said to help create a Micro Packet Optical Networking Platform.

 

All Flashwave 4100 ES installations will be able to offer high-performance, connection-oriented Ethernet services by adding new COE cards and performing an in-service software upgrade to existing nodes, said company sources.

 

The Packet ONP along with the EoX Gateway (News - Alert) on the FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet ONP enables complete backhaul aggregation and service delivery solution over SONET or native Ethernet over fiber.

 

The COE enhancements offer several benefits including mobile backhaul, wholesale Ethernet access, metro Ethernet business services, and backhaul of triple play residential services including broadband Internet access from DSLAM, PON or CMTS equipment.

 

Company sources said that the platform is suitable for mobile backhaul applications owing to its native support for T1s and Ethernet. The cell site deployments which are providing T1 backhaul for legacy 2G/3G services can be upgraded to possess Connection-oriented Ethernet capabilities which are imperative for Ethernet-based 3G and 4G wireless services.

 

Also the Flashwave 4100 ES platform is rugged enough to operate in a cell site outside plant cabinet.

 

“Connection-oriented Ethernet delivers the stringent QoS, performance, high availability, and security of SONET while providing the networking efficiency, bandwidth scalability and flexibility of native Ethernet,” said Rod Naphan, vice president of product and strategic planning at Fujitsu Network Communications (News - Alert).

 

Naphan added, “The addition of COE to our popular FLASHWAVE 4100 ES platform enables longer-term revenue opportunities for our customers. As their wireless service provider customers migrate to 4G, the platform supports a graceful transition from Ethernet over SONET to native Ethernet over fiber.”

 

Fujitsu sources said that customers will benefit from the new COE capabilities and can provide optimized Ethernet services to clients eliminating the need for building overlay access networks. Legacy EoS systems require dedicated bandwidth in increments of 50 Mbps for each Ethernet connection to a cell site or customer premise. However, the new system can offer a path-protected connection-oriented Ethernet service in 1 Mbps bandwidth granularity via the same fiber.