APOLLO FAMILYOPTICAL TRANSPORT AND SWITCHING SYSTEM

PROGRAMMABLE AND OPEN OPTICAL NETWORKING

Muse™/LightSOFT® Management and

SDN Control

Programmable client rate

100GE/400GE/FlexE

Programmable spectral grid

50G 600G

200G 400G

Programmable OTN switching

Programmable line rate

Programmable lambda routing

The cloud economy and emerging 5G services demand more bandwidth and flexibility from optical networks than ever before. Apollo programmable, open optical networking meets this challenge head-on. Apollo delivers limitless, smoothly-expandable capacity that fills optical channels right up to their theoretical limits. For rapid provisioning and automated restoration of channels, Apollo is dynamically reconfigurable from access to core, in both DWDM and OTN domains. Apollo is self-aware with intelligent reporting for efficient operations. Moreover, Apollo also gives you deployment choice, whether as an integrated solution or as standalone subsystems, for disaggregated, multivendor solutions. Above all, Apollo is devoted to combining ultimate performance with ultra-low cost-per-bit transport.

Programmablefor maximum throughput

Automated provisioning and

restoration

Self-aware unsurpassed E2E

visibility and operability

Openmodular disaggregated

solutions

FAMILY OVERVIEW

PROGRAMMABLE OTN TRANSPORT

Multiservice L1 transport with integrated L2 services Apollo’s value proposition starts with transparent, low-latency, multiservice L1 transport. Apollo supports the broadest array of client interfaces, encompassing Ethernet (up to 400GE), Fibre Channel (up to FC32), OTN, SDH/SONET, and video client interfaces. To accommodate popular data services, Apollo also integrates L2 statistical multiplexing and packet switching alongside L1 transport. This includes all MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 services, including E-Line, E-Lan, and E-Tree.

Maximum channel throughput In heavy traffic situations, it is essential to extract the maximum capacity from each channel. Apollo provides software-controllable “knobs” to tune the modulation scheme, baud rate, and flexible grid channel width, to optimize the line rate — from 50G to 600G, with 50G increments — for the distance to be covered. Transmission occurs right at the edge of the non-linear Shannon Limit, so that no channel capacity is wasted. This reduces the number of transponders required for handling heavy traffic loads by up to 50%, thereby saving substantial capex.

• Common cards• No placement restrictions

SizeLine capacityPhotonics

2 RU1.6Tbps

OPT9603

CDCF ROADMs, Fixed and dynamic amplifiers

5 RU4.8Tbps

OPT960815 RU

14.4Tbps

OPT9624

9600 Series Low power flexible DWDM transport

• Universal Packet/OTN Switch• Scaled for 500G interfaces

SizeSwitching capacity

5 RU2.8Tbps

OPT9904X22 RU

5.6Tbps

OPT9914Full rack 16Tbps

OPT9932

9600 Series Scalable OTN switching

Ride the technology curve with pluggable line rate upgrades One of the most exciting advances in optical networking are new DWDM pluggables, based on the 400GZR/ZR+ standard. These provide superior performance in metro applications and adequate performance for long haul. This is a perfect fit for Apollo, which uses pluggable transceivers in many of its transponder and muxponder cards. Apollo can continually ride the pluggables technology curve to deliver optical transport with the best price-performance available.

High-speed per-service encryption Layer 1 optical encryption is the only way to protect against interception by fiber tapping. Apollo L1OE adds zero latency, and can encrypt entire OTN channels or individual clients selectively. With an ability to extend key management to Enterprise customers, Apollo L1OE can be offered as a value-added feature for private optical network services.

PROGRAMMABLE DWDM ROUTING (OPTICAL LINE SYSTEM)

Ultimate wavelength routing flexibility ROADMs (reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers) route wavelengths from one end of the DWDM network to the other under software control. They speed up service provisioning, and reduce capital costs by eliminating unneeded optical-electronic-optical conversions.

UnencryptedEncryptedEncrypted

EncryptedUnencrypted

Colorless Directionless Contentionless

XCVR

XCVR

XCVR

XCVR

XCVR

XCVR

XCVR

XCVR

XCVR

Encryption enabled/disabled per service

Apollo features one of the richest set of ROADM building blocks in the industry, to satisfy any network configuration, including:

• 2-degree to 20-degree nodes, covering both broadcast-and-select and route-and-select architectures.

• Colorless, directionless, contentionless (CDC) add/drop. Apollo’s state-of-the art contentionless module far surpasses the performance of previous-generation multicast switches.

• Fixed-grid and flexible-grid channel spacing.

• Optimized wavelength amplification and transmission for over 20 network nodes, without regeneration.

• WSON (wavelength switched optical network) signaling to dynamically reroute and restore wavelengths in the event of link failures, to maintain service level agreements.

• SSON (spectrum switched optical network) that uses flexible grid technology to advance WSON capabilities to entire bands of spectrum.

Unsurpassed end-to-end visibility Apollo provides unprecedented insight into the network’s optical health at all times. Proven algorithms convert integrated power measurements (no need for separate OCM cards) into OSNR and other parameters. OTDR modules report on the status of the multiple connections and splices along the fiber path. Managed by LightPULSE™, these unique capabilities allow operators to maintain their network proactively, eliminating the need for costly external test equipment, and reducing field maintenance.

Alien wavelengths and shared spectrum All Apollo optical routing and monitoring capabilities apply equally to Apollo native wavelengths or alien 3rd-party wavelengths. Apollo can even transport bands of alien/shared spectrum, providing ultimate flexibility for opening up the optical network to partnerships and innovative services.

PROGRAMMABLE OTN SWITCHING

OTN switching shuffles client-interface traffic between OTN channels under software control. Apollo OTN switching scales smoothly from 2T to 16T capacity per node, delivering the benefits of OTN switching applications from the access to the core. These include:

• Rapid software-controlled service provisioning.

• Maximizing channel fill by grooming multiple services onto a common wavelength.

• Employing ASON (automatic switched optical network) signaling to dynamically reroute and restore individual services in the event of link failures.

MODULAR WITH OPEN INTERFACES

Apollo lets you choose how to deploy your optical network; whether as an integrated solution, or as standalone subsystems – for OTN transport, OTN switching, or DWDM routing (optical line system) – for disaggregated, multivendor solutions.

In either case, Apollo is controllable through ECI’s Muse/LightSOFT network management and SDN control system, or using the controller of your choice via Netconf/Yang interfaces that exercise the capabilities defined by the OpenROADM MSA.

Economic Access

Scalable metro

Core Switching

Access-to-core OTN switching

Apollo Line system

(CDCF ROADMs and Amps)

Apollo OTN

Switching

Apollo OTN Transport

Transponders and Muxponders

Netconf/YangNetconf/YangNetconf/Yang

3rd Party Controller

3rd Party Controller

3rd Party Controller

Compliant

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Contact us to find out how Apollo can energize your optical networkSpecifications subject to change without notice

Technical specificationsTopologies Mesh, hub, ring, linear, point-to-point

Transport platformsOPT9624 - 14.4T client capacity (28.8T total capacity)OPT9608 - 4.8T client capacity (9.6T total capacity)OPT9603 - 1.6T client capacity (3.2T total capacity)

Switching platformsOPT9932 – 16T switching capacityOPT9914 – 5.6T switching capacityOPT9904X – 2.8T switching capacity

SpectrumExtended C-bandFixed grid 50GHz 96ch and 100GHz 48chFlexible grid with 37.5GHz granularity

Fiber link capacity 25.6 Tbps (128 ch x 37.5 GHz x 200 Gbps)

Service (client) interfaces

Ethernet (1GbE, 10GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, 400GbE)SDH/SONET (STM-1, 4, 16, 64/OC-3, 12, 48, 192)SAN (FC-1, 2, 4, 8, 16)Video (DVB-ASI, SDI 270, HD-SDI 1.5G/3G)OTU (1, 2, 2e, 4)

Encryption AES256-GCM with Diffie-Hellman group 5 key exchange

Layer 2 servicesMEF Virtual LAN services MPLS-TP connection-oriented transportStatistical multiplexing transport aggregation

Network (line) interfaces OTU1 (2.5 Gbps)OTU2/2e (10 Gbps)

OTU3e (40 Gbps)OTU4 (100 Gbps)

OTUC2 (200 Gbps)OTUC4 (400 Gbps)

Optical add/drop multiplexers

2-, 4-, 9- and 20-degree ROADMs (fixed grid and flexible grid) with automatic power equalization and Colorless, Directionless, and Contentionless (CDC) wavelength routingFixed OADM100% add/drop capacityM x N ROADMs (4 x 16, 6 x 14, 8 x 12)

AmplificationEDFA, Raman, Hybrid EDFA/Raman, with embedded optical leveling controlOutput power from 16 dBm to 26 dBmGain up to 40 dB with 10 dB midstage

Protection OCH 1 + 1, OLP, OMSP, Y Protection, 1 + n optical, DRI/DNI/SNCP

Restoration

Spectrum Switched Optical Network (SSON) - spectrum levelWavelength Switched Optical Network (WSON) – wavelength levelAutomatic Switched Optical Network (ASON) – service level1 + 1, 1 + 1 forever, preplanned/dynamic protection

HW redundancy All common units/cards: power supply, controllers, fan units

Power input -40.5 VDC to -75 VDC; OPT9603 & OPT9608 also AC mains

EnvironmentalOPT96XX operating temperature: -5˚ C to +55˚ COPT99XX operating temperature: -5˚ C to +45˚ CRelative humidity: 5% to 90% (non-condensing)

SDN Muse™ applications (e.g. Bandwidth on Demand, Scheduled Services)

Network management LightSOFT® end-to-end, point-and-click network management

Performance monitoring LightPULSE™ integrated real-time OSNR and other parameters

Control interfaces Netconf/Yang complying with OpenROADM MSA

OTUC6 (600 Gbps)