Infinera First to Receive 100G Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification by MEF - Seite 2

"100G and 10G MEF CE 2.0 certification of the Infinera PXM switching module marks a significant achievement for Infinera," said Karl Thedéen, SVP, head of Metro Business Group, Infinera. "While 10 GbE is table stakes, we are excited to demonstrate our industry leadership in the first wave of 100 GbE certification. As services become more sophisticated and capacity requirements continue to grow, transport networks are becoming more packet-aware. In a competitive Carrier Ethernet market, Infinera is committed to offer its customers the ability to rapidly and easily turn up new standards-based services at scale. We offer our customers a standards-based solution that allows them to deploy differentiated services with greater speed, agility, and assurance, to help them deliver end-to-end service level assurances with service performance guarantees."

The PXM switching module is designed to enable a highly efficient packet optical transport network architecture. With the PXM, network operators benefit form a portfolio of services based on not only Carrier Ethernet but also Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technologies, resulting in decreased network costs and statistical multiplexing with packet aggregation and transport port consolidation. It offers integrated Ethernet and MPLS functionality over WDM super-channels to deliver dynamic, flexible packet transport services. It can process Ethernet and MPLS packets with QoS up to 100 GbE speeds, map them based on configuration rules into multiple flexibly-sized ODUflex circuits, and deliver them through the transport network to their end destination. The converged Layer 2, Layer 1, Layer 0 functionality in the overall system enables a more flexible and efficient multi-layer network providing rich packet services. This helps service providers reduce capital expenses and increase power and space efficiency by reducing the need for transit router ports and chassis.

About the MEF
The MEF is the driving force behind the ~$80 billion global market for Carrier Ethernet services and technologies and the defining body for LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) standards that underpin emerging Third Network services with CE 2.0, SDN, and NFV. An industry alliance consisting of nearly 220 member organizations based in 43 countries, the MEF operates through a powerful collaborative framework of service providers, network solutions suppliers, and other stakeholders to achieve CE 2.0 and LSO development and globalization objectives.