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Avanex Showcases Superior OADM
Solutions During OFC 2003
Avanex Corporation's booth at the 2003 Optical Fiber Communications (OFC)
conference featured live demonstrations of the company's superior
technology to enhance a critical performance feature of optical communications
networks -- the adding and dropping of streams of information as they are
routed to their ultimate destinations.
Avanex focused its live demonstrations on two optical add/drop solutions --
the PowerExchanger Reconfigurable OADM and the PowerExchanger Power Balanced
OADM -- in addition to displaying its range of other optical solutions to
improve network capacity, transmission distance, connectivity and speed.
"The Avanex booth at OFC will offer clear evidence of technical superiority
in
developing solutions that meet the current needs of our customers, but that
also have the seamless potential to meet their future needs," Walter
Alessandrini, chairman, president and CEO, said. "Today's networks place a
premium on flexibility, low initial cost and 'pay as you grow' capability.
Turnkey subsystem integration is replacing piecemeal equipment additions. We
believe the Avanex demonstrations at OFC will be evidence of clear leadership
in the optical layer."
Avanex's PowerExchanger Reconfigurable OADM gives network designers a tool
to
limit the cumbersome and expensive signal conversions that hinder the
performance of today's networks. It enables a network operator to add or drop
only those channels that require optical-electrical-optical (O-E-O) conversion
at that point en route to their destinations, versus the current situation in
which all the channels undergo O-E-O conversion.
The key feature of remote software reconfigurability gives a network
operator
the flexibility to change both the number and the designations of the channels
that can be added or dropped, without disrupting the transmission of the
express channels that pass through the OADM node. In addition, the
PowerExchanger ROADM offers a "second layer" of reconfigurability. Any
separate wavelength (or color) -- carrying a discrete data stream -- can be
directed to any one of the add/drop ports, which further increases the network
operator's flexibility in traffic management.
Avanex demonstrated its PowerExchanger ROADM in two rack-mount
configurations,
one of which will include a wavelength blocker for maximum performance and
enhanced integration. The two configurations illustrate the versatility of
Avanex's approach to network design.
Avanex's PowerExchanger Power Balanced OADM, which will be featured in
another
live demonstration at OFC, features a level of software compatibility that
sets Avanex apart from its competitors. Its intelligent design provides remote
management of a fixed channel add/drop combination, with the capability to
balance the power levels of channels as they are added or passed through an
OADM node. An industry standard network management interface supports most
network management systems.
The PowerExchanger Power Balanced OADM's distinctive combination of optical
performance and software compatibility make it a turnkey subsystem solution
for both OEMs and network carriers.
About Avanex
Avanex designs, manufactures and markets photonic processors for the
communications industry. Avanex's photonic processors offer communications
service providers and optical systems manufacturers greater levels of
performance and miniaturization, reduced complexity and increased cost-
effectiveness as compared to current alternatives.
Avanex was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, Calif. To
learn more about Avanex, visit our Web site at: www.avanex.com.
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