[CAnet - news] NLR to deploy optical switches that partition network

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[The exciting part of this announcement is that the Calient switches can be
partitioned between different network operators which is very similar to
CANARIE's UCLP architecture (www.uclp.ca). This will allow the various
regional optical networks and specialized applications like CAVEwave that
have acquired their own lambdas on the NLR to manage these waves independent
of each other.  From posting on www.convergedigest.com  --- BSA]

National LambdaRail Selects Calient for All-Optical Switching + GMPLS
National LambdaRail (NLR) awarded a multi-year supply agreement to Calient
Networks for its all-optical switching systems and GMPLS technology.

The multi-year agreement anticipates deployment of two dozen of Calient's
DiamondWave PXC systems at key junction nodes in the NLR national backbone
and at Regional Optical Networks (RONs) interface points. A unique element
of the agreement will allow for the partitioning of the PXC between RON and
NLR activity, to significantly lower the cost of initial deployment and
foster seamless network integration. This will also allow researchers to
operate layer-1 switched virtual private networks with GMPLS networking
capability.

Calient Networks said its optical switches will provide improved service
availability with optical protection while dramatically reducing operation
costs on the backbone network thanks to remote reconfiguration.
http://www.calient.net
http://www.nlr.net
30-May-06

Calient's optical switches have also been deployed in Japan, including being
a part of the Japanese Gigabit Network 2 (JGN2) backbone network. The
Calient platforms are also deployed regionally in a number of accounts
including MCNC and LONI in the US. 
National LambdaRail (NLR) has reached fully-operational status, providing
advanced optical, Ethernet and IP connectivity over more than 15,000 miles
of fiber across the United States. The infrastructure provides researchers
control over a nationwide network with up to 40 individual lightpaths
running at 10 Gbps. The project is the result of over three years of work
and nearly $100 million in funding by members. NLR's WaveNet, FrameNet, and
PacketNet services are already in use by more than a dozen research
projects, including the National Science Foundation-supported Extensible
Terascale Facility and OptIPuter projects; the U.S. Department of Energy's
UltraScience Net project; CENIC and the Pacific Northwest Gigapop's Pacific
Wave project; the CAMERA project led by CalIT2, the Venter Institute and
UCSD's CEOA; the University of Virginia-led CHEETAH project; as well as
Internet2's Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project. 
NLR has deployed nine Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing Systems across the
country. The project is also using Cisco Systems' 15808 and 15454 optical
transmission platforms.



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