Lumentis AB introduced a compact, single-slot 10 Gbps transponder for its metro optical networking platform. The 10 Gbps Transponder offers performance monitoring and Forward Error Correction (FEC) capabilities. It supports Gbps SDH/SONET and 10GbE traffic. The Lumentis metro optical platform functions without using line amplifiers, allowing all wavelengths and bit rates to be handled individually. Lumentis said that when adding 10 Gbps services, there is no need for the network to be retuned to ensure that all amplifiers have the correct characteristics to cope with the new services as well as to ensure that proper power balancing is maintained between all wavelengths.
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- Lumentis has developed an un-amplified, 40-wavelength capable DWDM system that is able to tolerate increased levels of optical loss. The Lumentis DWDM platform uses off-the-shelf components and could carry up to 40 wavelengths on a fiber pair without optical line amplifiers – at least twice the capacity of competitive systems. Lumentis estimates that amplifiers can represent up to half of the initial network investment needed to light up the first wavelength. The company also notes that optical loss is especially critical in metro area networks in which numerous fiber splices have occurred. Its platform supports SONET/SDH, IP and ATM traffic. Lumentis was founded in September 2000 by former engineers from Ericsson’s optical networking unit. The company is funded by Deutsche Bank Industrial Holdings AG.