Mahi Networks introduced its Multi-Service Core Transport System based on “ADM-on-a-Wavelength” line card technology from its acquisition of Photuris. Mahi’s Vx7 R2.1 provides single wavelength granularity with full 100% optical add/drop capability for OC-48 and OC-192 line-rates, with full wavelength-reuse around a sixteen-node network that spans up to a 1000 km circumference. The system supports a range of service interfaces, including SONET, SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel, FICON, ESCON, and ‘AnyRate’. It also leverages a GMPLS control planeVx7 to dynamically and rapidly add new services, nodes, or lambdas to any node.
Two new features of Vx7 Release 2.1 include 100% ROADM capability to enable customers to add, drop or reconfigure one or all system wavelengths at any node around the ring remotely — with no service affecting disruptions, as well as a full GUI based Craft Interface Tool (CIT). http://www.mahinetworks.com
- Earlier this month, Mahi announced its acquisition of Photuris, another start-up based in New Jersey. It developed an automated optical transport system for high-capacity metro and regional DWDM networks. Its platform features a “Versicolor�? capability that integrates four functions on a single optical line card: WDM demux/mux at the system input/output; fully flexible, reconfigurable OADM wavelength switching (any wavelength to any port, independent of any other wavelength); per-wavelength power balancing; and real-time per-wavelength optical power monitoring.
- Also in June 2004, Mahi Networks closed $70 million in new funding.