The Maryland Broadband Cooperative (MdBC), a middle-mile network provider, will utilize Ciena’s 6500 T-Series Packet-Optical Platform and WaveLogic Ai coherent technology to upgrade its existing 2,500 fiber mile statewide optical network. Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain controller will provide coordinated multi-layer management for the new optical network and an existing cell site network that utilizes Ciena’s 5171 routing and switching platform. With integrated PinPoint OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer), MdBC also gains proactive maintenance capabilities and faster troubleshooting of fiber cuts.
The upgrade enables MdBC to provide 400G transport services to its more than 80 members, which include telecom companies, internet service providers (ISPs), utilities, health care facilities, universities, and state and local government.
