Nokia and Zayo have announced the successful completion of a live
field trial of Nokia's sixth-generation Photonic Service Engine
super-coherent optics (PSE-6s), demonstrating a North American
transmission record of 800Gb/s over a single wavelength from LA to El
Paso on a 1866km link. The companies also achieved a 1 Tb/s transmission
on Zayo's LA to Phoenix route over 1004km, also using the Nokia PSE-6s.
The field trial showcases the power of Nokia's latest generation of
coherent optics and Zayo's state-of-the-art optical transport network-in
providing high-capacity solutions to keep up with soaring global
traffic demand resulting from an increasingly digitalized world.
Zayo currently provides the largest and most modern 400G network in
North America with over 250 points of presence (PoPs), covering the most
in-demand centers. As Zayo continues to invest in the capacity,
capability, and sustainability of its optical network to support
transport of new 400GE and 800GE services, the trial performance
demonstrates the ability of Nokia's optical technologies to support all
three of these areas by increasing spectral/bandwidth efficiency,
enabling high-speed client services, and lowering network power
consumption.
The trial used Nokia's PSE-6s implemented in the 1830 PSI-M compact
modular transport platform equipped with production-ready DMAT6 line
cards. Using the latest 6th generation technology, the 800Gb/s
transmission represents a tripling in reach over current 7nm solutions
and sets a new North American distance record over a live network. In
addition, the 1Tb/s transmission between LA and Phoenix over 150GHz WDM
channels shows the ability to reach even higher capacity per wavelength
on high-traffic routes.
Aaron Werley, Vice President of Technology at Zayo, said: "As
a communications infrastructure leader, Zayo remains at the forefront
of network connectivity. We continuously invest in our cutting-edge
infrastructure to ensure a future-ready network. The infrastructure
projects we have, and continue to complete to advance connectivity
between key cities, involves the deployment of new 800G and higher-speed
routes. Nokia's PSE-6s coherent technology allows Zayo to offer
ever-increasing commercial Wavelength speeds, including enabling our
industry-first Waves on Demand offering, so when customers demand
innovative, higher-bandwidth solutions, the capacity is there for them."
James Watt, Vice President and General Manager, Optical at Nokia, said:
"Nokia is very pleased with the performance of the PSE-6s in the trial
and its ability to enable 800G everywhere and deliver 1T between key
cities over long spans at over 1000km. We are delighted to partner with
Zayo on this achievement in preparation for growing network demand. With
the PSE-6s, the Nokia optical portfolio pushes the limits of
super-coherent performance to deliver massive network scale and service
reach while ensuring more sustainable growth."