PacketLight serves up high-port compact ROADM

　　PacketLight Networks is now offering a reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) that supports 32 Flex Grid ports, enabling providers to build dynamic mesh and ring networks.

　　A key highlight of the PacketLight's PL-1000GRO ROADM platform is its density and ability to support multiple channels and capacities over a single fiber.

　　Leveraging next-generation wavelength-selective switch (WSS) technology in a 1U, low-power consumption footprint, the device supports colorless, directionless, and Flex Grid, and features integrated optical amplifiers and optical channel monitoring (OCM), enabling the mixing of 50/75/100/150GHz signals over the same fiber.

　　These future-proof the network by supporting any future flex grid signal bandwidth over the same fiber, and maximize fiber utilization by enabling the transport of a mix of capacities – from 100G to 800G and the emerging 1.6T – over the same fiber.

　　The platform can be utilized for various applications, including data center interconnection, metro networking, and flexible grid optical networks.

　　Additionally, the PL-1000GRO ROADM dynamically adds or drops selected wavelengths at any network node, allowing for seamless control over node capacity. The device automatically equalizes and balances the power of the added and bypassed wavelengths.

　　As configured by the user, 32 ports of the ROADM add and drop colorless wavelengths of different bandwidths. Management is facilitated through PacketLight's LightWatch NMS platform, which provides A-to-Z provisioning of wavelengths, creation of protection paths, and restoration protection functionality.