Optical Transport
The Optical Transport Network provides the underlying fibre optical network infrastucture of communication networks that tie together Higher Layer Service Platforms or local networks over longer distances.
The Optical Transport Network provides the underlying fibre optical network infrastucture of communication networks that tie together Higher Layer Service Platforms or local networks over longer distances.
Key application domains for optical transport are as follow:
The International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunications (ITU-T) publishstandards (recommendations) for transport networks.The main protocol is OTN, specified in recommendation G.709.FlexE (originally defined by OIF) is emerging as an alternative protocol.
A key characteristic of the transport network is the ability to aggregate multiple client signals- which may be of different protocols - on a single optical line signal while keeping the individual client signals (including their synchronization if necessary) independent. Protection against network failures can be added and line signals will have forward error correction (FEC) to enable long distance, error free transmission. The transport network can also provide low-latency encryption of services.
Intel FPGAs are ideal for implementation of line cards in optical transport systems.
The figure illustrates how FPGAs from the Intel Stratix® 10 and Intel Arria® 10 device families can implement the core part of the transport functionality on a line-card of an optical transport system.
The key advantages of Intel's technology are as follow:
For examples on the types of solutions and IP that Intel FPGA technology can provide see