Acacia’s 100G QSFP-DD P2P fixed wavelength hot pluggable module is designed to operate over various types of unamplified single-mode edge and access fibre links. The solution leverages Acacia’s “3D Siliconization” approach, which itself utilises high-volume manufacturing processes and benefits from the maturity of Acacia’s silicon photonics technology.
“Acacia has a long-standing track record of driving coherent into new market applications by delivering the technology, scalability, feature set, and innovation that service providers need to maintain and grow their networks over time,” said Anuj Malik (pictured), director of product management at Acacia Communications.
“Leveraging our 10 years of high-performance coherent transmission expertise, we specifically designed our new 100G coherent P2P solutions to meet the needs of edge and access applications in terms of form factor, power consumption and cost, building on our technology leadership in silicon photonics and low-power DSPs.”
Offered in a QSFP-DD form factor widely used for client-optics, Acacia said its new 100G coherent point-to-point (P2P) edge and access solutions were designed to provide network operators with “the ability to scale to higher data rates to meet growing bandwidth demands over some of the most challenging optical links, while also providing operational simplicity that may lead to overall network savings”.
Edge and access networks, particularly those offering 5G wireless and enterprise services, can benefit from coherent technology because it has ample optical margins which can easily handle the condition and reaches of the access fibre plant, resulting in shorter provisioning times.
Keven Wollenweber, VP product management for Cisco’s routing portfolio, said: “Technology advancements have reached a point where coherent pluggables match the QSFP-DD form factor of grey optics, enabling a change in the way our customers build networks.
“100G edge and access optimised coherent pluggables will not only provide operational simplicity, but also scalability, making access networks more future proof.”
Sterling Perrin, senior principal analyst, Heavy Reading, added: “Over the past decade, coherent technology has moved beyond its long-haul origins and is now firmly entrenched in the metro.
“With the coming of 5G and edge computing, the time is right for coherent optics to take the next step and migrate to edge and access networks. Operators looking for scale and operational simplicity will find QSFP-DD coherent pluggables a compelling option compared to direct detect alternatives,” Perrin added.
