Optical switching manufacturer CALIENT cooperates with ADARA to develop SDN solutions for WAN
MEMS-based optical switch manufacturer CALIENT and cloud and SDN software provider ADARA recently announced their cooperation to develop SDN-based WAN applications.
The joint solution of the two companies is now available for user evaluation and concept testing.
The joint solution of ADTRA and CALIENT includes ADTRA's SDN SKY controller, CloudFabric cloud management platform and Axis packet switches, and CALINET's S-series optical line switches.
This SDN-friendly solution faces cloud computing and network applications, providing a low-latency, high-speed optical layer coverage network on the current Layer 3 routing/IP-MPLS network.
Its architecture supports real-time data flows hopping over traditional packet-based Layer 2/3 networks, thereby improving latency performance.
The joint solution supports SDN deployment in an anisotropic multi-vendor environment that can cover multiple network domains.
The method of combining packets and optical layers is more conducive to reducing risks in SDN deployment.
ADTRA's advanced new encryption method in the packet transmission segment and the physical layer isolation and encryption of the photon layer ensure the security of the network.
CALIENT CEO Atiq Raza said that as more customers seek to upgrade and optimize beyond 100G networks, data center interconnection and other WAN applications are placing more demands on their 3D-MEMS optical line switches.
Partnering with ADTRA allows network operators to gain more value than ever before, including enabling multi-layer optimization from Layer 0 to Layer 7 for multiple devices and domains across the WAN.
The partnership with ADTRA is part of CALIENT's efforts to combine optical line switching and SDN.
Previous efforts have focused on data center environments.
This alliance with ADTRA represents support for SDN in more application areas.
