Verizon brings 100Gbps connections to metros

bandwidth to feed large companies and computing clouds, Verizon Communications has revealed steps to increase the speed of the links its enterprise customers can buy and to make its network connections more resilient, PC World writes.

Verizon already has 100Gbps connections over its optical core networks across continents. Now the carrier is bringing that speed to its metro networks, which enterprises tap into for high-speed data connections.

The metro networks so far have been limited to 10Gbps or 40Gbps, so that is all enterprises have been able to buy, according to Glenn Wellbrock, Verizon's director of Optical Transport Network Architecture and Design.

The company's control plane technology allows electronic devices on its optical network to more easily communicate with each other, simplifying operations and allowing for near real-time provisioning of specified new circuits, Telecom Lead reports.

“By combining our expanded control plane capabilities with extended 100G technology, Verizon is building the network of the future,” said Ihab Tarazi, VP of global IP and transport planning and technology for Verizon.

To extend its control plane infrastructure, Verizon has deployed the Ciena 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System.

With the new control-plane initiative, Verizon will gain two new advantages, Fierce Telecom notes.

It will enable end-to-end optical transport and complement its global mesh architecture capabilities, which are designed to ensure constant uptime by creating paths to reroute traffic in the event of multiple breaks or network disruptions.

In the event of a natural or manmade disaster, the mesh technology enables the telco to automatically reroute customer traffic to another available path without human intervention.