ADVISORY/ AcceLight Networks Is Focal Point of New White Paper Authored by Frost & Sullivan.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)
Who: AcceLight Networks, developer of the PhotoniX(TM) family of
intelligent optical core switches
What: "Emerging Trends in Optical Networking Markets: `Photonic
Service Switching(TM)'" white paper written by Frost &
Sullivan, an international marketing consulting company that
monitors a comprehensive spectrum of industrial markets for
trends, market measurements and strategies
Where: On AcceLight's Web site at
https://nt9.magma.ca/accelight/product_info_form.html
When: Available now at no cost
"Emerging Trends in Optical Networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. Markets: `Photonic Dealing with light (photons). See photon and photonics. Service Switching'" In this new white paper, Frost & Sullivan analyzes the evolution of core network architecture and the viability of carriers moving toward an intelligent single network element. The paper provides: -- An overview of the challenges presented by legacy network design and the current two-layer architecture for IP and optics; -- Some considerations for an intelligent core optical switch; -- The potential market impact of an intelligent optical network; and, -- The benefits of a single network element that consolidates SONET/SDH, opaque optical services, and native IP with common signaled services across all layers, highlighted through AcceLight's Photonic Service Switching. Readers of "Emerging Trends in Optical Networking Markets: `Photonic Service Switching'" will gain insight into some of Frost & Sullivan's key findings, including: -- "Several companies are creating optical switch fabrics capable of switching times between 10 and 1,000 nanoseconds. These devices operate more than 1,000 times faster than MEMs (3 to 10 milliseconds) or the bubble-based devices currently being used in lambda switches"; and, -- "The addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be market is conservatively estimated to be between $5 billion and $10 billion over the next 10 years ... Terabit routers and Core Optical switches are expected to gain market momentum in the 2001 to 2002 timeframe while single network element systems will enter the market in 2002 to 2003." In acknowledging that "AcceLight's design philosophy is that core networks should be `smart, flexible and scalable pipes,'" Frost & Sullivan notes the company "is developing breakthrough nanosecond (1) One billionth of a second. Used to measure the speed of logic and memory chips, a nanosecond can be visualized by converting it to distance. In one nanosecond, electricity travels approximately a foot in a wire. optical switching fabric" and "promises an architecture that accommodates disproportionate dis·pro·por·tion·ate adj. Out of proportion, as in size, shape, or amount. dis  pro·por growth
rates Growth RatesThe compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. of traffic mix and equipment technology." In addition, the analyst firm recognizes AcceLight's market entry strategy as "being evolutionary, but driven by the fundamental issues facing service providers. It allows a manageable degree of integration within the existing architecture. It promises an optical core switch that has the speed, scalability, and intelligence for any level of network build-out, and finally, a technology built around GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching) In a WDM optical networking system, it is the ability to route a data transmission based on the wavelength of light that carries it. , a key enabler for the next level of network architecture." The white paper is available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. at https://nt9.magma.ca/accelight/product_info_form.html free of charge. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., AcceLight Networks is a privately held new generation optical solutions provider that was founded in 1999 with funding from Menlo Ventures and Venrock Associates. AcceLight Networks' solution forms the cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to of the new optical frontier and leads the Photonic Switching See optical switch. Revolution. The company designs Photonic Service Switching solutions to enable the evolution to end-to-end photonic internetworking. AcceLight Networks has assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. a world-class management and engineering team, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., with R&D facilities in Ottawa, Canada. For additional information, please contact AcceLight Networks at 613.596.4804 or visit www.accelight.com. |
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