Corning and Sorrento Networks to Demonstrate OC-192 Metro DWDM Solution at SUPERCOMM `01.Business Editors CORNING, N.Y. & SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , C.A.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 MetroCor(TM) Optical Fiber and GigaMux(TM) Metro DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing Enable Exceptional Distance and Reduced Network Complexity Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ) and Sorrento Networks Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :FIBR FIBR Forward Indicator Bit Received ) today announced plans to jointly demonstrate Corning(R) MetroCor(TM) optical fiber and Sorrento's GigaMux(TM) DWDM system in Sorrento's booth (#5735) at SUPERCOMM 2001 from June 5-7 in Atlanta, Georgia. The demonstration will consist of OC-192 (10 Gbps) traffic traversing a three-node ring with 225 kilometers of MetroCor fiber without dispersion compensation. Together, these technologies provide network operators exceptional distance reach for OC-48 and OC-192 traffic in metropolitan and regional networks. The combination also provides greater flexibility and scalability with faster service provisioning, in turn resulting in increased revenue potential. A white paper outlining the results of system performance with MetroCor fiber, recently issued by both companies, will be available in both the Sorrento and Corning booths (#3022). "We are very pleased with the increased performance and record-setting transport distance of MetroCor fiber coupled with GigaMux," said Dr. Jin-Yi Pan, vice president, 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. and system architecture at Sorrento Networks. "The technical and economic benefits of MetroCor fiber are clear. Sorrento can achieve error free transmission of OC-48 (2.5 Gbps) over 925 kilometers with directly-modulated lasers and without dispersion compensation. This is over five times the dispersion-limited distance attained with standard single-mode fiber See singlemode fiber. . Both network complexity and the total cost of ownership are minimized - important factors when deploying or upgrading metro and regional networks." Curt Weinstein, director, Metro Fiber at Corning added, "We are excited to have the opportunity to team with Sorrento at SUPERCOMM. This demonstration represents a strong advancement in addressing metropolitan bandwidth limitations. Sorrento is a strong leader of optical networking solutions for metropolitan and regional applications and we look forward to strengthening our relationship by demonstrating interoperability between MetroCor fiber and the GigaMux DWDM system." Sorrento Networks' award-winning optical transport product, GigaMux is a metropolitan and regional DWDM system capable of significantly expanding the capacity of new and existing fiber optic networks. The company introduced this technology to the metro marketplace in 1997, and has since deployed hundreds of systems worldwide. GigaMux can expand the capacity of a fiber to 64 wavelengths but allows a network operator to start with as few as four, permitting a low-cost entry point and easy expandability. The system can carry traffic ranging from 16 Mbps external timing reference (ETR ETR Estimated Time of Return/Repair ETR Early to Rise (health e-zine) ETR Effective Tax Rate Etr Etruscan (linguistics) ETR Eastern Test Range ETR Express Toll Route ) to 10 Gbps (OC-192 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. ), providing a total capacity of 640 Gbps per fiber and 1.28 terabits per fiber pair. GigaMux is a modular, scalable product that serves as the foundation for all-optical, end-to-end solutions that improve bandwidth utilization and reduce network costs and complexity. MetroCor fiber meets the telecommunications industry's needs by enabling metropolitan networks to carry high-density data traffic while reducing complexity and network costs. Allowing for a seamless transition to higher data rate applications, MetroCor fiber is compatible with single-mode fibers. By reducing the electrical regeneration and dispersion compensation required to maintain signal integrity, MetroCor fiber directly addresses the significant bandwidth growth rate that metropolitan areas and private enterprise networks are currently facing. About Sorrento Networks Sorrento Networks, headquartered in San Diego, provides optical networking solutions that address high-speed applications and network requirements for metropolitan and regional bandwidth service providers. Sorrento Networks' products support a wide range of protocols and network traffic over linear, ring and mesh topologies. Sorrento Networks' existing customer base and market focus includes communications carriers in the telecommunications, cable TV, fixed wireless and utilities markets. The Storage Area Network market is addressed though a strategic alliance with systems integrators. Recent news releases and additional information about Sorrento Networks can be found at www.sorrentonet.com. About Corning Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic Dealing with light (photons). See photon and photonics. products for the telecommunications industry; and high-performance displays and components for television and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning's revenues in 2000 were $7.1 billion. |
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