PacketLight targets new Ethernet and quantum networking opportunities with PL-8000M muxponder
PacketLight Networks' new PL-8000 M 2 x 800 G Muxponder targets the growing need for high-speed Gigabit Ethernet services.
Featuring a flexible architecture, the PL-8000M can support an array of 800GbE, 400GbE, and 100GbE services for enhancing existing network capacity.
PacketLight's PL-8000 M uses two 800G pluggable OpenROADM coherent optical modules in a 1U device, delivering up to 1.6 Tbps capacity.
The platform can support multiple applications by integrating key optical layer components, such as mux/demux, EDFAs, and an optical switch.
It can support high-capacity data center interconnect (DCI) for enterprises, AI, and cloud computing networks and service provider-managed optical transport demarcation.
Another key element of the product is that it is non-disruptive. Service providers can easily migrate to 800G wavelengths over existing OTN/DWDM and secure and encrypted communication for 100/400/800GbE services.
The PL-8000 M supports a pay-as-you-grow architecture and ensures future-proof scalability. It can also interoperate with any third-party switch or router, allowing seamless integration into existing networks while providing an entire demarcation point between the service and the DWDM network. This enables complete visibility and performance monitoring for client services.
Also, the PL-8000M supports standard optical module interfaces for the 100GbE, 400GbE, and 800GbE services.
It supports Layer-1 GCM-AES-256 encryption for secure communications and Quantum key distribution (QKD) for future encryption needs. The device ensures efficient optical spectrum and high-performance transport utilization, reducing the number of coherent transceivers needed.
The platform shows PacketLight’s growing support for quantum computing. Earlier this year, PacketLight in partnership with Toshiba, showcased quantum key distribution (QKD) over DWDM links, highlighting the growing interest in quantum communications networks.
Koby Reshef, CEO of PacketLight Networks, said the PL-8000M is designed to “increase network capacity while reducing cost and power per bit.”
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Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
