NOVEMBER 9, 2006 -- KDDI Corp. (search for KDDI) has selected Lucent Technologies (search for Lucent) to supply optical crossconnect systems to support its international transport network. KDDI will deploy Lucent's LambdaUnite MultiService Switch (MSS) and Navis Optical Management System (OMS) to create an integrated, multi-service transport network to support a range of traditional voice services and new and emerging data services.
Lucent's LambdaUnite MSS is an optical transport and crossconnect system that is capable of bridging traffic between data-intensive metro networks and high-speed optical core networks, connecting cities, campuses, and corporate networks to larger, long-haul public networks. The platform was developed using a non-blocking, duplicated switch matrix architecture that Lucent says greatly reduces the need for additional crossconnects and multiplexing systems. As a result, KDDI will be able to reduce its ongoing maintenance and operating costs.
The deployment of Lucent's LambdaUnite MSS offers a variety of other advantages to KDDI as well, the system house claims, including a feature set customized to address the unique needs and standards of individual markets.
"By introducing Lucent Technologies' LambdaUnite MSS, KDDI will be able to move forward with its migration to the latest generation crossconnect, while supporting the integration of its international platforms into a single unified network, said Toshihiko Yumoto, executive director and general manager, Network Engineering Division, Corporate Technology Sector, KDDI. "In addition, we believe that the centralized alarm monitoring and disaster recovery features (such as NMS server redundancy) will greatly increase the trust that end-users have in our systems."
The Navis OMS -- which KDDI selected to provide management capabilities for the LambdaUnite(r) MSS-based network -- allows comprehensive monitoring and control of optical transport networks, including those based on both SONET and SDH standards. This system was designed to be compatible with various network management applications, and the network management functions can be used with new and existing SONET/SDH compliant networks and optical transport networks.
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