Ottawa, Canada—Wednesday, March 16, 2005 // BTI Photonic Systems Inc., today announced new capabilities for the Netstender™ platform, extending its leadership in service connectivity. BTI’s Netstender is optimized for the buildout of the metro edge connecting service platforms (for VoD, Ethernet, Business Continuity, Private Line, etc.) from the customer premise and metro access, to the metro core.
The new wavelength conversion capabilities enables the Netstender to seamlessly connect with legacy service platforms via “any-to-any” wavelength translation. BTI’s wavelength conversion also provides flexible color management at network and customer demarcation points. The SFP-based wavelength conversion modules for the Netstender translate any optical interface (850nm, 1310nm, CWDM, DWDM) to any wavelength on the ITU grid (CWDM, DWDM) with optional regeneration.
“There is increasing momentum among service providers to invest in and deploy new high-bandwidth optical services at the metro edge,” said Brian Van Steen senior analyst for RHK. “We are seeing growing demand for metro edge equipment that can maximize fiber resources and allow service providers to cost-effectively provide these services end-to-end.”
“With wavelength conversion, we are addressing a key problem in connecting the edge with both color management and demarcation capabilities,” said Glenn Thurston, VP Marketing at BTI Photonic Systems. “Our customers require wavelength conversion to complement the Netstender capabilities of Reach Extension and Capacity Expansion since all are needed in connecting the edge for services including Video, Ethernet, and SONET extension.”
The SFP-based wavelength conversion modules are available in two variants: the Wavelength Translator (WT) for translation of any optical wavelength and reach to any other optical wavelength and the Wavelength Regenerator (WR) for converting any optical wavelength to any optical wavelength with 3R regeneration. A number of pre-configured wavelength conversion kits, selected to meet a variety of network applications, are available.
