Ciena’s CoreDirector family of intelligent optical switches will give service providers the distributed networking intelligence to enable real-time service provisioning; automated switching at the wavelength level with software-definable granularity down to STS-1; simultaneous dynamic mesh, ring and linear protection; and grooming, cross-connect and add/drop capabilities to eliminate capital expenditures on non-scaling legacy devices. In addition, these systems provide access to Ciena’s optics-, software- and ASICs-based LightWorks Toolkit™ that enables service providers to design and deliver new optical services customized to fit their marketing philosophy.
