DWDM Platforms

The Cisco ONS 15800 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Platforms, including the Cisco ONS 15800 DWDM ANSI Platform and the Cisco ONS 15801 DWDM ETSI Platform are field-proven, Internet-scale, carrier-class optical transport systems, with more than 4000 OC-192/STM-64 channels deployed over more than 70,000 route miles. These scalable and economic platforms allow service providers to maximize the use of installed fiber, offering the high-speed, high-capacity transport services that their customers want at competitive prices. In particular, the multiple-band architecture of the Cisco  CISCO1811W-AG-A/K9 allows carriers incomparable flexibility and scalability when deploying applications and additional wavelengths as needed. The modularity of the platform assures both low startup costs and flexibility in operating over all fiber types.





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Cisco ONS 15800
Part of the unrivalled Cisco COMET (Complete Optical Multiservice Edge and Transport) product line, the Cisco ONS 15800 architecture allows IP, Asynchronous Transport Mode (ATM), Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) transport and Wavelength services all in a single platform.