Ethernet Transport
In addition to being the interface of choice in enterprise networks, Ethernet is fast becoming the preferred protocol to transport all new services such as IPTV, and VPLS, as well as backhauling traffic from DSLAMs and wireless base stations. Secure and reliable transport of Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gbps Ethernet (10GE) is becoming a high priority for service providers and large enterprises. Menara products offer cost effective and transparent transport solutions for Ethernet traffic, with superior performance and enhanced OAM features not found in traditional TDM based systems. Menara leverages the power of ITU-T G.709 OTN digital wrapping capability, which provides superior payload capacity over SONET/SDH, to transparently and efficiently transport Ethernet traffic with superior performance and OAM&P. Thanks to its unique and proprietary suite of high speed ICs and optical system design expertise, Menara’s offers the industry’s only pluggable optical transceivers with integrated DWDM, OTN framing, and Forward Error Correction capability. Menara’s pluggable optical transceivers are 100% MSA compliant for ease of adoption and offer:
- 100 % transparent GE and 10GE transport without the need for GFP mapping, or bandwidth throttling as is the case for SONET/SDH
- ITU-T G.709 and G.798 superior OAM&P extension to Ethernet traffic
- Superior near-end and far-end PMs, Alarms, loop-backs and maintenance signaling from the core of the network down to the customer premise
- ITU-T G.975 6dB coding gain for a 4x improvement in error-free performance over that of traditional SONET/SDH transport
- Out-of-band General Communications Channels between end points
- TDM, CWDM, and DWDM capability while maintaining 100% MSA compliance
