Intelligent Coherent Pluggables
Intelligent Coherent Pluggable Networking Solution
Infinera’s suite of vertically integrated ICE-X intelligent coherent pluggables offers network operators the performance, scale, and efficiency critical to drive down network operating costs and to enhance service agility. ICE-X transceivers support industry-leading performance and a unique level of integrated intelligence and system-level functionality, simplifying deployment in a wide variety of network scenarios without sacrificing performance, visibility, or network resiliency.
Most Innovative Broadband Access Solution
Infinera won the 2023 Light Reading Leading Lights Award for Most Innovative Broadband Access Solution for ICE-X high-speed business services over existing PON infrastructure. This award is given to the company that has launched the most innovative product or service to deliver high-speed broadband access via fixed wireless, satellite, fiber or cable. As one judge noted, this offering "allows operators to deliver true business-class speeds and SLAs using existing PON networks but with an overlay of coherent optics."
Highlights
Simplify transport networks
Leverage industry-leading performance and a diverse range of host devices to reduce the number of equipment and network touchpoints in point-to-point applications.
Reduce capital, space, and power
Leverage vertical integration to enable the highest capacity at the longest distance in point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications.
Increase/decrease capacity on the fly
Leverage software-configurable capacity allocation to dynamically increase, decrease, or shift capacity in the network for faster time to revenue and an enhanced customer experience.
Eliminate intermediate aggregation
Eliminate costly optical-electrical-optical network elements required to “up-speed” lower-speed traffic.
Solution Brief
Infinera’s ICE-X Portfolio of Intelligent Coherent Pluggables
Infinera is taking a leading role in the development of these networking capabilities, including the development of the ICE-X portfolio of intelligent coherent pluggables. The ICE-X portfolio spans a broad range of architectures, features, and capabilities.
ICE-X NDU
Infinera’s vertically integrated ICE-X Network Demarcation Unit (NDU)
ICE-X NDU
ICE-X 100G Suite
Infinera’s suite of vertically integrated ICE-X 100G intelligent coherent pluggables
ICE-X 100G ZR+
ICE-X 100G XR
ICE-X 400G Suite
Infinera’s suite of vertically integrated ICE-X 400G intelligent coherent pluggables
ICE-X 400G ZR
ICE-X 400G ZR+
ICE-X 400G XR
ICE-X 800G Suite
Infinera’s suite of vertically integrated ICE-X 800G intelligent coherent pluggables
ICE-X 800G ZR
ICE-X 800G ZR+
Mapping the Future of XR Optics Technology
Infinera is a founding member of the Open XR Forum, which fosters collaboration between its members to facilitate the adoption and accelerate the growth of network architectures leveraging intelligent coherent pluggable transceivers. Open XR Forum members work to ensure the products and services developed align with existing standards and operational models by driving the standardization of network interfaces and electro-mechanical hardware interfaces, demonstrating interoperability, establishing multi-sourcing potential, and developing and publishing new specifications as needed.
Related Resources
Press Release
Infinera Unveils Portfolio of High-performance Coherent Optical Subsystems and Coherent Pluggable Optical Engines
Solution Brief
Infinera’s ICE-X Portfolio of Intelligent Coherent Pluggables
Application Note
ICE-X Point-to-Multipoint Optics in Infinera Metro DWDM Networks
Blog
Reimagining a Greener Metro with XR Optics
Application Note
ICE-X in 5G xHaul Transport Networks
Technical Paper
Point-to-Multipoint Optical Networks Using Coherent Digital Subcarriers
Press Release
Infinera Introduces New Suite of XR Optics-powered Coherent Pluggable Solutions
Press Release
Open XR Forum Launches with Tier 1 North American and European Service Providers
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