FlexILS Flexible Grid Line System
The industry’s most widely deployed flexible grid-compliant open optical line system features C+L-band support, CDC ROADM, and massive simplicity through automation and design, enabling forward-looking scale with long-term cost savings.
Features
Future-proof
Support today's requirements and be ready for the future with flexible grid, multi-degree CDC add/drop structures, and seamless support for C+L-band.
Flexible operation
Support programmable configuration for optimized operation based on performance, spectral efficiency, long span reach, and challenging fiber conditions.
Open networking
Easily manage both native and alien wavelengths, eliminating vendor lock-in and maximizing operator options, and achieve granular control for native and alien waves.
Double the network capacity
Seamlessly double fiber capacity with non-service-impacting expansion to the L-band.
Article
Windstream Adds L-Band Option to Fiber Network via Infinera C+L Solution
“The technology enables Windstream to transmit optical wavelengths in the L-Band as well as the more conventional C-Band. Use of both bands effectively doubles the potential capacity of Windstream’s fiber.”
— Stephen Hardy, Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, Lightwave
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