Ciena – 6500 – Packet Transport System (PTS)

  • Exceptional DS1, DS3, E1, E3, OC-3/12/48/192, STM-1/4/16/64, and 10/100/1GbE/10GbE, 40GbE/100GbE density to address space constraints
  • Preserves TDM service, no change to customer end or revenue, customer experience, and tariffs
  • Launches new IP/MPLS and CE services, including MEF CE 3.0-certified for E-Tree, E-Line, E-LAN, E-Access, and E-Transit
  • Features hardware-assisted OAM capabilities for guaranteed SLA differentiation
  • Offers Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) for rapid, secure, and error-free turn-up of services
  • Includes advanced synchronization
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Description

Ciena’s 6500 Packet Transport System (PTS) addresses the growing need to maintain profitable delivery of TDM services while future-proofing investments toward an all-packet network modernization.

Benefits:

  • Enabling Ethernet, IP and TDM over the same network
  • Advanced QoS support
  • Scalable, dense capacityRich OAM capabilities
  • Simplified multilayer management and control
  • Flexible service delivery configurations
  • Advanced timing and synchronization options
  • Rich OAM capabilities
  • Multiservice-capable circuit emulation
  • Advanced multi-layer protocol support
  • See the Ciena 650 PTS datasheet for details

    • Ciena’s 6500 Packet Transport System (PTS) addresses the growing need to maintain profitable delivery of TDM services while future-proofing investments toward network modernization.

    To this day, network providers continue to add to their Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) infrastructure—an investment that is getting more expensive to run and operate. Clearly doing more of the same only increases OPEX due to expensive spares and higher maintenance, hard-to-find legacy skill sets, and manual operations.

    Power and space usage in DACS vs 6500 PTS

    Today’s operators have transitioned toward IP/MPLS architectures as the means to access and scale connectivity to legacy services. This is becoming critical to maintaining productivity while reducing costs.

    As service providers approach the end-of-life of their legacy equipment, one clear objective is maintaining the profitable delivery of TDM services.

    The 6500 PTS is purpose-built to save significant central office footprint and power and maintain substantial customer mission-critical private line services. It enables new IP and Carrier Ethernet services and allows simple customer TDM-to-Ethernet service migration as needed, without having to replace the platform or the transport network.

    Ciena’s 6500 PTS enables network providers to consolidate Digital Access Cross-connect System (DACS), Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPPs), routing, switching and transport functions, all in the same platform.

    Additional Features and Benefits:

    • Includes advanced synchronization
    • Integrates line-rate Service Activation Testing capabilities
    • Includes Ciena’s MCP multi-layer provisioning support for end-to end network management control and planning
    • Offers flexible low-power configuration options with redundant power supply (DC) and fan modules
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