In what it claims is a new world record, Nokia and Zayo have successfully completed a live field trial demonstrating the first 1 Tb/s transmission on Zayo’s Los Angeles, California, to Phoenix, Arizona, route at more than 1,000 kilometers.
The test used Nokia’s sixth-generation photonic service engine super-coherent optics (PSE-6s) and utilized Zayo’s optical transport network. The goal of the test is to provide high-capacity solutions to keep pace with the soaring demand for wireless data demand.
The test also showed how it is possible to support three areas of networking — capacity, capability and sustainability — and reduce the number of optics required, which in turn lowers network power consumption.
Zayo currently has a 400G network with more than 250 points of presence covering in-demand centers. The optical network is capable of transporting new 400 GE and 800 GE services.
North American record
Additionally, Nokia and Zayo demonstrated what they claim is a record transmission speed in North America of 800 Gb/s over a single wavelength from Los Angeles to El Paso, Texas, on a 1,866 km link.
The demonstration showed that the technology is capable of tripling in reach over current 7 nanometer solutions. And the transmission between LA and Phoenix demonstrated the ability to reach even higher capacity traffic.
This trial used Nokia’s PSE-6s implemented in the 1830 PSI-M compact modular transport platform equipped with DMAT6 line cards.
