RE:The scale, for example, the 8600 that's providing mobile front haul capability for 3G, 4G, and 5G capable, given the latency requirements and sync requirements on the network, we have 300,000 embedded locations there to be able to grow from, and a new product portfolio that brings that all together.
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Transform FMC and Mobile Backhaul
The Infinera 8600 Smart Router Series addresses the demand for broadband services with a comprehensive software-defined networking (SDN)-ready portfolio of compact, cost-effective and power-efficient solutions for cell sites, metro core and aggregation applications. The 8600 Series offers simultaneous support for multi-service applications in fixed mobile convergence (FMC) access and aggregation networks to protect earlier infrastructure investments. By boosting network performance, integrating advanced synchronization and enabling new fixed mobile services, the 8600 Series is designed to ensure a high-quality user experience in 3G, 4G, FMC and future 5G networks.
Combining the IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) routing platforms of the 8600 Series with optical layer capabilities, Infinera offers the enhanced IP-Optical Mobile Backhaul Solution designed to meet the challenges of the evolution to 5G with multi-layer programmability and optical layer innovations. Leveraging the Infinera Transcend Solution, the IP-optical solution enables multi-layer and multi-domain SDN automation and control for optimal utilization of network resources, improved reliability and simplified end-to-end provisioning. The converged IP-optical architecture enables mobile operators to support the stringent performance requirements of 5G, including unprecedented requirements for synchronization, while delivering optimal capacity, space and power-efficient scalability across the mobile backhaul network.
 8600 Smart Routers Provide a Fully Integrated Synchronization Feature Set
Solutions Benefits
- Grow mobile backhaul network capacity from small cell sites and macro cell aggregation to over a terabit at gateway sites
- Enhance networks with cost-effective frequency and phase synchronization
- Manage self-organizing networks in mobile backhaul with true plug-and-play functionality
- Simplify network transitions with smooth migration to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE Advanced (LTE-A) and 5G
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