Scott, I was only able to find a mention that SR was one of many who received an award. Nothing more than that. If you were found to find more detail, please advise.
supercommnews.com
supercommnews.com
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On another note, I have a friend at the SUPERCOMM conference who I asked to investigate and pick up some information on the Monterey and Corvis systems. His reply was that there was nothing very new there, just some optics with garlic, and management. I guess you have to be an enthusiast about these things.
The following two clips also come from the above url. One is about Corvis' long awaited unveiling. And the other concerns a number of startup hot picks from Telecommunications Magazine.
Enjoy, Frank Coluccio
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Corvis Takes Wraps Off All-Optical Networking Strategy
Corvis Corp. officials said Tuesday that they are offering a truly all-optical network that carriers can deploy overnight to provide transparent optical switching with a capacity up to 2.4 Terabits.
Company President and CEO David Huber told a press conference at SUPERCOMM '99 that the CorWave product family enables transmission distances of 3,200 kilometers without any electronic regeneration, and is competitively priced.
Further, its network management software lets carriers do protection and restoration in the optical domain, said Huber, formerly the founder of Ciena Corp.
The key, Huber said, is a transparent, physical mesh network that combines all-optical switching with an ultra long-distance optical transport layer. He assured questioners that the system eliminates regenerators up to 3,200 kilometers and works with all fiber types, including legacy fiber.
[[fac edit: bolding mine, and I would be interested in knowing what the caveats are here...]]
Further, he said Corvis' approach employs optical transparency at network nodes, eliminating combinations of discrete network elements such as WDM terminals, Sonet add/drop multiplexers and electrical cross-connects. The network also enables 400 Gb/s per fiber of DWDM transport, all within the 1530 to 1565 nm window, he said.
The mesh can be organized into several architectures, allowing more flexible configurations that support different traffic and protection requirements across large and regional networks. It's not designed for metro networks, Huber said.
Though Huber declined to name carrier testers or customers, the company's press release quoted Williams Communications Group's chief technology officer as a product endorser.
"The fundamental shift created by Corvis' true optical networking products will give competitive carriers access to tremendous bandwidth and operational flexibility," according to the statement of CTO Matthew Bross.
Corvis also is using Sun Microsystems' Solstice Enterprise Manager software as its network management component.
[[Note: Sun has also been chosen by Enron's optical network for its management ability. Enron is using Ciena DWDM and Cisco routerware.]]
The telecom industry, however, has long considered all-optical networks cost-prohibitive and technologically impractical. Industry analysts are anxious to see Corvis' announced technology in action, because if it does deliver on its promises, it would address virtually every major problem a service provider faces.
[[<<?>> The author just cited Corvis' inability to address the metro requirements of carriers, and by extension, I would infer that this shortcoming extends into many of the business district and residential niches of the future, which will be an ever growing component of the overall optical landscape.]]
That includes deploying upgraded services rapidly, finding solutions that decrease exponentially in cost, deploying an optical solution that is fault-tolerant and works with existing fiber, and boosting core capacities to meet ever-increasing data demands from the edge.
"The Corvis team has credibility," says Peter Farmer, an optical communications analyst with Strategies Unlimited. "But it worries me a little that they are reluctant to talk about the underlying technologies in more details-such as what specifically is being used in the optical switch, the maturity of the technology and its proven reliability," he said.
[[Does this sound vaguely familiar? I guess it's time to commission the Thread's patent sleuths into operation here...]]
One fact is unchallenged: the optical switching and transport market is estimated at $6 billion, and Corvis is eager to be the first to supply products to IXCs, ILECs, new regional carriers, deregulated utilities and global carriers in that space. [End Article]
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Telecommunications Magazine Selects 13 Hot Start-ups
Telecommunications Magazine Tuesday at a SUPERCOMM' 99 event presented
awards to 13 start-up companies it figures to have the best chance for success.
The 13 companies will be featured in the magazine's June issue. The winners are
Abatis Systems, Advanced Switching Communications, Broadband Access
Systems, Cerent Corp., Jetstream Communications, Monterey Networks, Pluris,
RedBack Networks, Salix Technologies, Shasta Networks, Sycamore Networks,
Triton Network Systems and XACCT Technologies.
The editors at Telecommunications made their selections after meeting with
management from the companies and industry analysts. |
