Cisco Routed Optical Networking
Pioneering the transformation to simplicity and sustainability
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Discover the paradigm shift
Unleash transformative operational efficiency for your network.
Simple operations
A converged infrastructure simplifies network design, planning, and management, saving up to 45% in total cost of ownership (TCO).
Network efficiency
Automation substantially increases network efficiency to lower the cost per bit and maximize profit.
Service profitability
Deploy more services with the same capital expenditure, scaling your average revenue per user (ARPU) to improve profitability.
What is Routed Optical Networking?
Routed optical networking, part of the Converged SDN Transport Solution, is an architecture that delivers improved operational efficiencies and simplicity. The solution works by merging IP and private line services onto a single layer where all the switching is done at Layer 3. Routers are connected with standardized 400G ZR/ZR+ coherent pluggable optics.
With a single service layer based upon IP, flexible management tools can leverage telemetry and model-driven programmability to streamline lifecycle operations. This simplified architecture integrates open data models and standard APIs, enabling a provider to focus on automation initiatives for a simpler topology.
What is Private Line Emulation (PLE)?
Private Line Emulation (PLE) moves bit-transparent services to the IP layer enabling private line services to be carried over IP networks for non-Ethernet type services like SONET/SDH and Fibre Channel.
What’s new
Private Line Emulation is here!
Support all private line services (OTN, Fiber Channel, and Ethernet) over a single converged infrastructure.
NCS 1010 Open Optical Line System
Brand new C & L-Band Open DWDM optimized for Routed Optical Networking and traditional solutions, also supporting 1.2T transponders and more.
Bright (0dBm) 400G ZR/ZR+
Pluggable DCO optics that work with every DWDM network, whether Cisco or third party.
Cisco Crosswork Automation
New multi-layer automation and orchestration enhancements that provide end-to-end service assurance.
Customer Experience (CX) services
Provides advisory, planning, solution validation, and other expanded services to help drive customer success.
Sustainability
Up to 75% savings on footprint and power. Cisco is committed to positively impacting the circular economy.
Award winning innovation
Cisco Routed Optical Networking named as a finalist in the Most Innovative Routing and Switching Solution category of the 2022 Leading Lights Awards.
See what customers have to say
"Colt has migrated more than 50 percent of their EU core network traffic to 400G ZR/ZR+ optics in Cisco routers to address the benefits of the Routed Optical Networking solution. Streaming telemetry can be exported from both the optical and packet layer, enabling faster provisioning of services and better agility to deploy the additional customer capacity needed. The smaller footprint and lower power reduced our operational complexity resulting in a TCO savings of up to 69% so far."
- Vivek Gaur, Vice President Network Engineering, Colt
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"Our new Cisco infrastructure uses less electricity, includes more high-capacity ports, and requires less space than our previous system. It is highly scalable and can handle enough bandwidth to accommodate our projected growth. All these features come at an attractive price. When you pair these benefits with single-pane-of-glass maintenance, automation, and deep visibility into our DWDM network, it is clear we found the right partner in Cisco."
- Odd-Eirik Grøttheim, CEO, NTE Telekom AS
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"Solutions in the market today typically require two or three different platforms to deliver what the company needs, including Link Net. The Cisco Routed Optical Networking solution converges IP and Optical, thus simplifying our network with a more efficient and overall effective solution, and ultimately optimizing the utilization of our capex and opex."
- Marlo Budiman, President Director and CEO, PT Link Net Tbk
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"The Cisco Routed Optical Networking solution paired with Cisco 8000 series routers with 400 GbE optics will enable us to build a network that will have a transformational impact on Ethiopia and serve as a model for connecting the estimated 3.8 billion citizens around the world that are still without access to high-speed internet."
- Dawit Birhanu, CEO and Co-founder, WebSprix
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"Thanks to game-changing innovations that span across silicon, optics, and routing systems, complex layers can finally converge into a simpler and more scalable architecture."
- Staffan Göjeryd, CEO, Arelion
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"Windstream expects to begin deploying ZR+ coherent pluggable modules in the second half of 2021, a technology that has applicability in as many as 80% of our existing links."
- Buddy Bayer, Chief Network Officer, Windstream
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"Through this collaboration with Cisco, Tech Mahindra will make Routed Optical Networking solutions smarter, simpler, and easy to deploy and operate for service providers."
- Manish Mangal, Global Head of Business and 5G and Network Services, Tech Mahindra
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Products for the routed optical networking solution
Sustainability
With routed optical networking you can increase your capacity and scalability while reducing footprint and power for a lower carbon impact. Network modeling of the solution shows up to 75% savings on footprint and power.
Additional resources
- Omdia White Paper: Open Optical Networks - A Practical Guide for Open Line Adoption for CSPs
- Cisco Helps Service Providers Build a Sustainable Internet for the Future with Advancements to its Converged Network Solution to Lower Costs
- Blog: Routed Optical Networking – It’s About the Architecture
- Blog: 650,000+ Coherent Ports Shipped by Cisco and Acacia
- 5G Transport: A Cost-Effective, Scalable Network Architecture Approach White Paper
- ACG Research: The Economic Benefits of IP Transport at 400G
- Appledore Research White Paper: Crosswork Hierarchical Controller Benefits Analysis
- Cisco’s Automation Solution for Routed Optical Networking White Paper
- Evolution to Routed Optical Networking At-a-Glance
- Growing the Network with 400 Gbps Coherent Pluggable Optics
- Heavy Reading White Paper: Coherent Optics at 400G, 800G, and Beyond
- IDC InfoBrief: Routed Optical Networking
What customers are saying
- Telin and Cisco Collaborate to Reimagine the Internet for the Future
- NTE Telekom Minimizing Cost and Maximizing Growth with a Routed Optical Network
- Link Net Begins Transformation to Cisco Routed Optical Networking
- Tech Mahindra and Cisco Collaborate to Drive 5G Modernization with Routed Optical Networking
- Zain Kuwait Selects Cisco Routed Optical Networking for Multi-Service 5G Transport Networks
- Datagroup Takes Internet Speeds to New Heights Across Ukraine with Cisco Routed Optical Networking
- Colt Takes Network Innovation to New Heights with a 400G-Capable Routed Optical Networking Solution on its IQ Network
- Rakuten Mobile Advances Its Network for 5G and IoT Services with Cisco
- Telia Carrier Embraces Coherent Pluggables using Acacia's OpenZR+ Modules and Cisco Routers
- WebSprix to Deploy Cisco Routed Optical Networking Solution with Cisco 8000 to Help Shrink the Digital Divide in Ethiopia
- Windstream Wholesale Sets 400G ZR+ Record with Acacia Coherent Pluggable Module Reaching over 1,000 km in Live Network