Overview

Provides an overview of the Routed Optical Networking architecture, its benefits, and its supported deployment models. It helps readers understand how the solution simplifies multilayer transport while improving automation and network efficiency.

Routed Optical Networking

This section explains the Routed Optical Networking approach and the main components that enable it. It describes how high-density routers, coherent optics, simplified DWDM line systems, and automation work together in the solution.

Legacy architecture and Routed Optical Networking architecture

This section compares traditional multilayer network designs with the Routed Optical Networking model. It shows how collapsing functions into a converged architecture reduces duplication and improves service visibility across IP and optical layers.

Routed Optical Networking architecture

This section provides details about the target Routed Optical Networking architecture and its service capabilities. It describes how the solution supports end-to-end visibility, optimization, and convergence of IP and private line services.

Benefits of Routed Optical Networking

This section describes the operational, economic, and service benefits of Routed Optical Networking. It explains how the architecture reduces total cost of ownership, improves automation, simplifies network layers, and supports service convergence.

Routed Optical Networking deployment models

This section provides details about the deployment models supported by Routed Optical Networking. It helps to understand how the solution can be applied to greenfield, brownfield, router-only, and optical-line-system-based network designs.

What's new in Routed Optical Networking 4.0

This section provides details about new capabilities introduced in Routed Optical Networking 4.0