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Princeton University Deploys NEC ROADM Technology to Increase On-Campus Service Offerings

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 09:00 CST

NEC America, Inc. (NEC), a leading provider of carrier-class communications products for optical networks, announced today that Princeton University deployed NEC's SpectralWave(TM) 4240 Core/Edge reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM). Princeton University will use the NEC SpectralWave(TM) 4240 product to help researchers, students and faculty transfer massive amounts of research and data across multiple locations.

In addition, Princeton University will use NEC's 4240 product for advanced research projects. As an intelligent, automated solution, the NEC 4240 product provides Princeton University the capacity and network reliability necessary to carry Gigabit Ethernet traffic and to support complete voice, video and data triple-play applications.

"Princeton University strives to be one of the leading research universities and therefore we need to be on a leading edge in optical networking area," said Professor Paul Prucnal. "NEC's DW 4200-series product allows us to explore a number of advanced networking functions, as well as to support our ongoing activities on important projects where we collaborate with the industry and government."

The new network device from NEC delivers dynamic bandwidth allocation of networked wavelengths with integrated transport, switching and multi-layer management at both the wavelength and SONET/SDH layers. Easy to deploy, and offering an efficient, reliable network operation system with advanced end-to-end wavelength provisioning, it helps Princeton University to establish the most advanced networking functions.

"Our 4240 ROADM solution is well suited to provide required capacity, and reliability and to enable Princeton University to perform advanced research projects," said Rocky Kler, general manager, Optical Network Systems Division, NEC. "We are proud to help Princeton University achieve a network architecture that is flexible and easy to manage; allowing them to take advantage of high-speed services and quality applications."

Specifically, NEC's 4240 is the first available product in NEC's new-generation optical transport system from 4200 series. A compact system, the 4240 offers full ROADM capability for flexible multiplexing and transport of up to 40 C-Band or L-Band optical wavelengths. The NEC 4240's feature set includes full add-drop capability at any node, full-band tunable transponders, integrated SONET-on-a-blade multiplexers, and upgradeability to wavelength cross-connect (WXC) configuration. Transport topologies supported by the NEC 4240 include optical rings, point-to-point, and linear-chain.

For more information on NEC's optical networking technologies, please visit www.necamerica.com.

About NEC America, Inc.

NEC America, Inc., headquartered in Irving, Texas, is a leading provider of innovative communications products, solutions and services. NEC America serves all communications industries from carriers, to enterprise, to wireless and is an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY), a Global Fortune 500(R) company and one of the leading patent producing enterprises in the world. For more information about NEC America, visit its website at www.necamerica.com.

SpectralWave(TM) is a trademark of NEC America, Inc.

Source: Business Wire

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