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Packet Optical Substation
Aggregation
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Packet Optical Core
6500 PTS
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WaveLogic Ai
Data
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Waveserver
Intelligent Automation
Manage, Control and Plan (MCP)
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Automates Ciena packet-optical network and service lifecycle operations
Provides multi-layer management, provisioning, assurance, control, and planning for Ciena packet and optical products; includes advanced visualization of the utility network
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Intelligent Automation
Blue Planet Inventory
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Federated inventory for utility OT/IT network resources
Single, dynamic view for new Utility Network resources and existing network resources – accurately reflecting the end-to-end state of network resources
Inventory
Intelligent Automation
Blue Planet Route Optimization and
Analysis
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Real-time visibility of IP routing impacts in the Utility Network
Captures real-time telemetry information from Layer 3 network devices, domain controllers and service orchestrators; provides visibility into routing behavior and impacts to services to optimize OT/IT traffic between substation sites and the main control/data centers
ROA
Intelligent Automation
Blue Planet Unified Assurance and Analytics
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End-to-end OT/IT network insight
• Network Operations Advisor: root-cause analysis and prescriptive recommendations for enabling preemptive resolution of service-impacting issues and consolidation of faults
UAA
UAA
Intelligent Automation
Blue Planet Multi-Domain Service Orchestration
MDSO
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Accelerate end-to-end OT/IT service delivery with intelligent automation
An open and vendor agnostic software solution that allows utilities to automate the end-to end delivery of facilities across both physical and virtual OT/IT domains, including any mix of vendors and network layers. Blue Planet MDSO breaks down operational OT/IT silos and drastically simplifies the creation and automated delivery of facilities across this complex and heterogeneous infrastructure. It enables seamless integration of traditional utility OT/IT network domains.
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Packet Solution
3926 Platform
6 x 1/10GbE and 2 x 1GbE fixed ports and 1 flexible module supporting 16 x DS1/E1, 6 x DS1/E1 + 4 x DS3/E3 + 4 x OC3/12 / STM1/4 or 1 x OC48/STM16, 4/8 Core NFV compute
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Primary aggregation of Smartgrid, teleprotection & broadband traffic at utility substation
Ciena’s 3926 Platform enables a scalable low latency solution for a multi-service substation WAN - temperature-hardened and compact for deployment/location flexibility
3926
3926
4
2
N x10 Gbps
Packet Optical Substation
Aggregation
3926
Packet Solution
5171 Platform
4 x 1/10/25 GbE and 36 x 1/10 GbE fixed ports
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Primary aggregation of Smartgrid, teleprotection & 10G PON broadband traffic at utility substation
High density aggregation of 10GbE/25GbE into efficient 100/200 Gb/s WaveLogic 5 Nano coherent optics—temperature-hardened and compact for utility substations
5171
Available with Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Nano (CFP2 DCO) coherent technology
Optical Solution
Ciena 6500
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Provides core networking of Smartgrid & IT/OT traffic at utility datacenters, control centers and backbone network sites
Architected to address today’s unpredictable bandwidth demands, Ciena’s 6500 Family of Packet-Optical Platforms leverage the latest technology innovation converge comprehensive Ethernet, TDM, and WDM capabilities with unconstrained hybrid packet/OTN switching and an intelligent control plane to maximize the bandwidth efficiency and flexibility of the overall network
6500
N x 100 Gbps
Packet Optical Core
6500
1
6500
Coherent Optics
WaveLogic
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Tunable 100-800Gb/s coherent optics between utility datacenters and control centers
WaveLogic Ai
Optical Solution
Waveserver
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Waveserver
Optical Solution
Ciena 6500 PTS
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Primary aggregation of Smartgrid & IT/OT traffic at utility datacenter and control centers
N x 100 Gbps
Packet Optical Core
1
6500 PTS
For utilities utilizing legacy cross connects for TDM grooming, Ciena’s 6500 Packet Transport System (PTS) addresses the growing need to maintain delivery and grooming of TDM facilities while future-proofing investments toward an all-packet network modernization
Waveserver delivers high capacity transport in a compact footprint.
It is easy to deploy and operate with industry standard APIs.
Waveserver delivers high capacity transport of 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE in a compact footprint.
• Fault Management: Consolidation of events into a single pane of glass for unified monitoring and management
• Performance Management: Anomaly detection using baselining normal performance and configuration of thresholds
• Network Health Predictor: ML-assisted predictive analytics for identifying loss of signal outages
An open, vendor-agnostic software suite that leverages the latest innovations in AI and Machine Learning (ML) to deliver the following applications:
