PMC-Sierra's Breakthrough Multi-Service Convergence Platform Enables End-to-End OTN Deployment in Ca
Hong Kong, July 20, 2009 – PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS), the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today introduced the PM5420 HyPHY 20G and PM5426 HyPHY 10G devices to enable the convergence of high-bandwidth data, video and voice services over Optical Transport Network (ITU-T G.709 OTN) based Metro infrastructures. OTN is the industry’s choice as the replacement technology for SONET/SDH, providing optimized transport of IP services. The global transition, however, has been delayed by the need for low-power, cost-effective service gateways with simultaneous protocol support for Carrier Ethernet, video, Storage Area Network (SAN), OTN and SONET/SDH at the network edge. PMC-Sierra’s HyPHY products can reduce line card variants by 75 percent, achieve 50 percent power savings and deliver multi-service aggregation flexibility to accelerate the transition to IP-optimized OTN networks. OEMs can now deliver Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM), Optical Transport Platform (OTP) and Micro OTP (µ-OTP) equipment that addresses Carriers’ technical requirements and reduces operational and capital expenditures (see Figures 1-5).


“With FLASHWAVE 9500’s fusion of connection-oriented Ethernet, ROADM and SONET/SDH transport, Fujitsu defined a new category of optical transport equipment, and PMC-Sierra has provided key innovations to enable it,” said Rod Naphan,
vice president of product and strategic planning at Fujitsu Network Communications. “HyPHY 20G offers advanced mapping and multiplexing capabilities that enable both packet aggregation and scalable transport for more efficient backhaul of Ethernet, SONET/SDH, SAN and video services over OTN on a single platform.”


“With significant experience in delivering innovative products to address evolving Carrier network requirements, PMC-Sierra is uniquely positioned to bring OTN to the Metro,” said Travis Karr, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra’s Communication Products Division. “Our HyPHY platform solves the service convergence problem regardless of region or service mix. PMC-Sierra is investing to lead the transition to OTN and WDM with technology that enables cost-effective rollout of IP-services. We are pleased to bring such innovation to the market in collaboration with technology-leading OEMs and Carriers.”


Any-Service, Any-Rate, Any-Port Platform for ROADMs, OTPs and µ-OTPs

HyPHY 20G delivers high capacity framing, mapping and multiplexing of Carrier Ethernet, SAN, OTN, transparent bit services such as video, and SONET/SDH to allow Carriers to reduce the number of network elements, while incrementally adding bandwidth or changing service mix per node without forklift upgrades. The platform provides client-agnostic, rate-agile Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) and 10 Gigabit pluggable (XFP or SFP+) interfaces and a set of flexible system interfaces for networking to a variety of switch fabric architectures. HyPHY 10G provides a lower density option for optical platforms. The HyPHY family integrates high-performance mixed-signal analog and media access control, along with numerous innovative features (see Figure 6), including:

  • True per-port rate and protocol flexibility: Independent, rate-agile SERDES for direct connect to SFP, SFP+ and XFP optical modules, reducing cost, power and footprint;

  • Multi-Service Muxponder: Single chip add-drop for both OTN and SONET/SDH;

  • Efficient Fiber Utilization: First to market with integrated support for sub-ODU1 mapping of GE or other low speed client services; and

  • Carrier Ethernet: First to market with integrated support for Timing over Packet (IEEE 1588 and SynchE) and Ethernet Link OAM required in mobile backhaul.


Availability

The PM5420 HyPHY 20G and PM5426 HyPHY 10G devices are sampling now to select customers in 40mm x 40mm 1517 ball FCBGA packages. For more information, please visit www.pmc-sierra.com/networking or contact PMC-Sierra at www.pmc-sierra.com/contactSales.

White Paper

“A Tutorial on ITU-T G.709 Optical Transport Networks (OTN),” provides an overview of OTN, with primary emphasis on ITU-T G.709, and discusses various constraints that influenced the development of G.709, its current status in the network, and some factors that will affect its future. The paper is available for download at http://www.pmc-sierra.com/wireline (registration required).