At Infinera, innovation is in our DNA
Embedded software intelligence offers a clear path to lower operational costs within a modern optical transmission network.
ESI offers five distinct, incremental stages to achieving those operational savings: automated inventory management; automated topology discovery; point and click service provisioning; flexible service restoration; and IP-Optical integration via the optical UNI.
In the Infinera implementation, the migration plan through those stages is not an "all or nothing" deal. Any of the stages can be implemented while retaining legacy protocols and procedures for the other functions.
Most of the functions of ESI reside within the digital domain, and so all-optical network architectures can be a significant barrier to achieving the true operational cost savings that should be possible when migrating to an ESI-enabled network.
Infinera's PIC technology allows us to build cost-effective Digital Optical Networks. These in turn allow the full potential of ESI and its associated cost savings to be fully realised by our customers.