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Lucent Makes 10 Terabit Router

Posted by Hemos on from the i-love-break-thrus dept.

maladroit wrote to us with an interesting press release from Lucent Technologies. The former Bell company has made a breakthru using microscopic mirrors in fiber that will allow data to be carried at upwards of ten times current speeds. Supposedly, a ten terabit router has already been created, and it will be rolled out to the public towards the end of next year.

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  1. Allow me to clarify... by Brew+Bird · · Score: 3

    This is NOT a router for IP, it is a router for WAVES. Read DWDM please.
    The optical switch technology is used to switch diffrent lambdas through the switches.
    Primary use would be if you wanted to by a Wave on a carrier's fiber. (much cheaper than buying the fiber, because you don't have to light it up and maintain it yourself)
    So, the bottom line is, now I can buy a wave that crosses several pieces of fiber, and can be re-routed in case of a fiber cut!

  2. Re:All I can Say... by Brew+Bird · · Score: 3

    This box doesn't actually route IP, it routes lambdas.
    Read up on DWDM for more details.
    There isn't a box out yet that can do OC-192 IP routing. Do the math on how long it takes to dig into an IP packet, make a forwarding decision, and execute it. It will be HARD, with current RAM read rates, to fill up an OC192.

    Of course, this doesn't prevent people from putting OC-12s and OC-48s on OC-192s and making press releases!