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Article: Ciena Corp. introduces 16 channel dense wavelength division multiplex system.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- March 28, 1996
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SAVAGE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1996--Ciena Corp. formally announced Thursday the introduction of the Ciena MultiWave(TM) 1600 Transmission System.
First shipments are scheduled for next month.
The Ciena MultiWave(TM) product line is a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system that is capable of transmitting up to sixteen (16) discrete optical channels over one fiber pair.
Each channel is bit-rate transparent from 150 Mb/s to 2.4 Gb/s and operates with existing SONET/SDH/Asynch fiber optic terminals. This system incorporates optical line amplifier repeaters to extend the transmission range, and it offers integrated network management ...