Infinera Unveils XR Optics, Aims To Simplify Metro Networks

Infinera today announced its first point-to-point coherent subcarrier aggregation technology its calling XR optics. The transportation methodology aims to simplify metro networks, reduce capital expenditures, and address the rapidly growing demand for 5G-driven bandwidth. “One of the things we noticed as we started shifting our focus a little bit more toward the metro edge and the end-user services is this mismatch between the technology and the actual traffic flow,” Robert Shore, SVP of marketing at Infinera, told SDxCentral. He explained that in a traditional hub-and-spoke traffic pattern, information is transported from the edge to an electrical aggregation point, an approach that requires matching transceivers at either end of the connection. Infinera’s approach is to aggregate the signals into a single high-bandwidth connection before continuing onto the hub.