Alcatel-Lucent LambdaUnite 1675 User Manual

Alcatel-Lucent
1675 LambdaUnite
MultiService Switch

Versatile switching platform designed
to meet today’s network requirements
and to drive future network trends

The Alcatel-Lucent 1675 LambdaUnite MultiService

Switch (MSS) is a unique, future-proof platform that

supports a wide variety of applications in ring and

mesh network topologies while keeping the network

flexible, cost-effective and easy to manage. In addition

it provides the ability to cost-effectively integrate

Ethernet services in metropolitan and backbone

networks, enabling carriers to generate new revenue

streams. The Alcatel-Lucent 1675 LambdaUnite MSS,

a global product applicable to both SONET and SDH

markets, is deployed worldwide.

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The system supports both SDH and SONET rates,
making it suitable for global network deployments.
Its common hardware/software and industry-standards
compliance help position you for rapid feature introduc ­tion and increased revenue opportunities, for small to
large office applications in backbone and metro networks.

In a Metro Network

In a metro network, the Alcatel-Lucent 1675
LambdaUnite MSS serves as a metro hub terminal,
efficiently aggregating multiple 2.5G and 10G rings
to help eliminate stacked ADMs. An optional passive
wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) unit can
be integrated for fiber exhaust situations.

The Alcatel-Lucent 1675
LambdaUnite MultiService Switch
(MSS) is a next-generation optical
switch that supports a variety of
applications, including add/drop
multiplexer (ADM), terminal
multiplexer, multi-ring hub and
broadband cross-connect. This
multifunctional platform helps lower
costs by reducing equipment, floor­space and power requirements while
improving operational efficiency
and network reliability.

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Cost-Effective Support for a
Variety of Network Applications