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Metro and Long-Haul Optical Transport
Explosive bandwidth demands in mobile 4G and soon 5G, fixed wireline and cable networks is driving providers to rapidly scale the
capacity of the Optical Transport Network (OTN). The underlying OTN infrastructure is very complex, expensive and is a closed
hardware and software system. Service Providers are now demanding more open, scalable and cost-effective infrastructure.

Edgecore Cassini, the industry’s first open packet transponder, is built to enable network operators to easily extend and migrate
existing metro and long-haul Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) networks by adding new 200G capacity and extend
inter-datacenter and Layer 3 services all in an open network platform.

With a flexible mix of fixed 100G packet switching ports and expandable 100/200G coherent optical line cards, Edgecore Cassini also
comes encryption with MACsec to enable secured connections on both client facing links and metro or wide area connections.

Edgecore has many successful deployments all over the world. Cassini connects networks from cities to villages without boundaries.
In addition to its easy management, Cassini improves operational experience by cutting down CAPEX and OPEX, and offers more
flexibility for data center interconnection and long-haul optical transport.

Cassini Point-to-Point Metro Topology
APIS/MODELS
Data Center Interconnect
PROTOCOL STACK Long Haul
TAI
OPERATING SYSTEM Service Aggregation
IP OPTICAL
HARDWARE

DATA CENTER CASSINI OPTICAL CASSINI DATA CENTER
TRANSFER

Cassini Point-to-Multipoint Topology
DCSG
Service Provider Backhaul
Dark Fiber to Enterprise
Point-to-Point Interconnect, CORD
MAST eNodeB ACCESS AGGREGATION
RRU ROUTER ROUTER CORE ROUTER
BBU

DCSG

MAST eNodeB ACCESS AGGREGATION MOBILE CORE DATA CENTER
ROUTER ROUTER
RRU CORE ROUTER CASSINI CASSINI
BBU

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