DiamondWave PXC

The Calient DiamondWave® PXC photonic switches offer an ideal solution for the deployment of cost-effective and future-proof optical networks, optimized for a wide variety of applications and services. The transparency and scalability of DiamondWave® PXC are particularly adapted to consolidating data, voice and video traffic under a common platform, as well as to support new transparent services.

A key innovation of the DiamondWave® photonic switch is Calient's MEMS-based mirror array switching technology, which enables hundreds of streams of light to be switched in a volume the size of a sugar cube. As a result, DiamondWave® photonic switches are bit-rate and protocol independent, and can process enormous traffic capacity in a compact and power-saving chassis.

The DiamondWave® Advantage

• Cost-effective with "Pay-As-You-Grow" pricing
• Highest capacity in most compact footprint
• Future proof: bit-rate and protocol independent
• Support fiber, band or wavelength switching
• Scaleable from handfuls to hundreds of ports
• Rich software and control plane options
• GMPLS network intelligence

The DiamondWave® PXC is ideal for core telecom applications in both metro and long-haul networks. It is a fully redundant and carrier-class system with hot-swappable switch matrices and interface cards. The PXC is capable of cost effectively scaling from small 32x32 to large 320x320 port configurations.

GMPLS Networking

• The PXC switch can be configured with robust GMPLS-based control plane intelligence that offers many important benefits:
• Easier network integration
• End-to-end & automated network provisioning
• Support of overlay and peer networking
• Monitoring and protection capabilities