Smartoptics announced the launch of a groundbreaking new ROADM, opening up the capability to build larger metro and regional networks. This expands the company's market opportunities. The ROADM, called DCP-R-34D-CS, only takes up 1 rack unit (RU) and supports disaggregated networking.

Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) are a technology providing dynamic wavelength routing capabilities in a fiber optic network. The DCP-R-34D-CS provides broad interoperability and the latest Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) technology for flexibly managing next generation disaggregated networks. All ports are equipped with flex grid support and enable seamless cross-connect and add-drop functionality in the local node.

All of this offers great flexibility and future-proof adaptability for metro and regional networks and is well suited for use with IP over DWDM. The DCP-R-D34-CS only takes up 1 RU of rack space and consumes less than 100W of power per direction. This small space and energy footprint makes the ROADM a sustainable choice.

Both cost-efficient and high-performance operation is ensured with Smartoptics' CDC-F technology. With the new ROADM's variable gain amplifiers, network performance can be further optimized across a wide variety of operating scenarios.