Tellabs Blog

The networks of tomorrow will need higher speeds than networks of the past. 

That’s because new applications are increasing bandwidth needs in fiber optic networks.  In addition, cloud computing leads to greater variability in traffic destinations. Customers need new technologies to support communications and dynamic network reconfiguration at higher speeds.

A debate in power utilities today focuses on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) traffic. What solution offers the best reliability and security for transporting SCADA? T1? Ethernet? Or IP/MPLS?

Innovations in optical transport are making a new, more cost-effective type of network design possible. As the demand for broadband services continues to soar, operators are investing heavily in their networks to satisfy that demand. They're transitioning from SONET/SDH to Ethernet technology, for instance, and they're deploying optical transport networks.

A couple of big trends in the mobile broadband arena are coming together to deliver a one-two punch to service providers offering mobile backhaul service to wireless operators.

Since 2003, Tellabs has participated in tests on control plane interoperability with the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).

Control Plane technology automates the process for provisioning services across a network.  It’s a crucial network function--operators need their control plane services to work across their entire network, where Tellabs equipment may not always be installed.