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SCT Windstream completes first 400G ZR+ interoperability trials, using II-VI and Acacia modules

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:19 am
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Optical solutions provider Windstream Wholesale of Little Rock, AK, USA has tested the interoperability of QSFP-DD form factor ZR+ pluggable modules from II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, and Acacia Communications Inc of Maynard, MA (now part of Cisco). The tests established 400 Gigabit links in a production environment over a 1027km link. The team also leveraged the Marvell Deneb coherent DSP (digital signal processor) within a native 0dBm II-VI pluggable and the Acacia module using the Greylock DSP. Industry-standard oFEC (open forward-error correction) algorithms were also used in the trials...

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