FLASHWAVE 7500

Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer

The market-leading FLASHWAVE® 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) provides three next-generation configurations for flexible network topologies. It offers the industry’s most powerful multidegree hub configuration.

The FLASHWAVE 7500 platform is the foundation for the Photonic Freeway, the Fujitsu vision of the metro/regional transport network of the future.

Advanced Wavelength Selective Switch
The optical core of this Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) platform is based on an advanced Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS). This delivers the most flexible wavelength routing and topology available today and enables optical mesh architectures, with which metro and regional carriers are shaping the DWDM transport network of the future. The platform integrates optical multiplexer/demultiplexer, variable optical attenuation and a Micro Electrical Mechanical System (MEMS)-based optical switch into a single component. The WSS also removes the need for fiber jumpers when adding or dropping wavelengths. Overall, the capabilities of the FLASHWAVE 7500 system allow drastic reductions in both CAPEX and OPEX.

Flexible, Modular Architecture
The FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM offers a highly flexible, modular architecture. It is an economical and sophisticated solution for today’s metro and regional bandwidth requirements for up to 40 wavelengths, 24 nodes and 1000 km in distance. Remote software provisioning and sophisticated self-tuning features allow rapid service activation. Advanced optical line cards provide efficient on-ramps to a fully photonic backbone, delivering key business services such as Video on Demand (VoD), residential high-speed Internet access and enterprise data services across metro and regional networks up to 1000 kilometers.

*Configuration requirements for certain uses are described in the product documentation.