Northwestern University expands network capacity with Ciena

CN 4200 RS to support all network traffic aggregation between campuses

Northwestern University, a US-based private research university, has deployed Ciena's CN 4200 RS FlexSelect advanced services platform with reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer functionality to increase network capacity across the university's campuses in support of research collaboration and resource sharing for its scientific and educational communities.

According to Ciena, its CN 4200 RS will support all network traffic aggregation between the university's Evanston and Chicago campus locations, as well as production applications such as data replication for storage back-up.

Ciena's CN 4200 RS is also claimed to support provisioning of high-bandwidth connectivity. The platform is expected to enable computing-intensive research between geographically separate locations for scientific computing applications, cluster processing and transfers of large data sets, some in excess of one terabyte. In addition, Ciena’s CN 4200 ROADM is expected to enable mesh connectivity for any-to-any routing, ensuring high availability and shared protection paths to maximize network efficiency and resource utilization.

Tim Ward, associate director of telecommunications and network services at Northwestern University, said: Ciena has helped provide a flexible network infrastructure to meet our current traffic growth requirements while creating an architecture that is capable of supporting any future network expansions and service needs.

Earlier in October, Ciena's CN 4200 has been selected by Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center for transport and connectivity in its next-generation healthcare network.

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