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WaveRouter

Ciena’s WaveRouter™ is a family of purpose-built coherent Features and benefits

metro routers designed to unify IP and optical in the metro— • Ultra-high metro capacity and
multi-layer (IP/Optical) awareness
with ultimate flexibility, future-proof extensibility, and improved and coordination
network sustainability. WaveRouter can easily and flexibly scale • Commercial temperature

wide area network (WAN) traffic—with the ability to scale up (0°C to +40°C) with 600 mm depth
for space-constrained locations
and out, delivering capacity when and where it’s needed. • Separate modular redundant
With optional WaveLogic™ capabilities, WaveRouter can controller and fabric, providing
scale from 6-192 Tb/s
support dense, any-to-any, high- capacity coherent routing • IP routing, BGP-LU, SR-MPLS,
and switching metro applications. Carrier Ethernet, and SRv6 ready
MACsec and IPsec ready
• SDN next-generation management,
Evolving bandwidth demands are driving change in the metro
including support for protocols
Edge-to-metro and metro dynamics are causing bandwidth demands to grow such as NETCONF/YANG and
at an unprecedented rate. Enterprise business services traffic is growing gNMI/gRPC with dial-in/dial-out
streaming telemetry
as are requirements that traffic reach the cloud. High-speed broadband and
• Single IP address for management
content-delivery networks are also on the rise. All of this is driving the need
• Ciena’s Navigator Network Control
for 100/200/400 GbE connections and services in the metro. Suite™ (Navigator NCS) multi-layer
support for end-to-end network
Operators have also been expanding their metro networks and deploying new management control and planning
connectivity to surrounding metro areas, as well as utilizing a new point of • Hot-swappable redundant, and
presence (PoP) in data center facilities. These new PoPs further establish some scalable AC or DC power
metro areas as new connectivity hubs—helping relieve strain on legacy carrier
hotels without compromising performance, speed, connectivity diversity, or
bandwidth capabilities.

As a result of these dynamics, operators are being forced to rethink their

metro approach. Current architectures are inefficient, less cost-effective,
and unable to deliver on advanced service level agreements (SLAs) for higher
levels of reliability. Operators need a holistic multi-layer view to optimize
metro design, planning, and utilization of resources for the mix and scale
of these connections and services. Without this ability, it takes longer to
complete any step of lifecycle management: planning, commissioning,

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Coherent Aggregation Routers Coherent Metro Routers

Figure 1. High-scale coherent routing

assurance, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Moreover, inaccuracy from human error can lead to 32x QSFP-DD Fabric Box
increased operational inefficiencies and costs.

Additionally, current metro routers are inefficient due

15x QSFP-DD QBox
to rack, space, power, and cooling requirements. They
lack the flexibility to adapt to controlled environmental
constraints. As metro bandwidth massively increases, Control Timing Module
operators are forced to make inefficient trade-offs
between scale, space, power, and cooling.
Figure 2. Flexible modular scale out and up modules
A new family of disruptive metro router architectures
WaveRouter is a family of solutions that are built financial viability. Ciena continues to invest in the
on the same platform, including WaveRouter-13, sustainability of all critical network elements,
WaveRouter-7, and WaveRouter-2. Each WaveRouter including metro routing.
variant offers metro network operators the freedom
WaveRouter’s three options (WaveRouter-2,
to build to scale—today and tomorrow—with the same
WaveRouter-7, and WaveRouter13) have a lower first-in
extensible switch fabric and flexible cabling options.
cost than traditional chassis platforms, are simpler
Ciena’s WaveRouter family allows operators to break to deploy and manage than leaf-and-spine options
free from legacy constraints—with a reimagined routing and provide a better integrated hardware/software
platform architecture for the converged metro. Modern experience than DDC metro routers.
distributed housings dramatically improve flexibility
WaveRouter’s unique ability to be deployed in non-
to address space and power constraints, with better
adjacent racks—and even in non-adjacent rows—
cooling efficiency to meet your sustainability targets.
can provide significant space and resource allocation
Each WaveRouter provides: savings for metro network builders. WaveRouter can
• Less cabling than distributed disaggregated reduce blast radius, spread thermal load over multiple
chassis (DDC) racks, and take advantage of fragmented racks. But
WaveRouter’s sustainability benefits don’t stop there.
• Easy front-optimized access to all hardware
components Designed to save energy, the protected powering
• Extensible switch fabric with in-service expansion system is distributed, allowing metro providers to pay as
they grow, using only the power necessary. Furthermore,
• Stackable virtual node WaveRouter’s distributed and extensible 100G-200G-
Flexible to deploy with a focus on sustainability 400G (and beyond) cabling is nonrestrictive. Operational
benefits include support for 600 mm depth and angled
Investing in the metro without considering all relevant
faceplates that enable a zero-power, ultra-thin, low-cost
environmental and economic sustainability aspects
direct attached copper (DAC) interconnect.
can negatively impact any operator’s long-term

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Designed for multi-layer convergence Equipped with advanced multi-layer protocol support
Driven by a next-generation IP network operating WaveRouter can serve as an intermediate system-to-
system (NOS) and integrated with the industry’s leading intermediate system (IS-IS) L1/L2 router that maintains
coherent pluggables and optimized photonics, every two pieces of link-state database information for
WaveRouter is designed for IP/Optical convergence. L1 and L2, respectively. WaveRouter can also act
as a high-density WAN aggregator that supports
The WaveRouter family can be deployed as part media access control (MAC) learning and internet
of Ciena’s coherent routing solution for the metro,
group management protocol (IGMP) snooping, which
which brings together purpose-built routers, leading
can help prevent bandwidth waste and networking
coherent optics, and intelligent flexible photonics—
information leakage. Q-in-Q tunneling, and virtual local
all driven by cutting-edge multi-layer operations.
area network (VLAN) translation enable the creation of
Ciena’s Navigator NCS provides integrated planning
an L2 Ethernet connection between customer sites.
and powerful analytics that span network layers.
Ciena’s solution helps operators easily build WaveRouter supports a flexible selection of service
and manage converged networks and optimize offerings, including L2 and L3 services, over a carrier-
performance—all in a single pane of glass—resulting class, connection-oriented infrastructure using multi-
in highly efficient and sustainable networks that are protocol label switching (MPLS) and segment routing (SR).
ready to dynamically adapt to market demands.
The platform supports a rich suite of L2/L3 features with
Ethernet MPLS, RSVP-TE, seamless MPLS, ACL, QoS, IGP
(IS-IS), IS-IS-SR, BGP, TI-LFA, and SR ready functionality.

Technical Information
Interface Modules WaveRouter 2-slot: Standards Compliance • NEBS Level 3 CO
• Interface box: (15) • 19.4” (W) 22” (D) 10.5” (H) Emissions and immunity (EMC) (GR-63 Core)
400/200/100GbE QSFP-DD • 492.76 mm (W) 558.8 mm • EN 55035 / CISPR 32 • RoHS2 Directive
Commons and (D) 266.7 mm (H) • CISPR 35 (2011/65/EU, 2015/863)
Fabric Modules Power • ETSI 300 386 Class A • WEEE Directive
• Control and timing module • Redundant, N+1 field • FCC Part 15 Subpart B, • (2002/96/EU)
(CTM) replaceable Class A Operating Temperature
• Access panel (AP): • AC input: 180–240 Vac • Industry Canada • 32°F to +104°F (0°C to +40°C)
1/10GbE management, (nominal) ICES- 003 Class A
Storage Temperature
alarm, console • DC input: -48 Vdc • VCCI Class A
• -40°F to +158°F
• Fabric box: (32) QSFP-DD (nominal) • NEBS (GR-63-CORE Issue 5,
(-40°C to +70°C)
w/DAC/AOC • ETSI EN 300 132-2 V1.1.1 GR-1089-CORE Issue 8) -
Level 3 compliant (except Humidity
Physical Characteristics • ETSI EN 300 132-3 V2.1.1
full temperature range) • Non-condensing 5% to 90%
• Shelf in a 21, 12, and 6 rack Ethernet
unit (RU) Safety Service Security
• IEEE 802.1D MAC bridges
• ETSI EN 62368- • Broadcast containment
• Housing with removable fans • IEEE 802.1p class of
• 1:2014+A11:2017 and • Egress port restriction
WaveRouter 13-slot: service (CoS) prioritization
CSA/ UL 62368-1:2014
• 19” (W) 21.53” (D) 36.75” (H) • Hardware-based DOS
• IEEE 802.1Q VLANs IEEE
• 482.57 mm (W) 546.85 • IEC 60825-1 Class A attack prevention layer 2,
802.3-2018 IEEE
mm (D) 933.45 mm (H) • IEC 60825-2 Hazard Level 1M 3, 4 protocol filtering
• IEEE 802.3-2018 IEEE
WaveRouter 7-slot: Environmental • User access rights: local
Standard for Ethernet and
• 19.4” (W) 22.0” (D) 20.75” (H) • ETSI EN 300-019-1-1, user authorization
supporting following rates:
• 492.76 mm (W) 558.8 mm - IEEE 802.3ba-2010 • Class 1.2
(D) 527.05 mm (H) 100Gb/s • 300 019-1-2, Class 2.3
- IEEE 802.3bs-2017 • ETSI 300 018-1-3, Class 3.1
200/400 Gb/s

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