MPLS · DWDM

Transport Networks

We interconnect your sites and data centres with an MPLS service layer and a DWDM optical transport layer, built for high capacity, resilience and manageability.

As enterprise networks grow, links between sites need more than capacity: they need separation, quality of service and protection. MPLS provides that service layer, while DWDM carries many high-capacity optical channels over the same fibre.

Mixnet treats transport networks as a whole, from design and commissioning to operation, and plans the topology together with its protection scenarios.

  • MPLS L2VPN / L3VPN
  • Traffic engineering and QoS
  • DWDM and ROADM
  • Wavelength services
Capabilities

What we do

01

MPLS L2VPN

Point-to-point (VPWS) and multipoint (VPLS, EVPN) layer 2 services.

02

MPLS L3VPN

Isolated routing domains between sites with BGP/MPLS IP VPN.

03

Traffic engineering and protection

Path control with RSVP-TE or Segment Routing; fast reroute (FRR).

04

Quality of service

Class-based QoS policies for voice, video and critical applications.

05

DWDM

Many wavelengths over a single fibre pair; 100G and 400G coherent transport.

06

ROADM and OTN

Flexible wavelength routing, remote reconfiguration and optical-layer protection.

Architecture

One fibre, dozens of channels.

DWDM uses every wavelength on the ITU grid within the C-band as a separate high-capacity channel. MPLS services are carried over these optical channels.

Optical transport · DWDM
Site A POP · data centre λ1400G λ2100G λ3100G Transponder Passive Mux/Demux Booster amp ODF Site B POP · data centre λ1400G λ2100G λ3100G Transponder Passive Mux/Demux Pre-amp ODF In-line amplifier (EDFA) ILA hut MUX/DEMUX EDFA MUX/DEMUX EDFA Underground fibre cable · Tx/Rx pair · HDPE duct ≈ 80 km ≈ 80 km λ1 · 1550.12 nm · 400G · Data centre λ1 · 1550.12 nm · 400G Data centre λ2 · 1549.32 nm · 100G · MPLS λ2 · 1549.32 nm · 100G MPLS λ3 · 1548.51 nm · 100G · 10 × 10G enterprise λ3 · 1548.51 nm · 100G 10 × 10G enterprise

Many connections on one fibre.

Each connection travels on its own wavelength, in effect a different colour of light. The 400 Gbit/s data centre link runs on λ1; it shares the fibre with the other links without mixing with them. When more capacity is needed, a new wavelength is added to the same fibre instead of laying new fibre.

  • ITU-T G.694.1 · 100 GHz grid
  • C-band
  • 10G – 400G per wavelength

Technical framework

MPLS services L2VPN (VPWS, VPLS, EVPN), L3VPN (RFC 4364)
Protection FRR; ring and mesh topologies
DWDM grid ITU-T G.694.1, C-band
Channel capacity 10G, 100G and 400G per wavelength
Optical layer ROADM, OTN (ITU-T G.709)
Contact

Talk to our engineers about Transport Networks.

Let’s assess your needs and your site together, and work out the right architecture and project plan for you.