Routed Optical Networking is a network architecture that converges optical and IP networking layers to provide scalable, efficient, and reliable connectivity. It uses high-density routers and switches with coherent pluggable optics to converge services over an IP infrastructure connected by simplified DWDM line systems. When it’s combined with multilayer automation and assurance, this approach simplifies converged network operations and improves digital experiences.
Significantly lower your CapEx, OpEx, and energy consumption
62
%
Reduction in TCO over five years
Find out how Cisco Routed Optical Networking can reduce your network CapEx, energy consumption, footprint, and labor costs.
Discover the economic benefits of routed optical networks for DCI, metro, and long-haul applications.
Converge IP and optical
Reduce your CapEx up to 60% by simplifying your network transport with Cisco industry-leading, coherent pluggable optics that deliver DWDM functionality directly from router ports.
Lower environmental expenses
Decrease your power and facilities costs by up to 83% by lessening the need for transponders and optical transport equipment in your network.
Streamline network operations
Save up to 68% in OpEx by simplifying and accelerating network planning, operations, and troubleshooting with multilayer and multivendor automation, orchestration, performance monitoring, and assurance.
Ready your network for growth
Discover the future benefits of coherent pluggable optics that can expand your network capacity to 800G and extend your 400G transport to several thousand kilometers.
Cisco 8000 Series Routers
Scale to meet the needs of your infrastructure with this new class of routers.
Cisco NCS 5500 Series
Handle metro traffic growth with the port density of the industry-leading 100 GbE and 400 GbE series.
Cisco NCS 5700 Series
Improve your network flexibility and scalability with these high-performance routers.
Cisco NCS 500 Series
Scale up your access networks with a secure routing platform.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series
Expand your bandwidth demands with these feature-rich routers that can help you power up to 5G.
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Extend 100G/400G/800G switching performance with high-speed data center interconnect.
Cisco Crosswork Network Automation
Advance closed-looped automation with visibility, data-driven insights, and intent-based actions.
Cisco Crosswork Assurance
Create digital experiences built on deep network observability and critical network monitoring.
Cisco NCS 1000 Series
Increase the capacity, control, and visibility throughout your network.
Cisco NCS 1010 Series
Modernize with this next-generation, open optical line system.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cisco Routed Optical Networking simplifies the network by merging the routing and optical layers onto a single IP/MPLS network where all switching is done at Layer 3. This results in a higher scale and lower cost network design by using high- density routers, high-capacity pluggable coherent optics, simplified DWDM line systems, and end-to-end automation.
Routed Optical Networking allows for transforming your broadband infrastructure, building middle mile networks that add value through:
- Fewer Components: Routed Optical Networking reduces the need for expensive transponders in the network. Fewer components reduces power usage, hardware footprint, and hardware cost.
- Network Simplification: the convergence of IP and optical layers leads to simplified planning, design, activation, management, troubleshooting, and resolution of network services.
- Network Automation: Routed Optical Networking combined with automation reduces errors, improves resiliency, simplifies repair, and accelerates time to service.
Routed Optical Networking as part of Cisco’s Converged SDN Transport architecture brings network simplification to the physical network infrastructure, just as EVPN and Segment Routing simplify the service and traffic engineering network layers. Routed Optical Networking collapses complex technologies and network layers into a more cost efficient and easy to manage network infrastructure.
Routed Optical Networking achieves this architecture by leveraging high-density routers, high-capacity digital coherent pluggable optical modules, simplified optical elements, and advanced automation capabilities. Components of Routed Optical Network are also fully compliant ROADM-based networks and can interoperate seamlessly with a mix or traditional transponders and Routed Optical Networking DCO pluggables.
For more detailed support information, please visit this Cisco Routed Optical Networking support page.