Morgan Hill – November 14, 2024 - Anritsu Corporation, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), will showcase the latest network system at the Supercomputing Conference 24 (SC24), November 17-22, 2024, in Atlanta. The system combines OpenROADM for flexible network configuration and IPoDWDM for high-capacity transmission and demonstrates an orchestration system to control the entire network and monitor network quality. The collaboration is an example of Anritsu contributing to system development focusing on the future automatic autonomous network configuration.

The network will be controlled by the YANG data model developed by the OpenROADM MSA and The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which promotes Internet engineering standards as a vendor-independent control system, managed by the UTD orchestration system.

In the exhibition, two Anritsu Network Master™ Pro MT1040A testers with 400G OpenROADM transceivers will be integrated into the OpenROADM system Add/Drop line. The MT1040A testers provide IP and optical transport layer quality monitoring data to the orchestration system, setting the communication channels in a network environment with realistic traffic loads. Consequently, the network system can change the network channels and ROADM routes based on quality data.

The UTD OpenLab verifies the hardware and software interoperability with the open specifications published by the OpenROADM MSA. Upon completion, it issues verification labels to the devices that pass the interoperability verification.

Network Master Pro MT1040A 
The Network Master Pro MT1040A is a B5 size 400G handheld tester with excellent expandability and operability. It is a touch-panel-operated field measurement instrument equipped with a 9-inch screen. It supports multi-date interfaces from 10M up to 400G as well as 400ZR/ZR+ test functions.

About Anritsu

Anritsu is a provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions. Anritsu engages customers as true partners to help develop wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance applications, as well as multidimensional service assurance solutions for network monitoring and optimization. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for emerging and legacy wireline and wireless technologies used in commercial, private, military/aerospace, government, and other markets.

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