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.
Optimize networks and improve efficiency
What is Cisco Routed Optical Networking?
Routed Optical Networking is an architecture that delivers improved network efficiencies and operational simplicity. It does this by converging IP and optical layers of the network and delivering coherent wavelengths directly from router ports using standardized 400G ZR/ZR+ pluggable optics. With a routed optical network, wavelength services can be delivered using Private Line Emulation (PLE) while maintaining service-level agreements and characteristics such as guaranteed bandwidth and persistent bidirectional paths.
Cisco QSFP-DD 400G ZR+ High-Tx Power
Extend reach and compatibility in high insertion loss systems with better optical transmit power.
Learn how Bell Canada is transforming its network to save CA$125M over the next decade, achieve a 27% reduction in CapEx, and cut power and space consumption by 76%.
Read how ZTV simplified their network, reduced operational workloads, and achieved 60-70% reduction in power consumption, all while maximizing the use of existing equipment.
Explore this Cisco Live session to discover Routed Optical Networking use cases across data center interconnect, metro, and WAN that can help you simplify, scale, and increase the efficiency of your transport network.
