Ultra Long Haul Optical Transport

PacketLight enables ultra long haul (ULH) connectivity over 1,000 to 4,000 km of fiber using compact, energy-efficient DWDM and OTN platforms. Our solutions empower carriers, infrastructure owners, and hyperscale architects to deliver SLA-grade transport, with reduced cost, complexity, and operational overhead.

Designed to work across both greenfield and brownfield environments, PacketLight allows you to scale from metro to regional to ULH, all on the same standards-based, license-free hardware.

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Traditional ULH Challenges

  • Bulky, high-power hardware
  • Complex licensing schemes
  • Proprietary platforms that restrict growth

PacketLight's Innovative Approach

PacketLight changes the game with high OSNR tolerance, tunable modulation, and compact form factors, helping you extend reach, lower total cost of ownership, and future-proof your transport infrastructure. 

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Key Benefits of PacketLight ULH Solutions

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Optimized for Long Distances

Fewer regeneration points reach up to 4,000 km with minimized signal regeneration, even in challenging terrain or brownfield fiber.

Tunable

Tunable Modulation

Support QPSK, and 16-QAM to dynamically balance capacity and distance — no license fees to adjust modulation.

OSNR

High OSNR Headroom

Operates down to 17 dB OSNR with 2.5–5.5 dB more margin than traditional solutions, ideal for cascaded amplification.

 

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Compact & Power Efficient

Deliver up to 4.8T per device with lower power draw and rack space than legacy solutions.

Vendor neutral

Vendor-Neutral Architecture

Fully interoperable with 75/100/150 GHz filters, existing DWDM infrastructure, and third-party networks.

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Real-Time SLA Monitoring

Layer-1 fault isolation, performance metrics, and proactive alerts, built-in and centralized.

SW Growth

Software-Defined Growth

Upgrade from metro to ULH on the same device, no forklift upgrades or feature licensing.

Technical Highlights

100G–400G per wavelength with adaptive modulation

Coherent DSP + advanced FEC to overcome dispersion and noise

75/100/150 GHz grid spacing for brownfield and greenfield use

Centralized control plane with SDN-ready APIs

Redundant optical architecture

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