NextGen brings IP speeds up to 100Gbps

in brief Nextgen Networks today said that it had achieved 100 Gigabits per second integration between internet protocol (IP) routing infrastructure and optic equipment over its fibre-optic network, which it says is a necessary step for the delivery of many broadband-based services.

Phil Sykes, managing director of Nextgen Networks, said that while it was normal to transport data over an optic-fibre network at 100Gbps, the manipulation of packets was not occurring at those speeds, instead reaching only 10Gbps. NextGen has managed to make the IP routing infrastructure operate at the same 100Gbps speeds as the fibre-optic transport, a regional first, according to the company.

"A big boost to capacity is only part of the story. What this technology really does is manage the packet-by-packet quality of service at 100 Gigabits per second. A necessity to underpin delivery of the new technology types of services including advanced and remote medical imaging," Phil Sykes, Managing Director of Nextgen said in a statement.

The speeds were demonstrated on the same platform which NextGen is using for its government contract to provide backhaul infrastructure for regional areas.