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Solution Design Service

Ciena Specialist Services

Ciena’s Solution Design Service offers flexible Features and benefits

• Offers flexible resources and

resources and expertise to drive the very best network
expertise to drive the very best
performance. Whether customers are looking to optimize network performance
or upgrade to next-generation technology, design a  ptimizes and upgrades the
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Design Service leverages Ciena’s network specialists to design a new application or build
provide strategic analyses and customized solutions that new infrastructure

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To fully accommodate each customer’s architecture and design requirements, analysis and customized
Ciena has evolved its single-platform approach into a robust, multi-platform design solutions to meet customers’
solution. As an integrated offering, these services provide a more comprehensive specific needs and challenges
solution that leverages the value Ciena provides in architecting the network.

Ciena has brought together existing design services for optical and packet
networking products to reflect the convergence of these technologies. Ciena’s
Solution Design Service leverages the company’s professional resources, in-depth
technical networking knowledge, and best-practice methodologies to add value
to its customers’ operations.

Addresses operational challenges, including:

• Increased network technology and service complexity

• Limited network operations expertise

• Converged multiservice network elements that span

traditional departments and their areas of expertise

• Limited operational expense for delivering new revenue-generating services

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Figure 1. Solution Design Service overview

Ciena also provides a range of specialized skills across the Figure 2 provides an overview of the relationship between
optical transport, packet and NMS spaces remotely or the Solution Principles and Solution Design phases. Solution
on-site. The Solution Design service also utilizes Ciena’s Principles are applicable when new network infrastructure is
proven implementation expertise, which facilitates and being deployed. It is expected that the solution architecture
provides optimal network architectures. will remain relatively stable throughout a network lifecycle,
with updates required only when there is a significant change
The Relationship between Solution to the network.
Principles and Solution Design
Solution Design covers
Solution Design Service
both principles and design. The
Solution Principles component Solution Principles
comprises a customized set of Solution Design Solution Design Solution Design
Services – SLA,
design principles that provide Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase X
Model, Reliability,
a solution that meets network Resilience, QoS, Project Description Project Description Project Description
Management Scalability,
requirements. This component Classification
NE Commissioning & NE Commissioning & NE Commissioning &
can be purchased for one or Provisioning values: Provisioning values: Provisioning values:
Naming principles Site Schematics Site Schematics Site Schematics
more individual technologies, Card slotting rules Card slotting rules Card slotting rules
allowing a customer to augment DCN principles Synchronization Synchronization Synchronization
internal skills with Ciena’s Design Design Design

Solution Engineering expertise Network Mgmt.

principles Network Mgmt. Network Mgmt. Network Mgmt.
Design Design Design
as appropriate. The Solution
Design component applies the Security principles
Security Design Security Design Security Design
Solution Principles to create
detailed design documentation • Solution Principles are updated as new technologies are introduced (OTN Control Plane, new services that required
SyncE, Photonic Control Plane, Packet)
that allows implementation
• Solution Design provides the deployment team with everything needed to implement each phase
teams to execute a deployment.
Figure 2. Solution Design Service structure and deliverables

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Solution Design is applicable for all additions to the network, Expertise and Consistency
including business-as-usual infrastructure builds. A separate • Ciena’s network specialists provide strategic analysis and
Solution Design will be provided for each update to the network. customized solutions to meet each customer’s specific
needs and challenges.
How Ciena Works with Network Operators • Application of solution principles ensures consistency and
Ciena network specialists collaborate with customers’ common methodology from phase to phase and prevents
engineering teams to fully understand their expectations. design errors that can lead to delayed network deployment.
Ciena’s team of specialists obtain an in-depth understanding
of each customer’s requirements to develop a solution that Summary
reviews key operational and architectural parameters: The Solution Design Service brings together a comprehensive
• Business drivers behind infrastructure (HW/SW) additions and flexible services offering and provides:

• New and existing services to be delivered, along with SLA • Clearly defined network ‘blueprints’ by Ciena network
information: bandwidth, latency, jitter, survivability, reliability, specialists to ensure a cohesive, optimized architecture
and availability • Technical expertise and scale for large, complex networks
• Integration between new and existing infrastructure, such requiring aggressive deployment timelines
as OSS, network management, DCN, services, packet,
Optical Transport Network (OTN), SONET/SDH, and optical Solution Design complements existing customer skills with
(DWDM and photonic) Ciena’s solution engineering expertise to address increasing
network complexity, converging technologies for cost-
• Network topology (sites and connectivity)
effective delivery of revenue-generating services.
• Growth requirements, scalability

• Network element naming/synchronization/DCN; network Ciena’s Plan and Design Services

management and security Ciena’s Plan and Design Services offer flexible resources and
expertise to drive the very best performance from networks.
Solution Design Service Value Whether customers are looking to optimize or upgrade
Ciena’s Solution Design service offers value by providing: their network to next-generation technology, design a new
application, or build new infrastructure, these services leverage
Flexibility and Dependability
Ciena’s subject matter experts to provide strategic analyses and
• Flexible resources and expertise to drive the very best
customized solutions that address specific needs and challenges.
performance from the network.

• Ciena’s solution engineer will own all aspects of post-sales Ciena Specialist Services
engineering, network records, and project-related technical
Ciena Specialist Services is a comprehensive services practice
issues throughout the life of the customer engagement.
designed to help you maximize your network infrastructure
investment. Our team of specialists collaborates with you to
Efficiency
achieve your critical objectives with best-of-breed solutions
• Ciena can optimize or upgrade the network to
that optimize network efficiency and performance.
next-generation technology, design a new application,
or build new infrastructure.
Our services provide the flexibility and expertise needed to
• The Ciena team is capable of developing an overarching address today’s and tomorrow’s operations requirements, so
strategy for the network architecture, which can ensure you can choose precisely how to engage with us. This provides
scalability and minimize operating costs. unparalleled support throughout the service lifecycle. Let us
• Utilizing solution principles at the outset of a project results in help you unlock the value of your network today.
lower ongoing design costs for each detailed design phase.

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