Apollo Optical Networking

Automated Optical Networks

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In today’s AI-driven economy, optical networks must deliver far more than raw capacity. They need the agility to adapt to rapidly changing bandwidth demands, automatically reconfigure resources, and maintain uninterrupted service as traffic patterns evolve.

Ribbon’s Apollo optical networking portfolio, combined with the Muse Multilayer Automation Platform, delivers both high-performance transport and intelligent automation. Together, they support a broad range of applications, including data center interconnect (DCI), aggregation, metro and long-haul transport, ultra-long-haul and submarine networks, and disaggregated optical line systems.

Apollo’s advanced capabilities include power-optimized 400G and 800G ZR+ transport, reach-optimized transmission up to 1.2 Tb/s with maximum spectral efficiency, hitless expansion from C-band to L-band, quantum-safe encryption, shared-spectrum optical line systems, and integrated access-to-core OTN switching.

Muse adds real-time intelligence and automated control across the network. It enables rapid service provisioning, dynamic network reconfiguration through policy-driven algorithms, proactive detection of performance degradation, and accelerated operations through intuitive no-code and low-code automation tools
 

Apollo Optical Products

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Apollo 9400 Series

High Density Optical Networking

Compact modular thin transponder and OLS platforms

Data center optimized with telco NEBS  

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Apollo 9600 Series

Tailorable Optical Networking 

Rich set of transmission and OLS cards, usable across all platforms without engineering rules

Telco and data center

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Apollo 9900 Series

Access-to-Core OTN Switching

Optimize wavelength fill

Point-and-click provisioning

ASON restoration

Apollo Capabilities

Capabilities9400
High Density Transport		9600
Modular Transport		9900
OTN Switching
Service (client) interfaces100/400/800GbE
OTU4		1/10/25/100/400/800GbE
SAN, TDM, OTN		1/10/100GbE
SAN, TDM, OTN
Capacity-reach (performance) optimized line interfacesTo 1.2T (5nm-140Gbaud)To 800G (5nm-140Gbaud) 
Power-cost optimized line interfaces

To 400G (7nm-64Gbaud)

To 800G (4nm-130Gbaud)*

To 400G (7nm-64Gbaud)To 400G (7nm-64Gbaud)
ROADMs32 degree*20-degree CDC-F4-degree
OTN Switching 10G ADM; 400G ADM400G to 16T
Dynamic Restoration WSONASON
L1 optical encryptionYes, including options for PQC and QKD key distribution
MonitoringOptical performance monitoring and OTDR for fiber health monitoring

Why Ribbon for Automated Optical Networking?

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Open

Apollo open optical line systems transports wavelengths from any 3rd party router, switch, or optical transport system.

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Optical Freedom

Dual-source supply for the majority of optical transceivers providing customers with supply chain resiliency.

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Self Service Automation

Network operators can automate any process themselves using no-code/low-code tools.

 

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Scalable

Leverage state-of-the-art 5nm-140Gbaud coherent optical transceivers to deliver 1.2T short haul wavelengths.

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Security

Apollo layer 1 optical encryption stops bad actors from intercepting information from optical networking systems via fiber tapping or hacking optical equipment.

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Expandable

Apollo’s C+L band solution expands fiber capacity from the C-band to the L-band efficiently and affordably, without service interruption.

Optical Networking Solutions

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Submarine Transport

Apollo coherent optical transport extracts the maximum capacity from submarine fiber optic cables

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Optical and Fiber Health Monitoring

Apollo provides unprecedented insight into the network’s optical health at all times.

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Apollo 9408 Apollo 9504D Apollo 9600 CPE Apollo 9901X Apollo 9904X Apollo 9914 Apollo 9932

Solution Brief

Apollo Integrated C+L Band Breaking Down Data Center Walls Apollo Advanced WSON Apollo Maximum Capacity 140Gbaud Submarine Transport

White Paper

IP Over DWDM No Limits Metro 800G and Long Haul 400G Optical Transport Optical Freedom with Multi-Source Thin Transponders OTN Architecture Evolution Ribbon’s Market-Disrupting 400G ZR+ Solution ROADMs Rule the Waves The Emerging 400G Optical Highway

Brochure

Apollo Optical Transport & Switching Family Intelligent IP Optical Solutions Portfolio IP Optical Networking for Service Provider Networks Transport Portfolio Security

Application Note

Apollo 100GbE and 400GbE Transport Solutions Apollo for Power Utilities Apollo Open Optical Networking Business Continuity Using Optical Data Replication Efficient Networks with OTN Switching Expandable OTN Switching Fiber Health Management Optical Network Management Programmable Optical Networking Rapid Provisioning of L1 Business Services with OTN Switching Secure Optical Networks for your Enterprise

Blog

Alien Wavelengths to Shared Spectrum Are 400GZR+ Pluggables an Embedded 800G Giant Killer? Continuous Fiber Optic Health Monitoring with Centralized OTDR Freedom without Order is a Sure Path to Chaos What Can OTN Do for Me?

Webinar

Building a Future-proof Optical Highway with 400G ZR+ Coherent Routing and Optical Transport Enabling Profitable Business Services through OTN Switching Fiber Health Management Made Easy with Network OTDR Packet Optical Solutions for Service Providers Revolutionizing Optical Networking with 5nm-140Gbaud