SORRENTO NETWORKS SWITCHING ON THE LIGHT

OPTICAL NETWORK ELEMENT HARDWARE, NAMELY SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS COMPRISED OF TRANSPONDERS, TRANSMITTERS, RECEIVERS, MULTIPLEXERS, OPTICAL BAND AND WAVELENGTH FILTERS, AMPLIFIERS, OPTICAL SWITCHES AND ROUTERS, OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEM CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT SUB-UNITS; EMBEDDED OPTICAL NETWORK ELEMENT FIRMWARE THAT ADDS NETWORK INTELLIGENCE, FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES TO THE HARDWARE; AND OPTICAL NETWORK ELEMENT AND OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPED FOR MONITORING, CONTROL, PROVISIONING, CONFIGURATION, RECONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NETWORK ELEMENT HARDWARE AND FIRMWARE AS WELL AS THE OPTICAL NETWORKS RESULTING FROM THE INTERCONNECTION OF NETWORK ELEMENTS