The Optical Metro 3400 is part of Nortel Networks industry-leading next-generation SONET portfolio. It provides multi-service aggregation at medium density sites with a wide variety of services such as TDM (DS1, DS1/E1, Transmux, DS3, STS-1, OC-1, OC-3 and OC-12) and Ethernet (10/100 Base-T). It is fully scalable from OC-3 to OC-12 without interrupting the existing services and the fully non-blocking switching architecture offers unrestricted bandwidth management capabilities while enabling cost-efficient delivery of voice, video and data traffic in the Metropolitan Area.

• Fully non-blocking VT1.5 switching matrix (any-to-any).
• Flexible service modules - no shelf stacking.
• Resilient Packet Ring to ensure efficient bandwidth utilization.
• Multiservice (voice and data) support on the same platform.
• Carrier grade quality with 99.999% availability.