At the center of the TCX Series portfolio is the TCX1000 Programmable ROADM or TCX1000-RDM20, which forms the foundation for an open, programmable, optical transport network. The TCX1000-RDM20 is a standalone, 20-port, reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) that provides all features of a route and select ROADM device in a compact, disaggregated, stackable, form factor. The TCX1000-RDM20 enables you to dynamically add and drop wavelengths in your optical network and pass through channels from one degree to another in multi-degree ROADM nodes. The pass-through capability enables multi-directional switching in ROADM nodes up to 20 degrees.
The TCX1000-RDM20 can be deployed with Juniper Networks passive multiplexer/demultiplexers to support up to 19.2 Tbps using 96 x 200-Gbps coherent channels.
In this release, the TCX1000-RDM20 supports a diverse range of packet optical network use cases, including ultra high-capacity metro and data center interconnect applications, including point-to-point, linear multi-span, ring, and mesh network configurations. Combining the TCX1000-RDM20 with integrated coherent optics within Juniper Networks routing and switching platforms provides a powerful and comprehensive end-to-end managed solution.