Demand for bandwidth is booming in today’s high-speed core network market, and network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) are faced with increased demand for high-speed optical transport network (OTN) switches from traditional carriers for data center applications. OTN technology offers a multitude of benefits, particularly its forward error correction (FEC) mechanisms, as well as the efficient traffic grooming and optimal granularity through virtual containers or mapping structures.

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