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Plan & design networks that scale

End-to-end network architecture, planning, and detailed design for optical, IP, subsea, and data center programs — translating business requirements into multi-vendor, deployment-ready blueprints.

ARCHITECTURE MATRIX
LIVE ENGINE
DWDM
STCS HUB
IP/MPLS
SUBSEA
DCI
SLA Precision 99.999%
DWDM Capacity 192 Ch C+L
Multi-Vendor Certified
500+
Network professionals worldwide
3,500+
Person-years of domain expertise
15+
Years planning complex networks
50+
Global customer programs
OUR CAPABILITIES

Solution architecture & network planning

STCS solution architects bring deep multi-vendor expertise across every major technology domain — translating your program requirements into practical, buildable architectures that reduce risk at execution.

Solution Architecture & Network Planning
Multi-Vendor Certified Architecture
ARCHITECTURE

Solution Architecture

Multi-vendor network architecture across optical, IP/MPLS, data center, and subsea domains. Technology selection, reference designs, and program-level integration architecture.

PLANNING

Network Planning & Dimensioning

Capacity planning, link dimensioning, and topology design for backbone, metro, and access networks. Traffic modeling and long-term growth scenarios.

DESIGN

Link & Site Design

Detailed link design, OSNR budgeting, power level calculations, and site-level optical design. Route engineering and physical layer specifications for deployment teams.

INTEGRATION

Multi-vendor Integration Design

Cross-domain integration blueprints for programs spanning Nokia, Ciena, Cisco, Huawei, and emerging OEM platforms — ensuring interoperability before deployment begins.

TECHNOLOGY DOMAINS

Planning expertise by domain

Planning Expertise by Domain
End-to-End Technology Stack

Optical & Transport

DWDM system planning, optical link design, wavelength assignment, amplifier placement, and ROADM network topology — Nokia and Ciena platforms.

IP / MPLS & Routing

IP/MPLS network architecture, routing protocol design (BGP/OSPF/IS-IS), traffic engineering, and QoS policy design across Cisco, Nokia, and Huawei.

Data Center Networks

Data center fabric design, DCI architecture, spine-leaf topology, and interconnect planning for hyperscale and enterprise environments.

Submarine & Subsea

Subsea terminal architecture, landing station design, and integration planning for global cable systems — hyperscaler and carrier programs.

THE STCS METHODOLOGY

360° Project Management from day one

Planning without execution alignment creates re-work. STCS architects design with deployment realities in mind — our 360° PM framework ensures plans are buildable, testable, and operationally handover-ready from the first blueprint.

360 Project Management Framework
360° Execution & Alignment Matrix
OUTCOME

Deployment-ready blueprints

Every design deliverable is reviewed against deployment constraints — site access, equipment lead times, and staging requirements — before the project moves to build phase.

OUTCOME

Reduced re-design cycles

Multi-vendor expertise means interoperability issues are resolved at design time, not during field commissioning — dramatically reducing costly mid-program changes.

OUTCOME

Audit-ready documentation

All design outputs follow documentation-first standards — network diagrams, link calculations, BOQ/RFAI, and configuration templates that hand directly to deployment teams.

OEM EXPERTISE

Designed for the OEMs you already use

Our architecture and engineering teams maintain deep multi-vendor certification across global tier-1 equipment manufacturers.

Nokia
Ciena
Cisco
Arista
Huawei
ZTE
Radisys
Ribbon
NetScout
Allot
Delta Electronics
ProLabs