RAD Demonstrates Next Generation Access Solutions at Europe's First Multi-Vendor Carrier Ethernet Interoperability Event
BERLIN, Germany, September 15/PRNewswire/ -- RAD Data Communications has successfully demonstrated three advanced
Ethernet access applications at Europe's very first public Carrier Ethernet interoperability event, which is being held this week at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Berlin.
"As Ethernet services grow in sophistication to include different applications and hard SLA requirements, the greater will be the need for an intelligent access device to provide end-to-end service control," states Yacov Cazes, Director of Product Management at RAD Data Communications. "At this year's Carrier Ethernet World Congress, therefore, RAD demonstrated how Ethernet access can provide VoIP, video and data, each defined with a different traffic prioritization allowing for end-to-end SLA guarantees," Cazes explains. "These services were also provided across different access technologies such as fiber Ethernet and PDH/SDH while sharing the same VPN," he continues. "We also demonstrated TDM emulation over Ethernet, showing that an Ethernet backbone can provide transport to legacy TDM services with voice quality as high as we have come to expect from TDM systems."
Six different RAD products are integrated into the interoperability demonstration: the ETX-102 and ETX-202 Ethernet Network Termination units (E-NTUs), the Egate-100 Ethernet-over-STM-1/OC-3 Gateway, the Gmux-2000 Central Office TDM-over-IP (TDMoIP(R)) Gateway, the IPmux-14 TDMoIP Gateway, and the RICi-8E1/8T1 Intelligent Converter.
Twelve vendors, including RAD, are demonstrating interoperability and scalability of Carrier Ethernet implementations, including E-Line (point-to-point) and E-LAN (multipoint) business applications plus residential triple play applications including voice over IP and video broadcasting traffic supplied by CPE devices and emulators. The other participants are Actelis, Agilent Technologies, Alcatel, Cisco Systems, Ixia, Riverstone Networks, Shenick, Siemens, Spirent Communications, Stratex Networks, and T-Pack.
The event was organized by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC), supported by T-Systems, and sponsored by the Metro Ethernet Forum. The demonstration showcases the results of a private hot-stage event that occurred last week at EANTC realizing residential and business Ethernet services over a protected, Quality of Service enabled, multi-vendor Carrier Ethernet network.
A white paper with detailed configurations and results of the interoperability test is available at: www.rad.com/Article/0,6583,24274,00.html
About The Metro Ethernet Forum
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is a global industry alliance comprising of approximately 70 organizations including telecommunications service providers, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF's mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide.
For more information about the Forum, including a complete listing of all current MEF members, please visit the MEF web site: www.MetroEthernetForum.org
About EANTC
The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) offers vendor-neutral network test facilities for manufacturers, service providers, and enterprise customers. Primary business areas include interoperability, conformance, and performance testing for Ethernet, IP, ATM, MPLS, and broadband voice-related network technologies and applications. EANTC provides network-related services including consulting and seminars for ATM, MPLS, and other networking technologies. For more information about EANTC, see: www.eantc.com
About T-Systems
T-Systems is one of Europe's leading providers of information and communications technology (ICT). Within the Deutsche Telekom Group, T-Systems is responsible for supporting the business customer segment, ranging from medium-sized and large companies all the way up to multinational corporations and public institutions. The company has 51,000 employees in over 20 countries worldwide and posted revenues of nearly 13 billion EUR in 2004. The company optimizes processes and cuts costs for its customers, thus providing them additional flexibility for their core business. It does this by making targeted use of industry expertise and cutting-edge technology. T-Systems' services encompass all levels of the information and communications
technology value chain, spanning from ICT infrastructure and ICT solutions, up to, and including, business process management.
For more information about the company and its services, see: www.t-systems.com
About RAD
Established in 1981, privately owned RAD Data Communications has achieved international recognition as a major manufacturer of high quality access equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications. These solutions serve the data and voice access requirements of service providers, incumbent and new carriers, and enterprise networks, by reducing infrastructure investment costs while boosting competitiveness and profitability. The company's installed base exceeds 9,000,000 units and includes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world. These
customers are supported by 23 RAD offices and more than 200 distributors in 105 countries.
RAD is a member of the RAD Group of companies, a world leader in networking and internetworking product solutions.
RAD Data Communications site: www.rad.com
Contacts:
Bob Eliaz, RAD Data Communications (International)
+972-3-6458134
bob@rad.com
Larry Jacobs, RAD Data Communications, Inc. (North America)
+1-(201)-529-1100, ext. 330
larry_j@radusa.com
Source: RAD Data Communications Ltd
Bob Eliaz, RAD Data Communications (International), +972-3-6458134, bob@rad.com. Larry Jacobs, RAD Data Communications, Inc. (North America) +1-(201)-529-1100, ext. 330, larry_j@radusa.com
