Complete access solution for ethernet services

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Feb 12, 2007

RAD adds carrier ethernet aggregation to ethernet access portfolio.

RAD Data Communications will exhibit a complete access solution for the deployment of Ethernet services to customer premises.

This includes the company's new ETX-550 Ethernet aggregator for fan out of multiple high-speed Ethernet connections to several remote Ethernet Network Termination Units (E-NTUs).

Ethernet operations, administration and management (OAM) is recognised as a cornerstone in the transformation of Ethernet into a carrier-class technology because it allows service providers to proactively monitor their service.

By enabling accurate end-to-end OAM performance measurements, RAD's ETX devices provide an essential tool in monitoring Service Level Agreements (SLAs) end-to-end, ensuring that the customer receives the precise SLA that has been contracted.

The ETX-550 supports up to four-gigabit Ethernet ports facing the network and up to 24 fibre optic ports facing customers.

Deployed at the carrier's initial point of presence (POP), the ETX-550 works in tandem with the company's ETX-102 E-NTU demarcation devices, to enable service providers to take advantage of a full set of Ethernet OAM capabilities.

These include both end-to-end Ethernet OAM (802.3ag-based) and link Ethernet OAM (802.3ah-based) between the ETX-550 aggregator and the ETX-102 NTU.

"RAD's aim is to bring OAM and QoS (Quality of Service) as close as possible to where the Ethernet service begins, which is actually the customer premises": says Yacov Cazes, director of Ethernet product management at RAD Data Communications.

"To accomplish this, our Ethernet access concept is based on the deployment of E-NTUs at the customer site, which serve as demarcation devices between the public and customer networks".

RAD's ETX products are part of its EtherAccess strategy for delivering both Ethernet and emulated services over any infrastructure.

EtherAccess is designed to provide carriers and their customers with a cost-effective, standards-based system for delivering a uniform user experience with verifiable SLAs.