NOVEMBER 28, 2006 -- ECI Telecom (search for ECI Telecom) has announced a standards-based approach to 10-Gbit/sec LAN transport over DWDM. It adds Ethernet and IP over DWDM and Optical Transport Networks (OTN) with full quality-of-service (QoS) support, without compromising either environment, according to the company. Operators gain bandwidth performance for triple-play aggregation, business data services, and IP backbone connectivity with guaranteed quality of service.
ECI also announced successful deployments of the capability in multiple networks, including RCS & RDS (Romania), Bezeq (Israel), and additional carriers in Eastern Europe, India, and Korea.
"We are experiencing a growing demand for 10G LAN over DWDM services, both for connecting our core IP routers and as a service for high-profile business customers," said Michel Hivert, vice president, Engineering and Planning Division, Bezeq. "ECI's solution enables us to offer new services today, and to seamlessly introduce up to 40G connectivity when necessary."
More carriers worldwide embrace OTN as a universal infrastructure to carry next-generation Ethernet and IP services, as well as legacy SONET/SDH services, over high-capacity and resilient WDM networks, ECI states. However, the ITU-T has yet to standardize the mapping of 10-Gbit/sec LAN to OTN. Compared to other offerings in the market, ECI says its 10G LAN approach is unique in that it transparently maps full-rate 10G LAN signals to full OTN line rate, without compromising the Ethernet transmission by not overriding important bytes and without limiting the effective rate.
The 10G LAN transponder is another configuration provided by the XDM's universal base card that is used with the various platforms in the XDM family, targeting access, metro, and long haul. This card design enables in-field configuration to support any service both at the line side and client side. Simultaneous with this announcement, ECI Telecom also unveiled Carrier Ethernet cards for MSPP versions of the XDM. (See release)
The new 10G LAN card has already been successfully tested for interoperability with leading core IP routers, the company adds.
"10G LAN is already a widely used interface for Ethernet and IP equipment, and our solution uniquely provides full QoS support without any compromises for both Ethernet and DWDM/OTN," said Eyal Shaked, executive vice president and general manager of ECI Telecom's Optical Networks Division. "The market reaction to this new card exceeds our expectations, as seen in our shipping and intake records. It's another example of ECI's leadership in next-generation optical networks, giving our customers the edge they need to stay competitive."
According to Ram Orenstein, associate vice president, product line management � optics, in the Optical Networks Division, ECI Telecom released the transponders this past March. They can be plugged into the entire XDM family, including the XDM-40, -500, -1000, and -2000. The transponders are now being made available to the North American market after their initial introduction in Europe and Asia.
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