The new module provides a migration path for media operators that presently run an SDH/SONET based network, to lay over their STM-1/OC-3 based services to
the Nimbra powered media network. This permits operators to deliver state of the art video service together with ATM or POTS based services over their Nimbra network.
"Having all services handled by one platform will increase the economic efficiency of operating a media network," says Bengt J. Olsson, VP Product Management. "Operators now have a cost effective method to upgrade their network, while still preserving the services that were run over the SDH/SONET network."
The module transports any STM-1/OC-3 framed payload over the Nimbra network. This typically includes video encoded for SDH/SONET or ATM and Packet-over-SONET and TDM services. The board also features 4 small formfactor pluggable optics ports that can be fitted with opto modules for both short and long haul traffic.
The STM-1/OC-3 access module complements the previously supported access interfaces offered by Net Insight: Ethernet (Gigabit/100/10), ASI, SDI and E1/T1. STM-1/OC-3 connections are handled with the same one-step end-to-end provisioning, carrier-class type of fault and performance monitoring and protection switching possibilities, as easily as other services on the Nimbra platform. It can even be multicasted.
"Multicasting of STM-1/OC-3 is an extension of the Drop- and-Continue functionality present in legacy SDH/SONET equipment", says Bengt J. Olsson. "While drop-and-continue only works in a ring topology, our multicast works with any topology and thus enables a more cost efficient layout of an e.g. CATV distribution network"
Visit Net Insight at IBC, booth #3.340.
For more information, please contact:
Tomas Duffy, CEO, Net Insight AB
Phone: +46 8 685 04 00, e-mail: tomas.duffy@netinsight.net
Bengt J. Olsson, VP Product Management, Net Insight AB
Phone: +46 8 685 04 00, e-mail: bengt.j.olsson@netinsight.net
Net Insight releases STM-1/OC-3 access interface for its broadband networking platform
| Source: Net Insight AB