-- Unsurpassed scale The Cisco ASR 9000 provides up to six times the capacity of comparable edge- router solutions, with up to 6.4 terabits per second of total capacity and up to four times the line-card speed available on the market, with 400 gigabits per slot. The Cisco ASR 9000 will also extend IP over dense wavelength-division multiplexing (IPoDWDM) with Ethernet services to the aggregation edge by integrating optical transponders. By providing IPoDWDM from core to edge with Cisco CRS-1, Cisco XR-12000 and Cisco 7600 Series Routers, the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) significantly reduces network complexity and cost while reducing the carbon footprint. -- Nonstop video experience The Cisco ASR 9000 incorporates the Cisco Advanced Video Services Module (AVSM), a major innovation enabling terabytes of streaming capacity at the aggregation edge while simultaneously offering content caching, ad insertion, fast channel change and error correction. The Cisco AVSM eliminates the need for standalone content-delivery network elements and inherits all the high-availability characteristics of the router, which optimizes the network insertion point for advanced content services and moves content sourcing closer to the consumer. Fast channel change and onboard error correction for both unicast and multicast video traffic helps ensure that errors can be detected by any set-top box and retransmitted within milliseconds to maintain a transparent and optimized visual experience for the audience. -- Reduced total cost of ownership for mobility services The Cisco ASR 9000 Series brings six times the capacity of competing products to Carrier Ethernet backhaul. Moreover, every Cisco ASR 9000 line card is SyncE-ready, which means that it inherently works with cell site routers to deliver seamless mobile handoff capabilities, avoiding the need and costs incurred to dedicate slots for additional synchronization cards. -- Reduced carbon footprint Modular power is designed to scale with system capacity, allowing the service provider to tier the amount of power used. The six-slot unit has design advantages utilizing a patent-pending side-to-back ventilation scheme that helps service providers free up side-by-side rack space. When compared with competitive offerings, every 6.4-terabit unit deployed is estimated to save service providers the carbon equivalent of 88 tons of coal, 164 transpacific passenger flights or 16 around-the-world car trips per year. -- Enhanced edge services with Cisco QuantumFlow Processor The Cisco ASR 9000 has unsurpassed capacity and has been designed to offer advanced subscriber management as well as use the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor to deliver silicon-based security services and video like the Cisco ASR 1000. By eliminating numerous single-function network appliances, the Cisco ASR 9000 substantially reduces a service provider's carbon footprint, resulting in greater efficiency to its networks, lower operational costs and greater environmental stewardship. -- Powered by Cisco IOS XR The Cisco ASR 9000 capitalizes on the industry benchmark Cisco IOS® Software family, which is optimized for core, edge, branch and data center. Cisco IOS XR Software offers nonstop system operation, in-service upgrade capability, and support for the distributed scale of business and residential service delivery. Operational in more than 200 service provider networks worldwide, Cisco IOS XR helps enable new levels of scale, high availability and reliability at the edge of the network to support uninterrupted video-service delivery and improved customer experience.In addition to having SOFTBANK as the first customer, the Cisco ASR 9000 is in trials with several tier 1 service providers based in the North America and Europe. Pricing for the system begins near $80,000 USD with availability planned for the first quarter of 2009. Find More Information Online: Web Site Link Cisco ASR 9000 Series Recent Cisco IP NGN Carrier Ethernet News New Cisco IPoDWDM Enhancements Transport Service Providers Networks to 'Zettabyte Era' Cisco Enhances IP NGN Carrier Ethernet Design for Video Services The Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast and Methodology, 2007-2012 and the associated updated "Approaching the Zettabyte Era" Cisco white paper are part of the Cisco Visual Networking Index, an ongoing Cisco initiative designed to provide quantitative and qualitative information regarding trends in IP network demand and usage. Technorati Tags: Cisco, Cisco IP NGN, Cisco IP Next-Generation Network, IP NGN, Cisco Carrier Ethernet, Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast and Methodology, Visual Networking, VNI, Cisco ASR 9000, Cisco IOS XR, Cisco ASR 1000, Cisco CRS-1, Router, Edge, Video, Mobility, Carrier Ethernet, Connected Life, Pankaj Patel, SOFTBANK MOBILE, SOFTBANK BB, SOFTBANK TELECOM About Cisco Cisco (
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