Carrier Ethernet

RAD Data Communications (News - Alert), a manufacturer of access and backhaul equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications, is launching the “industry’s first All-in-One Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device,” which enables operators to deliver Carrier Ethernet services over different media from a single part number.

The compact and modular ETX-203AX Network Interface Device (NID) supports connectivity options including dual 100/1000 Mbps fiber/copper links, bonded NG-PDH circuits or SHDSL EFM, with future modules supporting GPON, bonded VDSL, and other media.

“The IT and OSS resources required to introduce a new managed network element in a service provider network can run up to $1 million and take up to one year before commissioning,” said Uri Zilberman, President of U.S.-based RAD Data Communications, in a statement.

“Instead of seven or eight rounds of OSS development, a single part number for different service infrastructures requires only one round and reaps enormous operational and certification savings as well as faster time-to-market,” Zilberman added.

The ETX-203AX all-in-one Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device is based on RAD’s Ethernet product development and technology, which features powerful hierarchical traffic management capabilities with per-Ethernet Virtual Circuit class of service (EVC.CoS).

The solution delivers service level agreement (SLA) assurance and advanced hardware-based operations, administration, and management (OAM) for highly accurate service validation, connectivity verification, fault management, and performance monitoring for end-to-end SLA measurement.

Operators deploying Carrier Ethernet on a wide scale are interested in OAM capabilities that help reduce OPEX (News - Alert). Apart from lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO), the intelligent demarcation also provides service differentiation capabilities that can lead to higher revenues for the operator. Intelligent demarcation is essential to ensure SLA criteria are met.

“Operators not only have the ability to deploy a single best-of-breed device with uniform service definition regardless of the infrastructure, but they also have a built-in migration platform should they replace a copper connection with a fiber one,” added Zilberman.

Earlier in June, RAD Data announced its legacy migration portfolio for carriers, service providers, enterprises, transportation networks, and public utilities. The new portfolio consists of standards-compliant solutions that include multi-service multiplexers and access nodes, fiber multiplexers, SHDSL Ethernet extenders, broadband wireless radios, and TDM pseudowire gateways. These devices support broadband access rates over copper DSL, PDH, SDH, fiber, or wireless media.