Telco Systems Successfully Completes Multi-Vendor Carrier Ethernet Interoperability Testing

9 Nov 2006 17:46

Telco Systems, a provider of carrier-class transport and accesssolutions for public and private IP and TDM networks, today announcedthat it has successfully passed a wide range of Carrier Ethernetinteroperability tests with multiple vendors. The testing wascompleted during the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC)Carrier Ethernet Interoperability showcase presented at the CarrierEthernet World Congress in Madrid, Spain, in September. £ The test environment included over 50 products supplied by 16vendors and revealed many improvements over last year's test resultsincluding: £ -- Multi-vendor interoperability of IEEE 802.1ah EFM OAM standard and 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management draft standard £ -- IEEE 802.3ad Ethernet link aggregation tests for native Ethernet link resilience £ -- MPLS as a foundation for large Carrier Ethernet networks £ -- Support for advanced traffic engineering in MPLS £ Telco Systems provided its T-Metro 100, T-Metro 200, T-Marc 250,and T-Marc 254 for testing in the access and edge network andsuccessfully interoperated with other vendors in T-MPLS rings, EFM OAM(IEEE 802.3ah), VLAN-based OAM connectivity messages (IEEE 802.1ag),link aggregation (IEEE 802.1ad), and Circuit Emulation Services (CES)over Ethernet as defined by the MEF. £ "Telco Systems is proud to be among the Tier 1 vendors of CarrierEthernet access solutions," stated Ofer Finkelstein VP Marketing ofTelco Systems. "The results of this event have shown that our T-Metroand T-Marc product families are unique in the industry givingoperators non-stop networking, hierarchical Quality of Service and anunparalleled OAM toolkit. Many of our Tier 1 and customers around theworld are already realizing that the Telco Systems portfolio isideally suited to their needs for deploying Carrier Ethernet in theaccess and edge network." £ The EANTC created a full-fledged MPLS backbone, aggregation andedge network of "massive scale and diversity" during the event. Thetest bed included 10Gigabit optics between core router vendors,interoperability of various new IEEE standards for Ethernet resilienceand OAM, and provided mock users with multicast IPTV content. Theinteroperability event provides valuable feedback to technicalcommittees and standards bodies regarding the readiness of standardsfor real world deployment. £ The EANTC has produced a Multi-Vendor Carrier EthernetInteroperability Event white paper, which includes the results of thetesting. The paper may be downloaded at:http://www.eantc.de/fileadmin/eantc/downloads/events/2000-2006/cewc06/EANTC-CEWC06-WhitePaper.pdf . (Due to the length of this URL,it may be necessary to copy and paste it into your Internet browser'sURL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in theURL if one exists.) £ The Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2006 is the officialconference of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), a global alliance of 80telecommunications organizations. £ ABOUT TELCO SYSTEMS £ Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems is a leadingprovider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for IP andTDM networks for carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Itssuite of products includes solutions for Metro Ethernet Access Rings,residential and enterprise VoIP, FTTx, SONET, WiFi and T1 backhaul. £ Founded in 1972, Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the power oftheir customers' networks by integrating transport, access and packettechnologies onto industry-leading platforms that meet today andtomorrow's network demands. £ Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM AdvancedCommunications (London stock exchange ticker symbol: BVC). For moreinformation, please visit Telco Systems' web site athttp://www.telco.com. £ ABOUT EANTC £ The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) offersvendor-neutral network test facilities for manufacturers, serviceproviders, and enterprise customers. Primary business areas includeinteroperability, conformance, and performance testing for Ethernet inenterprise and service provider environments, Triple Play, MPLS / IPnetwork technologies and applications. EANTC provides network-relatedservices, consulting and seminars. For more information contactCarsten Rossenhovel, Managing Director, at +49.30.3180595-0 or viae-mail at cross@eantc.com. For more information on the EANTC, visittheir web site at http://www.eantc.com. Copyright Business Wire 2006