ADVA's New FSP 3000 Positions Carriers to Realize Greater Metro Optical Services Revenues.Business Editors, Hi-Tech Writers Optical Fiber Communication Conference BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 NEBS-, ETSI-Compliant Fiber Services Platform Enables Carriers to Deploy DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing Services in Logical-Hub, Add-Drop, Managed-Ring and Logical-Mesh Topologies ADVA ADVA American Deaf Volleyball Association ADVA Advanced Soviet Optical Networking (German Neuer Markt: ADV) today introduced Fiber Service Platform 3000 (FSP FSP - File Service Protocol 3000), a compact, quick-to-deploy and scalable Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM) solution enabling carriers to lease high-speed data and Synchronous Optical Network (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. (SONET) services. The ADVA solution provides up to 32 protected or 64 unprotected channels for transmitting heterogeneous application traffic at native speeds across metropolitan-core, access and private leased-line networks in logical-hub, add-drop, managed-ring and logical-mesh topologies. The FSP 3000, compliant with both Network Equipment Building Standard (NEBS) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (body) European Telecommunications Standards Institute - (ETSI) A European version of the ITU-T(?). (ETSI) standards, will be available in the second quarter of 2000. List price begins at $25,000 per channel link (both sides of system). "ADVA was among the first to recognize and address the trend toward carrier-delivered wavelength services for enterprise applications, and the FSP 3000 allows ADVA to reach further into the carrier network," said Dana Cooperson, Director of Optical Networking with analyst firm RHK, Inc. "Carriers are looking for ways to expand their managed data service offerings and products such as the FSP 3000 provide a vehicle for offering such services." The FSP 3000 unites Time Division Multiplexing (communications) time division multiplexing - (TDM) A type of multiplexing where two or more channels of information are transmitted over the same link by allocating a different time interval ("slot" or "slice") for the transmission of each channel. I.e. (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ), wavelength-conversion (transponder), DWDM and network-management functionality in a single platform. The ADVA solution enables carriers to deploy wavelength services to other carriers, as well as Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions and governments, without incurring the delays and complexity of installing additional fibers. Unidirectional Path Switched Ring (UPSR) topologies of up to 10 nodes within 100 kilometers of the central office, as well logical-hub, add-drop and logical-mesh configurations, are supported. Switching time is less than 50 milliseconds. The FSP 3000 also provides one-to-one line protection per fiber pair for protected, collapsed ring networks. The ADVA solution provides up to 32 protected or 64 unprotected channels, delivering transmission rates of up to 2.5 Gbps. Consequently, the FSP 3000 supports native-speed performance for synchronous and switched data services such as SONET and 155-, 622 and 2,488-Mbps Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM); data-center protocols such as Enterprise System Connection (ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. ), Fiber Connection (FICON (FIber CONnector) An IBM mainframe channel introduced with its G5 servers in 1998. Based on the Fibre Channel standard, it boosts the transfer rate of ESCON's half-duplex 17MB/sec to a full-duplex 100MB/sec. ), Fiber Channel and Coupling Facility with Sysplex Timer, and local-area-network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) applications such as Fiber Distributed Data Interface See FDDI. Fiber Distributed Data Interface - (FDDI) A 100 Mbit/s ANSI standard local area network architecture, defined in X3T9.5. The underlying medium is optical fibre (though it can be copper cable, in which case it may be called CDDI) and the topology is a (FDDI), Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. Best-of-breed service-provisioning features enable carriers to respond to their customers' evolving needs without network downtime. Service upgrades are performed remotely, via software adjustments, as are system monitoring and bandwidth extension. The FSP 3000 network-management software's in-band management feature allows carriers, from any node in the network, to configure the speed, paths and protection levels of their services and manage any network fault. In addition, the FSP 3000 provides configurable add-drop functionality, a key scalability feature for growing ring networks. Because of support for both Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Transaction Language 1 (TL-1) management interfaces, FSP 3000 software can be simply integrated in both carrier and enterprise networks. The FSP 3000 shelf -- 19 inches wide, 9.5 inches tall and 10.5 inches deep -- is designed for standard rack-mount installation. Up to eight DWDM channels are supported per shelf. "Carriers must be able to cost-effectively deploy high-speed optical services to enterprises and other service providers today, via a platform that enables them to easily scale for additional service offerings tomorrow," said Brian McCann, president of ADVA Optical Networking, Inc. "The FSP 3000 satisfies this need. The solution was designed in close collaboration with leading carriers to ensure that it meets their high standards for performance, reliability and scalability in a services platform. The FSP 3000 positions us to penetrate the carrier central office, just as our FSP-I and FSP-II products, launched in 1999, have provided excellent customer-premise service solutions." With the introduction of the FSP 3000, ADVA offers carriers the opportunity to establish a complete enterprise-access solution, with the FSP 3000 deployed in the central office and FSP-I or FSP-II at the customer premise. The architectures of the FSP-II and FSP 3000 share the same International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU) grid design, ensuring end-to-end platform compatibility. About ADVA Optical Networking ADVA Optical Networking designs, develops and delivers cost-effective optical networking solutions. ADVA's products are implemented in both private and public networks, including Data Centers, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Local Area Networks (LAN) and Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) for fiber-based data services to the enterprise. ADVA's flagship Fiber Service Platform (FSP) products offer carriers the highest-performance, most cost-effective optical networking solution available today for enterprise connectivity, including WDM and DWDM technology. Publicly traded on the German Neuer Markt stock exchange since March 29, 1999, ADVA AG (Neuer Markt: ADV) was founded in Munich, Germany in 1994 as a provider of fiber-optic systems and sub-systems. ADVA distributes its products and services via a global network of strategic business partners. ADVA is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with a production and R&D facility in Meiningen and sales offices in Bristol in the United Kingdom; Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan, and Ramsey, New Jersey Ramsey is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 14,351. Ramsey was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1908, from portions of Hohokus Township (now , in the United States. The company currently has an installed base of more than 200 service providers and private enterprise customers. Visit www.advaoptical.com for more information about ADVA Optical Networking. ADVA and the ADVA logo are trademarks of ADVA Optical Networking. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Editor's note: Please visit ADVA in Booth 3093 at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference at the Baltimore Convention Center The Baltimore Convention Center is a convention and exhibition hall located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. It is managed and operated by the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association, a semi-private association started in 1980 by former Baltimore mayor William Donald . |
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