Adax Maximizes SS7 Power on CompactPCI.BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1999-- Adax, a leading supplier of communications boards and protocol software, announced the migration of its SS7 solution onto the CompactPCI platform. The Adax SS7 solution helps telco companies respond rapidly to customer needs and market conditions by maximizing common channel signaling
Adax's two-port APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. 7-cPCI board and APS-SS7 software deliver very high bandwidth (greater than 90%) to the SS7 application and minimize server usage. This leaves plenty of horsepower for applications like adjunct processing and intelligent switching, resulting in more calls or transactions per line and more revenue. The solution delivers complete MTP1 and MTP2 data communication control conforming to the ITU, ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. , BELLCORE See Telcordia. Bellcore - Bell Communications Research, Inc. , and AT&T versions of SS7. Upper-level stacks, such as TCAP (Transaction Capabilities Application Part) The protocol used in an SS7 network for sending database queries to a service control point (SCP). The SCP provides the interface to local and remote databases that contain subscriber and routing information. , ISUP, TUP (Telephone User Part) See SS7. , and MTP3 from any vendor can be integrated with the APC7 board through a well-defined AT&T Streams-based API to MTP2 without having to change any of the layers of SS7 software. A four-port version will be available in the first quarter of 2000 and will address higher port density needs. "We provide a significant advantage for leading-edge telco companies," said Adax President Barry Zuckerman, Ph.D. "We can deliver up to 32 ports in a single-box SS7 solution and can grow linearly without degradation of performance because each port on our SS7 board has a dedicated co-processor and we have a fully scaleable driver. Telcos get more calls per second per line and less demand on the main CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. . This is very similar to our High-Speed Link for SS7 over ATM." Adax delivers high-performance connections at full T1/E1 and fractional T3/E3 speeds to either the Internet, virtual private network, or a private leased line through a network controller daughter card (ANC-TCX) that attaches to the SS7 CompactPCI board. The ANC-TCX provides direct connections to the WAN and creates a one-slot solution. It also performs the CSU/DSU See DSU/CSU. CSU/DSU - channel service unit/digital service unit function as well as channel bank, multiplexing, and drop and insert In a multichannel transmission system, a drop and insert is a process that diverts (drops) a portion of the multiplexed aggregate signal at an intermediate point, and introduces (inserts) a different signal for subsequent transmission in the same position, e.g. functions. The Adax CompactPCI boards operate on open systems-based hardware platforms, such as Intel, Sun, IBM RS/6000, or HP Servers and all the predominant UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Windows NT operating systems. Customer code typically sits on top in the upper layers and communicates with the Adax lower layers through a standard AT&T UNIX Streams DLPI Interface that makes implementation of layer 2 and below transparent to the higher layers. These factors make integration or transfer simple and preserve a customer's software investment. All of Adax's CompactPCI boards contain the Avalanche Chip -- an Adax-designed chip that gives the host CPU preferential access to the board's memory and supports plug and play. The chip allows the CompactPCI boards to take full advantage of the 133 MBps data transfer rate over the bus and perform at up to 22 Mbps through the serial line interfaces. About Adax Founded in 1982, Adax designs, develops, and supports Wide Area Network (WAN) software and hardware solutions for telecommunications and high-value datacom customers. Adax solutions support all the major communications protocols by addressing protocol processing in OSI model layers 1-3. These WAN connectivity solutions maximize bandwidth utilization and minimize server usage for server-based applications (wireline and wireless), such as adjunct processing, Internet/intranet access, intelligent switching, and digital media. Software/hardware solutions include HDLC, SS7, Frame Relay, X.25, ATM, Advanced Protocol Controllers (APC line) with T1/E1 and T3/E3 interfaces, channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. T1/E1 protocol controllers (ACT line), and board-based CSU/DSUs (ANC line). Adax has a comprehensive product matrix for SS7 and Intelligent Networks that includes a range of SS7 protocol controllers, network controllers, associated software, and APIs. For more information about Adax, visit www.adax.com or call Adax's sales department at 510/548-7047. |
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