Adax Provides Billing to Wireless and SS7 solutions on Sun's Telecommunications Servers; Latest Application Announced at SUPERCOMM '99.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- Adax announced the release of X.25 for its 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. protocol controller as its newest product that runs on Sun's Netra(TM) t servers and Solaris(TM) Operating Environment. Massive billing systems can now be added to the Adax-supported telco applications that run on Sun Servers. Other applications include wireless base station control, mobile IP, and SS7 solutions that cover the Intelligent Network (IN), Computer Telephony Integration Computer Telephony Integration - Computer Telephone Integration , wireless networks, interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. , and transaction transport services. With Adax solutions running on Sun's carrier-grade Netra t server, telecommunications companies can get to market faster and realize greater marketshare and respond more rapidly to customer needs and market conditions. This next generation X.25 software for mass billing applications offers savings for telcos by boosting billing capacity. Up to 12,000 virtual connections are possible with Adax's channelized boards. This level of performance means it is now possible to accommodate massive X.25 configurations in a small rack-mountable computer for a cost-effective solution. This solution is now available because of advancements in 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. architecture and higher port densities in communications devices. This X.25 product is open systems based and is available on all Adax PCI-based systems including CompactPCI, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , and PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. formats. Adax is the only company in the market that provides channelized X.25. "Adax's solutions are a perfect compliment to Sun's carrier-grade telecommunications server platforms," Adax President Barry Zuckerman, Ph.D., said. "The impressive processing power of Adax's hardware and X.25 stack enable Sun's Netra t servers to provide the capacity for the number of connections that we now support." With SS7 being the major signaling protocol used between central offices, Adax provides an Advanced Protocol Controller for SS7 on the PCI bus (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-PCI) running its SS7 software (APS-SS7). This solution provides complete level 2 data communications 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. Also, in the fast-growing wireless arena, Adax has demonstrated how its Advanced Channelized Transport Board for the PCI bus (ACT-PCI) and LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. software supports up to 4,096 base station controllers per E1 for wireless applications. "Adax's SS7 and wireless solutions are a great fit for Sun's carrier-grade Netra t servers," said Neil Knox, vice president and general manager of Sun's Network Systems Group. "By coupling Sun's reliable, robust Netras with Adax's cutting-edge applications, telecommunications service providers can rapidly deploy their services in the marketplace and stay ahead of the competition." Adax solutions deliver high bandwidth utilization and low CPU overhead for telecom applications and have demonstrated compatibility with Sun's SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill CPUs on both the SBus and PCI bus with the Solaris Operating Environment. Future plans include compatibility with Sun's new fault-tolerant carrier-grade ft 1800 server. Using Adax software and cards means billing systems, base station controllers, Mobile IP and SS7 systems can be built on Sun servers with either the PCI or CompactPCI bus. And with the modular architecture of Adax's product line, any of these functions can be mixed for compact low-cost solutions on a single server. Future Adax telecommunications solutions will feature the High-Speed Link for SS7 over ATM at T1 speed using Adax's ATM-PCI board and SAAL software. Other solutions will take advantage of the CompactPCI bus and Adax's new channelized protocol controllers. About Adax Founded in 1982, Adax has become a leader in innovative WAN hardware and software solutions for OSI model layers 1-3 and the network access layer in a way that minimizes server utilization. Software/hardware solutions include SS7, X.25, Frame Relay, HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) A data link protocol from ISO for point-to-point communications over serial links. Derived from IBM's SDLC protocol, HDLC has been the basis for numerous protocols including X.25, ISDN, T1, SS7, GSM, CDPD, PPP and others. , board-based CSU/DSUs (ANC line), ATM, Advanced Protocol Controllers (APC line) for T1/E1 and T3/E3, and channelized T1/E1 boards. Adax designs, develops, and supports software and hardware to manage WAN protocols and connectivity for high-value data and telecommunications customers (wireline and wireless) using server-based applications, such as adjunct processing, Internet/intranet access, intelligent switching, and digital media. For more information about Adax, visit www.adax.com or call Adax's sales department at 510/548-7047. |
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