Agilent Technologies to Play Key Role in Telecommunications Industry's First Optical Networking Interoperability Demonstration.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001 Agilent's Test Solutions and Expertise to Help OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie) OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) Members Validate Progress Towards Intelligent All-Optical Services at SUPERCOMM Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) announced today that it has successfully completed qualifying interoperability trials for participation in the Optical Internetworking Forum's (OIF) upcoming User Network Interface (UNI) demonstration event at the SUPERCOMM 2001 trade show. The achievement of UNI interoperability is the first step toward allowing carriers to offer advanced optical network services across multi-vendor, multi-technology networks. Agilent's Optical Routing Test Solutions were utilized at the pre-show event to test and validate interoperability between multi-vendor optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. equipment. Agilent also chaired the ad-hoc OIF Interoperability Technical Group responsible for developing the test methodology, plan and implementation for the trials and SUPERCOMM demonstration. "Agilent Technologies' state-of-the-art tools have enabled ONI ONI abbr. Office of Naval Intelligence Noun 1. ONI - the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy to test standards compliance of our equipment and to verify interoperability with other vendors' products. The UNI demonstration at SUPERCOMM will give attendees the opportunity to see this standards-based interoperability across a range of optical network topologies. With 25 participants, it will be the most significant optical interoperability effort to date," said Teresa Engelhard, vice president of software solutions, ONI Systems. Agilent test equipment and software were used by numerous participating network equipment companies prior to the qualifying event to develop and verify conformance of their implementation of the OIF UNI protocol specification. Agilent introduced the industry's first system for testing optical switching and routing functions in network equipment and networks in 2000 and delivered the industry's first software package for UNI conformance testing Conformance testing or type testing is testing to determine whether a system meets some specified standard. To aid in this, many test procedures and test setups have been developed, either by the standard's maintainers or external organizations, specifically for earlier this year. The Optical Internetworking Forum The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) was organized to facilitate and accelerate the development of next-generation optical internetworking products. The OIF produces Electrical, Tunable Laser, Very Short Reach Hardware Interfaces. (OIF) is sponsoring its first User Network Interface Interoperability Demonstration at SUPERCOMM in booth No. 150D in the Georgia Dome. This demonstration highlights OIF's UNI Protocol that allows client devices to dynamically establish and tear down optical circuit connections. Agilent has been a principal member of the OIF since 1998. Agilent's Optical Routing Test Solution family is the first to focus on testing the "optical control plane," including in-band and out-of-band testing of UNI signaling and Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (networking) Multiprotocol Label Switching - (MPLS) A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. Initially developed to improve switching speed, other benefits are now seen as being more important. (GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching) In a WDM optical networking system, it is the ability to route a data transmission based on the wavelength of light that carries it. ) extensions. Additional product information is available at www.agilent.com/comms/opticaltest. About OIF The OIF is a rapidly growing non-profit organization with 350+ member companies to date, including many of the world's leading carriers, component and system vendors. The purpose of the OIF is to accelerate the deployment of interoperable, cost effective, and robust optical internetworks and their associated technologies. More information on the OIF and the interoperability demo can be found at www.oiforum.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. With 48,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent had net revenue of $10.8 billion in fiscal year 2000. Information about Agilent can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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