Aura Networks Introduces Innovative 'Switch on No Activity Received' Feature to Fiber Optic Technology.Business/Technology Editors NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 New feature significantly enhances Aura's patented redundant data links Aura Networks announced today it has enhanced its patented redundant twister technology by adding a new Switch on No Activity Received (SONAR sonar (sō`när), device used underwater for locating submerged objects and for submarine communication by means of sound waves. The term sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging. ) feature. The redundant twister provides dual copper and fiber data links to connect LANs, MANs and WANs, automatically switching and rerouting data paths when a link fails. The SONAR feature now also enables it to monitor for traffic. If a switch has power and a link but no traffic is being passed, the redundant twister will automatically switch to the second path after a selectable period of time. SONAR-enhanced twisters now monitor the secondary link to prevent the unnecessary switching of traffic to the secondary path during periods of light network traffic. This prevents a switch or switch port failure from bringing down a portion or even the entire network. "Before the 1997 introduction of our patented redundant twister technology, the most widely used approach for transmitting data redundantly was to use a network hub See hub and hub vs. switch. with two links connected to another network hub. But this provoked significant data delays, reducing performance and limiting a network's physical size," said Alan Brind Alan Brind is a British violinist who in 1986 at the age of 17, won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition performing Sibelius's Violin Concerto. Brind studied violin at the Royal Academy of Music but seriously considered snooker as a possible alternative career. , executive vice president of worldwide marketing. "Our earlier solution solved the link-loss dilemma. This SONAR enhancement vaults network management markedly closer to the fully optimized ideal." The SONAR twisters will be available in Q3 2001, and pricing begins at $609. For additional information on network link redundancy, please visit the Aura Networks Web site at http://www.auranet.com. About Aura Networks Aura Networks is an innovative, next-generation 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. company focused on delivering optical access platforms that greatly simplify the service provider's provisioning task. Aura Networks is the first to harness the power of Ethernet and fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber to deliver economically superior network edge access and last-mile connectivity solutions in the metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. . Based in Nashua, NH, Aura Networks is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 registered company and distributes its products in over 40 countries worldwide. More information on Aura Networks can be found at http://www.auranet.com. Stealth stealth Any military technology intended to make vehicles or missiles nearly invisible to enemy radar or other electronic detection. Research in antidetection technology began soon after radar was invented. IP, Radiance, WebBeacon, NetBeacon and "twister" are trademarks of Aura Networks, Inc. Lancast is a registered trademark of Aura Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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