LUCENT'S ENHANCED STINGER DSL PLATFORM TRIPLES PERFORMANCE CAPACITY FOR BROADBAND NETWORK DESIGNS.Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) has announced a new enhancement to its digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) product portfolio that will enable service providers to increase the capacity of their networks for DSL service by up to three times. The new Lucent Stinger(R) Trunk Aggregation Module (TRAM) allows service providers to aggregate thousands of DSL subscribers into their optical networks and turn-on new revenue-generating services and applications. The additional switching capacity also enables the co-location of application servers with their DSL access concentrators. Such co-location can reduce back haul traffic costs and improve system performance to deliver more reliable, faster service to customers. "The Stinger TRAM gives our customers new options when scaling and growing their DSL access networks," said Ashok Dhawan, president of the Broadband Access See broadband and wireless broadband. Group in Lucent Technologies. "It makes it possible for them to aggregate more than 31,000 subscribers onto a single ATM network interface, nearly tenfold tenfold Adjective 1. having ten times as many or as much 2. composed of ten parts Adverb by ten times as many or as much Adj. 1. what other systems in the market today can accommodate. The performance boost afforded by the system also enables carriers to deliver new applications to their customers more quickly and more cost effectively." The Stinger TRAM enables support for up to 12 high-speed ATM switching ports in a single chassis, well beyond the one or two supported by most other DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. systems. These ports can be used to aggregate traffic from additional Stingers Stingers (1998 - 2004) was an Australian TV police drama series. It is also aired in 65 countries, including Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Iran, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the UK. or other DSLAMs, known as subtending, allowing the network to effectively grow as new subscribers are added. The Stinger can be subtended together with the Lucent AnyMedia(R) Access System for fail-safe transport of both DSL data and legacy voice traffic. The ability to aggregate traffic in the Stinger can reduce the use of expensive ports on a separate ATM switch or entirely eliminate the use of such elements in the network, thereby lowering overall equipment capital expenditures. The additional ports also allow carriers to connect local application or content servers, such as gaming servers or web caches, to their DSLAMs. This type of deployment can reduce backbone traffic and ultimately lower the cost of delivering new applications to customers. The new Stinger module offers automatic protection switching (APS) for increased service reliability on aggregated trunk traffic. When APS is utilized, one port carries the traffic while a second is in a standby mode A sleep mode in a portable computer that provides an almost immediate resumption of operation when turned back on. In standby mode, the hard disk and display are turned off, and the CPU is throttled down to its lowest-power state. . Upon a failure, the backup port instantly comes on-line to continue data transmission with minimal service impact. |
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