Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) Deploys Ekinops PM 1001PC in 10GbE Trans-Atlantic Network.Ekinops Allows Carriers to Address Lucrative 10 GbE Services Market Using Legacy SONET and SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Optical Networks PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Ekinops, a leading provider of optical transport, DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing , and aggregation solutions, today announced that Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) has deployed the Ekinops 10-Gigabit LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. PHY (local area network physical layer device) to WAN PHY (wide area network physical layer device) protocol converter to connect its 10-Gigabit Ethernet network to an OC-192/STM-64 submarine network between the US and Europe. The MAX's NGIX/East (Next Generation Internet See Internet2. Exchange is the major US East Coast peering exchange point (POP) for many large Federal, commercial, research, and education networks, including Abilene (Internet2), ESNet, and NREN. This new 10-Gigabit link provides a high-speed connection between US networks and GEANT GEANT - A simulation, tracking and drawing package for HEP. , a PAN-European research and education network. The Ekinops PM 1001PC is a 10-Gigabit LAN PHY to WAN PHY protocol converter offering a very cost-effective solution for connecting any 10G LAN PHY switch or router to any OC-192/STM-64 equipment. "What is typically available from submarine cable operators and many carriers is OC-192 or STM-64 service," says Dan Magorian, director of engineering at MAX, "but we needed a 10 Gigabit LAN PHY service to interface with our peering switch. Our challenge was to find an economical solution for connecting the two different interfaces." "Our PM 1001PC protocol converter allows service providers to use their existing SONET/SDH and DWDM networks to provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet services," notes Jonathan Amir, Ekinops' vice president for the Americas. "We help carriers that can't currently provide a 10G LAN PHY interface to capture a piece of the fast growing, and very lucrative, market for 10 Gigabit Ethernet services." The European network provides high-speed connectivity to research and education institutions across Europe. Connecting the US and European networks enables sharing of massive amounts of data and collaboration on a wide range of research projects. The submarine network will transport high performance, non-congested traffic ranging from uncompressed high definition video and radio telescope images to huge amounts of data from the CERN super collider in Switzerland. "The Ekinops 1001PC allowed us to get the circuit up very quickly, bridging between 10-Gigabit LAN PHY to the OC-192/STM-64 circuit," says Magorian. "We were impressed with the responsiveness of the entire Ekinops team, and their ability to deliver and implement rapidly. Their strong support capabilities in both North America and Europe were critical to our operation." MAX is also using other optical transport and aggregation equipment from Ekinops in their optical network. "We are pleased to have this opportunity to serve MAX," says Amir, "and we look forward to being a part of the growing MAX network." About MAX: Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) is a consortium of higher education and research institutions co-founded by Georgetown University, George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. , the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
About Ekinops Ekinops is a provider of innovative optical transport and aggregation solutions for service providers and enterprise networks. Its advanced TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. technology enables the wire-speed aggregation and transport of multiple high-speed data channels using standard 2.5G and 10G signals, significantly lowering the cost of building and maintaining scalable optical networks. Ekinops' carrier-grade solutions leverage expertise in 10G transmission, aggregation and Forward Error Correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. to allow carriers to increase transport capacity over dark fiber, CWDM, DWDM, SONET/SDH and IP networks. The company is headquartered in Lannion, France, with sales offices in Paris, California, Maryland and Texas. More information about Ekinops is available at www.ekinops.net |
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