ODSI Announces Successful Interoperability Testing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 Multi-Vendor Interoperability Testing Event Supported by 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. Demonstrates "Optical Dial Tone" With ODSI's Open Industry Standards-Based Protocol The Optical Domain Service Interconnect (ODSI (Open Directory Services Interface) A programming interface from Microsoft for gaining access to network naming services and directory services. ) coalition today announced the successful completion of the first multi-vendor interoperability testing of the ODSI specification. With nine global telecommunications carriers, including CSELT CSELT Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni (Turin, Italy) , GTS GTS abbr. gas turbine ship and Telenor present as observers, participants Alcatel, Equipe Communications, Redback Networks Redback Networks is a telecommunications equipment company. History Redback Networks was founded in August, 1996. Redback is an ERICSSON subsidiary since the beginning of 2007 (was previously traded on NASDAQ under the symbol RBAK). , Sycamore Networks, and Tenor Networks demonstrated successful multi-vendor implementation of ODSI's standards-based protocol specification between various IP and optical devices. Interoperability testing was conducted over a four-day period at Valiant Networks' facilities in San Jose utilizing Agilent Technologies' Optical Control Plane Analysis Software. Both Agilent and Valiant provided technical support and oversight for the event, working closely with engineering staff from the participating companies. The means by which electrically-based network devices such as IP routers, ATM switches and metro transport devices interoperate with a dynamic optical core has become critical to the evolution of service provider backbone architectures. For service providers to realize the benefits and features of today's technology innovations, the optical layer must effectively interwork with these other network devices. "Over the course of the event, we were able to test and validate successful, ODSI protocol-based communication and functionality, demonstrating interoperability between the vendor equipment involved in the event," said Stewart Day, product manager for Agilent's Optical Switching and Routing Test Solutions group. The ODSI specification is the industry's first electrical-optical interface protocol that enables service providers to leverage native intelligence at both the IP and optical layers of the public network. Developed in just 11 months from concept to initial multi-vendor interoperability, the ODSI specification represents the culmination of the collaborative efforts of over 100 industry participants and continues to accelerate the development of the intelligent optical network by effectively bridging the electro-optical boundary in today's global telecommunications networks. The first implementable specification of its kind, ODSI has executed on its plan and is the first standards coalition to test interoperability between optical and electrical devices. The coalition has created and written code for a specification that brings cooperation between access, edge and core devices, and also supports signaling for legacy third-party devices. As originally announced, the goal of the ODSI coalition is to hand off its work at the end of the year to the industry's established standard setting bodies such as the OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie) OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) , IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force , ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. and T1/X1. Over the past several months, the architects of the ODSI specification have spent time with each of these groups and looks forward to submitting the test results following the next meeting. The next ODSI coalition meeting will be held on Jan. 23, 2001 in Orlando, Fla. For more information on ODSI go to: www.odsi-coalition.com. About ODSI Optical Domain Service Interconnect (ODSI) is an open, industry-wide initiative spearheaded by Sycamore Networks in cooperation with a diverse group of service providers and networking vendors. ODSI represents a coalition of networking professionals with a common interest in selecting, applying and promoting the open interfaces and signaling protocols that will allow higher-layer service networks to effectively interoperate with an evolving and dynamic optical network core. Recently named "One of the Ten Hottest Technologies" by Telecommunications Magazine, the ODSI coalition represents a collaborative effort to open the interface to the next-generation optical network and help drive innovation in service creation and delivery. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) is a diversified technology company with approximately 47,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. In fiscal year 2000, Agilent had net revenue of $10.8 billion. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. About Alcatel Alcatel is the only vendor to master all optical network elements, from optical components, optical fibers and 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 systems to core routers and network intelligence, and from terrestrial to submarine solutions. Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 23 billion in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. About Equipe Communications Equipe Communications Corp. is focused on delivering products and solutions to carriers and service providers to enable new services and higher capacity networks to be deployed. The company's next generation multilayer services platform provides an Optical On-Ramp to the exploding optical network core that allows service providers to leverage their existing edge infrastructure and deploy revenue generating services. Contact Equipe at info@equipecom.com or www.equipecom.com. About Redback Networks, Inc. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Redback Networks Inc. is a leading provider of advanced networking solutions that enable carriers, cable operators, and service providers to rapidly deploy broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. and services. The market-leading Redback(R) SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. (TM) subscriber management systems, connect and manage large numbers of subscribers using any of the major broadband access technologies such as 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 , cable, and wireless. To deliver integrated transport solutions for metropolitan optical networks, the Redback SmartEdge(TM) multi-service optical platforms leverage powerful advances in application-specific integrated circuit (hardware) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit - (ASIC) An integrated circuit designed to perform a particular function by defining the interconnection of a set of basic circuit building blocks drawn from a library provided by the circuit manufacturer. , IP, and optical technology. The Redback Enterprise Service Point(TM) system is designed specifically to help service providers capture high-margin revenue from advanced IP services. The Redback service management family of products allows service providers to easily publish, activate and manage IP services and allows their customers to subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; these services on demand. With this product portfolio, Redback Networks is the first equipment supplier focused exclusively on developing integrated solutions for the New Access Network. About Sycamore Networks Sycamore Networks develops and markets intelligent 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. products that transport voice and data traffic over wavelengths of light. The Company combines significant experience in data networking with expertise in optics to develop intelligent optical networking solutions for network service providers. Sycamore's products are based on a common software foundation, enabling concentration on the delivery of services and end-to-end optical networking. Sycamore's products and product plans include optical transport, access and switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. and end-to-end optical network management solutions. Contact Sycamore Networks at www.sycamorenet.com. About Tenor Networks Tenor Networks, Inc. is a leading supplier of core service switching systems that offer service providers improved business performance and a sustainable competitive advantage. Tenor's Optical Service Switching platform, comprised of its TN250G Optical Service Switch and TEMPo Element Management Platform, creates a powerful system that enables service providers to migrate from selling commodity services to an enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; model. Tenor's TN250G is a fully deterministic, multi-service packet switch for the network core that is purpose built to meet the specific mission of migrating services to an optically powered, converged network. Tenor was recently named one of the 100 hottest private companies by UPSIDE Magazine and was also awarded "Hot Start-Up 2000" by Telecommunications Magazine. The company is a founding member of Optical Domain Service Interconnect (ODSI) and the MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. Forum. For more information about Tenor Networks, please visit the website at www.tenornetworks.com. |
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