OpenCon Systems, Inc. Continues as the Innovation Leader in DCC Solutions.

Business & Technology Editors

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2002

OpenCon Systems, Inc. again distinguishes itself as a true world-class provider of innovative products and professional services to the telecommunications industry by announcing a low cost, IP Tunneling, SONET Access Terminal solution; IP Tunneling "lite".

OCS provides an off-the-shelf OCS-DCC Product Suite that includes software components that are customized to meet all SONET DCC specific requirements as specified in Telcordia's GR-253 requirements document. This package is hardware and operating system independent and can be customized and configured for customer specific DCC interface implementations. The OCS-DCC Product Suite includes:

- Seven Layer OSI stack for SONET DCC including OSI Routing

- Short Stack with OCS LAPD, IS-IS/ES-IS, TARP, IP Tunneling

- Centralized IS-IS Routing and distributed CLNP forwarding capability

- IP tunneling module for IP packet relay over OSI network

- TCP/IP to OSI mediation module for TL-1

OCS's Product Suite now includes IP Tunneling for SONET Access Terminal applications. This low cost solution provides OCS' innovative IP Tunneling with LAPD, ES-IS and CLNP protocol stacks providing an integrated communications solution to Network Element (NE) manufacturers with products designed to sit at the edge of the SONET network. The IP Tunneling "lite" product complies with RFC 2784 and 3147 ensuring interoperability with other SONET NEs that are compliant with these standards. The OCS product can also be provisioned to work with NEs that do not support GRE header encapsulation as specified in the RFCs.

Service providers with established but underutilized SONET networks are continuing to source next generation terminal devices that enhance their offering but don't compromise the network. OCS's IP Tunneling "lite" provides a low cost, compliant, innovative solution to SONET Terminal Device manufacturers competing for a place on that SONET network.

OpenCon Systems, Inc., located in Piscataway, New Jersey, is a turnkey provider specializing in Transmission and Access, Network Management and Communications solutions to the telecommunications marketplace. OCS's solutions reside on products such as SONET ADMs, Digital Cross Connects, Next Generation Digital Loop Carriers and Multi Service Access Platforms. For more information about OCS's products and services, visit the company's web site at www.opencon.com.