Teja Technologies Introduces ATM RAN Application for Advanced 3G and Broadband Wireless Systems.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Integrated Voice-Data Solution Targets Intel-based Systems for 3G Wireless Infrastructure, VoIP, and Broadband Access Equipment Teja Technologies Inc., the leading supplier of embedded networking and communications software for multi-core processor architectures, today announced that it has added an ATM Radio Access Network (RAN) application to Teja NP, the company's award-winning software platform for the Intel(R) IXP (1) (Internet EXchange Processor) See IXA. (2) (Internet eXchange Point) A public junction point on the Internet that provides an on-ramp to the Internet as well as a location for carriers to exchange traffic. 2XXX network processor (NPU (Network Processing Unit) Same as network processor. ) product line. Supporting AAL (ATM Adaption Layer) The part of the ATM protocol that breaks up application packets into 48-byte payloads which become ATM cells when the 5-byte headers are attached. The AAL resides between the higher layer transport protocols and the ATM layer. 2 and AAL5 voice and data traffic, the new application provides the ATM functionality required in 3G wireless base station controllers, Radio Network Controllers (RNC RNC Republican National Committee (US) RNC Republican National Convention RNC Radio Network Controller RNC Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (provincial police force) ), Node Bs, Media Gateways, and Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. Support Nodes (SGSN SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node ), as well as other networking equipment that combines ATM and Ethernet technologies, such as DSLAMs. With the addition of ATM to the Teja NP Software Platform, OEMs have a high performance production-ready building block that allows them to easily integrate ATM functionality into their Intel NPU-based products in a faster, more cost-effective manner than any other alternative. "ATM continues to play a major role in the telecom backbone as the industry rolls out new 3G wireless and IP-based broadband services," stated David Stepner, Teja Technologies' president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The Teja NP Software Platform, now with added ATM functionality, provides TEMs and OEMs with an advanced starting point from which to quickly develop their next generation infrastructure equipment." Teja's unique approach to embedded networking applications greatly simplifies development of software for the parallel, multiprocessing architecture of Intel network processors. Teja NP consists of an Application Development Environment, Network Processing Operating System (NPOS NPOS National Pet Owners Survey ), and a library of foundation application building blocks including TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. Termination, IPv4 Forwarding, IPv6 Forwarding, NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. , DiffServ QoS, ATM and Security. Using Teja NP, developers define a complete system's application logic in a C-based model that is independent of the specific Intel network processor and board configuration. These modular logic components are then assigned to the hardware elements on a specific target, resulting in the automatic generation of optimized production code for the target system. Reusing applications across multiple products or across generations of network processors simply requires reassigning the application logic to the resources of the new target chip or board, whereas alternate methods would typically require a manual code rewrite. As with Teja's other applications, the Teja NP ATM RAN application is highly portable and scalable across Intel IXP23XX, IXP2400, and IXP28x0 NPUs, and will be available pre-configured for use with popular COTS boards from hardware vendors including ADI Engineering, ADLINK, Intel, Motorola and RadiSys. The resulting benefits of using Teja NP include accelerated time-to-market, the reduction of engineering risk and, most importantly, reliable, high-performance products that provide OEMs with a first-to-market advantage. The Teja NP ATM RAN application will be available in December 2005. A demonstration/evaluation copy of Teja NP is currently shipping with Intel's distribution of the Intel IXA SDK 4.x. Teja is an Associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance (ICA). About Teja Teja Technologies provides the industry's first advanced software platform for multiprocessor architectures. The company's product, Teja NP, delivers significant competitive advantages in terms of cost savings, improved performance, scalability, and faster time-to-market which are key in today's fast moving networking markets. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Teja is privately held and backed by world-class investors including Blueprint Ventures, ICCP (Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals, Des Plaines, IL, www.iccp.org). An organization founded in 1973 that offers industry certification and worldwide test centers. Venture Partners, Intel Communications Fund, Mayfield, SmartForest Ventures, and Tallwood Venture Capital. For additional information, visit Teja's website at www.teja.com. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel. |
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