Tekelec Introduces Support for 700 Links on its EAGLE STP; Throughput and Capacity Remain at 100 Percent in All Configurations.MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1996--Tekelec (Nasdaq/NM:TKLC) announced today that it has extended the link capacity of its EAGLE Signal Transfer Point (STP STP or standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions for measurement of the properties of matter. The standard temperature is the freezing point of pure water, 0°C; or 273.15°K;. ) to 700 links. Signal Transfer Points are specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. packet switches supporting the Signaling System No.7 protocol and providing connectivity between telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. switches and networks. Allan Toomer, senior vice president and general manager of Tekelec's Network Switching Division said, "We've seen an interesting departure from typical customer requirements over the past several months. While many customers continue to build out hierarchical A structure made up of different levels like a company organization chart. The higher levels have control or precedence over the lower levels. Hierarchical structures are a one-to-many relationship; each item having one or more items below it. SS7 networks with smaller STPs, a new class of customers is requiring significantly larger STPs for connectivity to multiple networks and hundreds of internal network switches. This is particularly evident in Europe and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , as they convert from `mesh' networks to STP-based networks. Our latest EAGLE enhancement will allow us to serve these large customer's connectivity requirements." The EAGLE's backplane An interconnecting device that has sockets for printed circuit boards to plug into. Passive and Active Although resistors may be used, a "passive" backplane adds no processing in the circuit. , comprised of high speed 250 Mbps, redundant counter-rotating busses, easily supports the additional requirements of 700 links. Prior to the most recent development, the limitation in number of links supported was simply a factor of the EAGLE's internal link addressing scheme. Support for 700 links was attained by expanding address fields to two bytes and imposing an internal requirement for the support of 100 percent link occupancy on all links, in a simplex bus configuration. Tekelec is a leading supplier of advanced diagnostic systems and innovative network switching solutions that enable rapid delivery of advanced communications services for the global communications marketplace. Tekelec's diagnostic systems are used by its customers to design, install and maintain their communications equipment and networks. Tekelec's EAGLE STP switching platform is designed to meet the complex requirements of SS7 networks and enable wireline and wireless operators to deliver Advanced Intelligent Network services. Tekelec logo and EAGLE are registered trademarks of Tekelec. Visit our web site at www.tekelec.com NOTE: To the media and financial community: The 700 link enhancement to Tekelec's EAGLE STP meets a critical need of the International Carrier and Interexchange Carrier See IXC. market. CONTACT: Tekelec Noreen Jurek Manager, Marketing Communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales Network Switching Division 919/461-1031 or Tekelec Tracy Dupree PR Specialist 818/880-7799 |
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