Time Warner Cable Division Selects Metrobility Radiance E-Services Intelligent Demarcation to Introduce Dedicated Access Metro-Ethernet IP Services.CHICAGO -- Metrobility Solution Provides Robust Network Management without Traditional Hardware Investment or Required Access to Customer IP Spaces Metrobility Optical Systems today announced that Time Warner Cable This article or section 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. Raleigh Division has adopted Metrobility's Radiance E-Services suite of products to manage its first-mile Ethernet Dedicated Access IP services. The Time Warner solution combines Metrobility's carrier-class Radiance E-Services Network Interface Device (NID NID Next ID NID Network Interface Device NID No I Don't NID Namespace Identifier NID National Intelligence Director NID New Iraqi Dinar NID No I Didn't NID Network Identification NID National Inventory of Dams NID NCVA ), Radiance Central Service Platform, Radiance Premise Service Platform and Radiance Gigabit Services Line Cards (SLC (Subscriber Loop Carrier) Lucent's designation for its digital loop carrier (DLC) products. See digital loop carrier. See also 386SLC. ), allowing Time Warner to roll out multi-protocol Ethernet services to large and small customers throughout the Raleigh Division serviceable area. Metrobility's Radiance suite allows Time Warner Raleigh Division's Dedicated Access team to create a secure and manageable demarcation between its own and its customers' networks. The Metrobility intelligent demarcation allows Time Warner to provide remote troubleshooting and service management features without entering customer IP space, thereby protecting the management network from customer traffic and attack while creating a barrier between management and customer traffic. Time Warner Cable Raleigh Division provides quality entertainment, information and broadband-enabled services to over 450,000 regional subscribers. In the 1990s, the Raleigh Division upgraded its cable system with fiber-optic technology, providing the foundation for the Road Runner road runner: see cuckoo. Road Runner thrives on outwitting Wile E. Coyote. [Comics: “Beep Beep the Road Runner” in Horn, 105] See : Cunning Road Runner service. By utilizing the latest advances in web technology and high speeds made possible by cable's hybrid fiber-coaxial network, Road Runner integrates multimedia programming with the latest communication tools and personalized services. "In rolling out Dedicated Access services to customers, we wanted to efficiently use our fiber assets while providing customers with robust network services that are feature-rich, reliable and easily managed," said Mark Eagle, director of project engineering at Time Warner Cable's Raleigh Division. "Metrobility's first-mile intelligent demarcation technology allows Time Warner to proxy manage the edge device and to control bandwidth, count packets, provision bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal and convert media as needed-- using the same medium and without routing or entering customer IP space. This allows us to provide improved levels of security and service quality while providing all the benefits of optical Ethernet to our customers." Metrobility's Radiance solution provides an array of operations, administration and management features that comply with Ethernet in the First Mile Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), also known as IEEE 802.3ah, is a collection of protocols specified in IEEE 802.3, defining the Ethernet in the Access networks, i.e. First/Last Mile. standards to reduce total service provider costs while simplifying service deployment to customers. Quality of Line (QoL), Quality of Equipment (QoE) and Quality of Optical Amplitude (QoOA) monitoring, along with remote loop-back and remote bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. capabilities, enable carrier-class customers like Time Warner to maintain comprehensive service levels agreements for all of its residential and commercial customers. "Metrobility enables service providers like Time Warner's Raleigh Division to offer carrier-class services for voice, video and data, combining the benefits of optical Ethernet with an intelligent demarcation medium for quick and easy management of customers and services," said Alex Saunders, 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. of Metrobility. "For service providers wishing to take advantage of the attractive revenue opportunities presented by Ethernet technology, our Radiance line of solutions is an important enabling factor." About Metrobility Optical Systems Metrobility Optical Systems is an innovative, next generation 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. company focusing on delivering optical access, connectivity and multiplexing to create a more efficient, more reliable, and more manageable network infrastructure. Metrobility is leading the way in the design and delivery of intelligent, VLAN-aware optical demarcation devices for metro Ethernet. With over a million units installed in networks around the world, Metrobility Optical Systems is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 registered company based in Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 25,119 (including the East Merrimack Census-Designated Place [1]), making it the eighth largest municipality in New Hampshire. USA. More information on Metrobility Optical Systems can be found at www.metrobility.com. About Time Warner Cable Raleigh Division, Inc. Time Warner Cable's Raleigh Division provides service to approximately 490,000 customers throughout central and southeastern North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. including Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville, Henderson, Lumberton, Goldsboro and Wilson. The Raleigh Division has upgraded its cable system with fiber-optic technology providing the foundation for Digital Cable, High Definition Television (HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates ), Video on Demand, Road Runner, a high-speed online service and Time Warner Cable Commercial Services. Time Warner Cable, Inc. owns and manages the most technologically advanced, best-clustered cable television operations in 27 states with more than 90 percent of its 10.9 million customers in systems of 100,000 subscribers or more. It is a division of Time Warner Inc. Lancast, Metrobility, Metrobility Optical Systems, and NetBeacon are registered trademarks of Metrobility Optical Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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